Wow. Even though I didn’t work with him directly, I’ve known Jerome Austria was a creative genius from my time at R/GA on the Nike Basketball account a few years ago. But this confirms that his character matches his creative talent. From AgencySpy:
As we hoped, more information on the AKQA situation we reported yesterday has come to light.We told you about a creative director at the agency who walked out when some of his team was let go. Well, the mystery addie is Jerome Austria.
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The move apparently had something to do with ECD Lars Bastholm, “who reportedly is horrible at managing people and does nothing but send cool web links and take credit for work he had no part of.”
It takes a lot of guts to stand up for the people you work with like this, especially in the commercial design world where it’s a lot easier to keep your head down.
Check out Jerome’s portfolio for some truly brilliant integrated advertising campaigns.
