Ronald Ng has been appointed chief creative officer of BBDO/Proximity Singapore. He most recently served as executive VP and executive creative director at BBDO New York. Ng is scheduled to relocate to Singapore in August.
Ng brings to his new role almost 20 years of advertising experience, the last eight of which have been with BBDO. At BBDO New York he was involved with a number of high-profile account wins including Johnson & Johnson Baby and Orbitz. He also worked on Monster.com, Hyatt and the Ad Council.
Prior to joining BBDO New York, Ng was chief creative officer at BBDO/Proximity Malaysia. Under his leadership, the agency produced the world’s most awarded print campaign in 2009 (for Jeep) and was ranked #15 in the world in The Gunn Report for creativity.
Danny Searle, current chairman and chief creative officer of BBDO/Proximity Singapore, will remain as chairman of the office, but will take on the additional role of vice chairman of BBDO Asia. Searle will work across regional clients in developing cross border creative work. Searle, who has been in Singapore since 2007, has been responsible for several new business wins in Singapore and beyond, and is directly responsible for the creative output of various BBDO regional clients.
Oscar Nominees Delve Into The Art Of Editing At ACE Session
You couldn’t miss Sean Baker at this past Sunday’s Oscar ceremony where he won for Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and Editing on the strength of Anora. However, earlier that weekend he was in transit from the Cesar Awards in Paris and thus couldn’t attend the American Cinema Editors (ACE) 25th annual panel of Academy Award-nominated film editors held at the Regal LA Live Auditorium on Saturday (3/1) in Los Angeles. While the eventual Oscar winner in the editing category was missed by those who turned out for the ACE “Invisible Art, Visible Artists” session, three of Baker’s fellow nominees were on hand--Dávid Jancsó, HSE for The Brutalist; Nick Emerson for Conclave; and Myron Kerstein, ACE for Wicked. Additionally, Juliette Welfling, who couldn’t appear in person due to the Cesar Awards, was present via an earlier recorded video interview to discuss her work on Emilia Pérez. The interview was conducted by ACE president and editor Sabrina Plisco, ACE who also moderated the live panel discussion. Kerstein said that he was the beneficiary of brilliant and generous collaborators, citing, among others, director Jon M. Chu, cinematographer Alice Brooks, and visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman. The editor added it always helps to have stellar acting performances, noting that hearing Cynthia Erivo, for example, sing live was a revelation. Kerstein recalled meeting Chu some eight years ago on a “blind Skype date” and it was an instant “bromance”--which began on Crazy Rich Asians, and then continued on such projects as the streaming series Home Before Dark and the feature In The Heights. Kerstein observed that Chu is expert in providing collaborators with... Read More