Rare announces several new appointments including Lauren Meyerkort as Senior Art Director, Farah Alias, Imogen Butcher, Teigan Woollard + the returning Chanel Hardcastle

The Rare team continues to grow with several new appointments across their Account Service and Creative departments.

Making a welcome return to Rare, Chanel Hardcastle (pictured back middle) has joined in the role of Account Director. Hardcastle previously worked at the agency from 2014-2017 before heading to London where she worked at ITN Productions across brands such as Marks & Spencer, TREsemmé and Matalan.

Lauren Meyerkort (pictured back right) Senior Art Director has joined Rare’s award-winning creative department. Previously working at Big Red in Melbourne across national brands including Coles, Bupa, Underworks and Renault, Meyerkort spent 14 months working from home, many of them in lockdown, and is thrilled to be back in an agency environment.

Farah Alias (pictured front left), ex DDB and BBDO Singapore, joined Rare’s Account Service team in August as an Account Manager and has already been promoted to Senior Account Manager. Highly experienced, she has worked across numerous blue-chip clients including Listerine, Johnson’s Baby and Tourism Australia.

Imogen Butcher (pictured front right), a graduate of Notre Dame where she studied Marketing & Advertising, joins in the role of Account Coordinator working on some of the agency’s largest accounts.

Another recent addition, Teigan Woollard (pictured back left), a Marketing & PR graduate at Edith Cowan University, has been promoted to Senior Account Executive. While studying, Teigan was runner up in the 2018 IAA Big Idea Competition and has gained experience working client side.

“It’s so great to have this wealth of talent join our team,” said Simon Stewart, Director of Client Service. “They bring with them such a vast array of experience from client side, local and international agencies, and have added a new dimension to our team and our clients are already seeing the benefit.”