Futurelab Asia appoints senior art director

Lim Wern Kee joins senior copywriter Nora Ismail at Futurelab Asia as senior art director. The duo were partners at BBDO Proximity Malaysia and won several local and regional awards together.

“It’s great to have Wern Kee playing for the home team. He is one of the best digital art directors in the country and teaming up again with Nora is a dream come true. Those two are unstoppable,” said Vic Sithasanan, chief executive officer of Futurelab Asia. “They will be working on our key accounts and will help nurture the younger teams.”

Locally, Lim and Ismail won several Kancils and DMAM awards for their work on Hotlink, Mini and Pepsi. Lim was most recently with Arachnid, and had a stint at Proximity Singapore before returning to Malaysia. Ismail was with BBDO Proximity Malaysia before joining Futurelab Asia in February 2010.

Futurelab has been on a hiring spree, most recently appointing Sithasanan as CEO.