Jay Benjamin has left Leo Burnett to fill the chief creative officer role at sister shop Saatchi & Saatchi, Adweek reports.
The transition should be smooth for Benjamin, with no shift in title and a move to a larger Publicis-owned agency. Benjamin joined Leo Burnett as an executive creative director for the Sydney office in 2008 and has held the chief creative officer title for the last four years. His work for the agency includes the Cannes Lion winning “New York Writes Itself” for the Village Voice. Prior to Leo Burnett, Benjamin served as executive creative director at J. Walter Thompson. He has worked for Saatchi & Saatchi before, as creative group head Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand and Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney, respectively. He begins his new role on April 21st.