BMF promotes in-house creators

BMF has made a string of changes to its creative team, appointing Alex Derwin to executive creative director and promoting three in-house employees to leading roles.

Jen Speirs will now assume BMF's newly-created role of deputy executive creative director. She previously served as creative director at DDB and has recieved numorous awards at Cannes, NY Festivals, AWARD, Effies, John Caples, ADMA and Spikes. She's worked on campaigns for the following brands: Carefree, Arnott’s, BWS, McDonald’s and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

Dantie van der Merwe and David Fraser have also been promoted, to creative directors. Before joining BMF, they worked as creative group heads at DDB Sydney, working wih brands like McDonald’s, Volkswagen and Eclipse Chewy Mints. The duo have also been awarded at the London International Awards, the One Show, AWARD Award, Effies, Sirens and Spikes.