M&C Saatchi has hired Matt Pam and Simon Hipwell from CHI & Partners, where they worked together for 5.5 years on flagship brands including The Telegraph, Samsung and Anchor.

Photo: Matt Pam and Simon Hipwell

Senior art director, Pam, and senior copywriter, Hipwell, will work across M&C Saatchi’s roster of brands, which include News International, Coca-Cola, Google and the COI.

The pair joined forces at CHI & Partners after Hipwell was recruited by then creative director, Ewan Paterson. Together Pam and Hipwell created campaigns including ‘The Greatest Writers’ for The Telegraph, the launch of 3D TV for Samsung and the 125th birthday celebration work for Anchor Butter which ran across TV, Print and the Facebook ‘Cow-eoke’ game.

Before CHI & Partners, Hipwell produced award-winning work for Penguin Books at Mustoe Merriman Herring Levy.  Pam was a Campaign ‘Face to watch’ and the first employee to be hired at CHI where he produced the award winning Tango ‘Seal’ ad.

Mark Goodwin, creative director at M&C Saatchi, commented: “I’m really pleased to have Matt and Simon here. They’re lovely people who produce great work, which is all you can ask for really. I’m sure they’ll be very happy at M&C Saatchi.”

Hipwell added: “We’re delighted to have moved to M&C Saatchi. There’s huge creative potential here with some great brands and great talent within the building. We can’t wait to get started.”