VML’s creative director Kieran Moroney has quit his post after seven years and will be taking up a role as group CD at McCann Health New York.
Moroney commented: “It’s been a real honour to play my part in driving an agency that consistently competes against the best in the business. I wish Jake and the wider team a tonne of good luck. I’ll always be a fan.’’
Jake Barrow, group executive creative director VML Sydney and Melbourne, said: “I couldn’t be happier for Kieran. He came here, made some of the best work in the world and leaves the agency a better place for it. As a creative he deserves all the good fortune in the world. And as a person even more. I wish him and his family nothing but the best in their new adventure.”
Moroney’s ‘FitChix’ work recently won five Cannes Lions including the only Gold Lion for Australia, along with the Genius 100 Product of the Year at the New York Festivals, as well as two Grand LIA’s and 12 Gold statues at the London International Awards – earning Honest Eggs Co. the Global Client Of The Year Award.
Moroney’s track record includes winning a further seven Cannes Lions across the previous five years, with Gold Lions in both 2018 and 2020. He leaves VML at time when the agency is ranked The Global Agency Of The Year by London International Awards and number one in APAC by Campaign Brief’s The Work.
Notable awarded work from recent years include ‘Lost in Translation’ for The Royal Australian Navy, ‘Sip Safe’ and ‘A Future Without Change’ for Monash University, ‘The Half Biscuit’ for Legacy / RSA New Zealand and ‘The Airborne Ad’ for Australia Post.
