Samuel Carrick, Janelle Fandialan, Vince Lam, Alice Harris, Jack Ryan and Christy Johnston will join the firm’s Sydney team, while Franziska Deitert will be based in the firm’s office in Auckland, New Zealand.

The company also said it would retain Caelan Bistram as a graduate, having joined the agency last year as an intern.

The group have come from various backgrounds, including marketing and media at Macquarie University; business at University of Technology Sydney; arts, media and communications, marketing and design and commerce degrees from Sydney University; and commerce from the University of Auckland.

Emma Hetherington, graduate programme consultant at Fiftyfive5, said: “We’re delighted with the brilliant mix of personalities, experience and perspectives our new cohort bring to the team.

“They will join their client team this week, along with an ongoing programme of seminars and off-sites to develop their skills and knowledge.”