Saatchi & Saatchi Wellington appoints Chris Childerhouse in the role of creative director

Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand has appointed Chris Childerhouse as creative director, based in Saatchi & Saatchi Wellington.

His appointment comes off the back of a series of new client projects with Local Government New Zealand and the Ministry of Justice in the Wellington office. More creative hires are to follow once Childerhouse is in place.

Says Corey Chalmers, joint ECD of Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand: “Gus and I have known Chris for a number of years as a mate and a workmate. He’s proudly Wellingtonian, a clever writer and we’re stoked to have him partner Wendy Schrijvers and the team in our shiny new Wellington office. He’s fresh off scoring a few D&AD pencils this year too, so he’s hungrier than ever for great work. He’s a great, mature and passionate addition to our growing team.”

Childerhouse joins Saatchi & Saatchi from Ogilvy Wellington after 20+ years in advertising in New Zealand and the UK. Earlier this year, he won yellow and graphite pencils at D&AD for his Forest & Bird work and most recently won the NZME media challenge for Public Trust.

Childerhouse worked with Saatchi NZ ECDs Guy Roberts and Corey Chalmers at Whybin/TBWA. Childerhouse will be working across all of the Saatchi & Saatchi clients with a focus on Wellington including the New Zealand Defence Force (the Navy, Army and Air Force) which is especially exciting given he spent three years in the territorials as an artillery gunner.