JWT Vietnam taps Linke for CD role

HO CHI MINH CITY - Former Saatchis Singapore integrated art director Birger Linke has been appointed creative director, JWT Vietnam, effective next week.

Linke (pictured) will report to ECD David Smail to work on accounts such as Ford and S Fone.

Linke most recently spent four years at Saatchis Singapore where he was ranked in Campaign Brief's Top 100 'Hotshot creatives in Asia'. He has also received over 90 awards from shows such as Cannes, Clio, One Show, D&AD and the Spikes.

"Birger is an amazing craftsman of communications in a multitude of media," said Smail.

"We look forward to him helping to raise the bar on our execution and doing things that have never been done in the market."