• by Amy Corr  @MediaPostOTL, April 4, 2014

Austin-based McGarrah Jessee hired Joel Clement as a writer. For the past eight years, Clement served as executive creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi in Bangkok. He also held the role of regional creative director for all of Saatchi & Saatchi Asia, which includes offices in Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Singapore. While there, Clement worked on brands such as Guinness, Electrolux and Procter & Gamble. "Repatriating to the US I had a pretty specific ideal in mind," said Clement. "I wanted to be part of an independent shop for the creative license it would afford, and I wanted to be part of an agency with a strong positive culture." Prior to Saatchi & Saatchi, Clement had two stints with Goodby Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco, from 1997-2000 and again from 2002-2003, working on Nike and HP. In between, he was working in Asia with BBH in Singapore, Ogilvy & Mather in Bangkok and TBWA\Thailand.