TOKYO, JAPAN // Yuya started out at years ago Dentsu as a TV writer, when advertising life was much simpler.
Under his leadership today, Dentsu’s creative teams work on projects ranging from product development, branded content creation, pure content creation, including TV programs and movies, content export, space planning and design, digital platform development, business strategy and consulting, and PR to traditional… Read More
SHANGHAI, CHINA // Sheena been in the industry that spans more than 26 years in the Greater China region, where she worked for impeccable agencies such as Ogilvy & Mather, D’Arcy, and DDB Group Greater China and Publicis.
She played a integral and instrumental role on both the creative and strategic front to build strong business partnership with many international and local clients such as L’Oreal Groupe,… Read More
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN // Anna Qvennerstedt is a Copywriter, Senior Partner and Chairman of the Board at Forsman & Bodenfors in Sweden.
Over the past 10 years, Forsman & Bodenfors has continuously been among the world’s best creative agencies (and digital agencies). Winning 2 Grand Prix in Cannes, Best of Show in One Show, a Grand Clio, Agency of the year in ADC and a Black Pencil in D&AD helped making… Read More
ISTANBUL, TURKEY // Ergin Binyildiz has been with Havas Worldwide Istanbul since 2013 and is currently the Chief Creative Officer.
He has previously worked with international brands like Coca Cola, Ford, Nike, Google, P&G, Vodafone, HSBC, Unilever, Amnesty International, Peugeot and Reckitt Benckiser.
With his teams he has won several awards at Cannes, One Show, Clio, D&AD, Eurobest, Epica, London International,… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Robin is the Executive Creative Director at CP+B LA where she leads the global creative account for PayPal, among others. This is her second tour of duty at CP+B, having first worked at the agency from 2002-2004 developing iconic campaigns for brands like Mini, helping to launch the car in the U.S.
She then had a long stint at TBWA/Chiat/Day LA working on Gatorade, Visa, Energizer, and more before returning to… Read More
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA // Justin first harnessed his powers of creativity with a pair of red underpants, blue pajamas and a red towel when his parents denied him a Superman suit. It took Justin another twenty years to discover you could actually make a living out of being creative.
Working as a London security guard in 1997, Justin saw the Wonderbra "Hello Boys" billboard at his local Tube station and… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Emily Oberman is a multidisiplinary designer whose work encompasses brand identity, motion graphics, publications, packaging, advertising, and websites. A native of Yonkers, New York, Emily studied design and filmaking at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City. After
graduation she joined the legendary design studio M&Co., working with Tibor Kalman to create work for Knoll, Weiden &…
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TORONTO, CANADA // Barry started his career as a designer at boutique design firms, but mid career recognized there were many opportunities designers were being left out of. That’s when he started creating design practices within advertising firms. The goal was to have multi-disciplinary teams isolate a brands core idea and give them the visual vocabulary needed to spread and own that idea. This approach is the bedrock of… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO, USA // PJ Pereira has achieved a career-long list that includes over 100 international awards including 4 Grand Prix at Cannes, an Emmy, and has authored a best-selling trilogy of books which is now in negotiations for a movie deal.
In 2015, Pereira was named the top CCO in ADWEEK's Creative 100 for his prowess in content. Pereira & O'Dell is the first agency to win an Emmy for branded content against… Read More
PORTLAND, USA // Justine Armour is a Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy, Portland. She joined the agency in 2011 from her hometown of Sydney, Australia. She fondly remembers sunshine, and sometimes weeps when exposed to direct sunlight.
In her time at W+K she has led the Chrysler/Dodge, Secret, and Herbal Essences accounts. Prior to becoming a Creative Director she was a copywriter for 15 years, co-creating such ad things as Old… Read More
LONDON, UK // Steve’s worked in digital, design and advertising agencies all over the world including Vancouver, Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco and London and currently leads the Creative Lab in London across Europe, The Middle East and Africa. He's also helping out in India too!
Some of his recent projects while at Google include: Assembly of Youth, an installation at the United Nations giving young people in… Read More
CINCINNATI, USA // Pete Carter is the Managing Director of the Brand Building Integrated Communications department at Procter & Gamble, an in-house strategy, production, and communications consultancy, consisting of 55 seasoned managers. During his 35+ years at P&G, Pete has made numerous contributions to the business. Specifically, he created new advertising campaigns for Pantene, Herbal Essences, Vidal Sassoon, Rejoice,… Read More
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA // Anna Karena is one of Australia’s most recognised digital & direct creatives, with more than 15 years experience serving the APAC market’s most significant brands and clients.
Her experience is deep and rich across loyalty, customer experience, social, digital advertising and technology. Anna’s work has been awarded locally and globally with more than 30 high accolades and she appears… Read More
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA // Jung A Kim started her advertising career as a copywriter in 1996 with Cheil Communications, and has since become the executive creative director at Innocean Worldwide. In this time, she has worked for the domestic and global clients such as Hyundai Motors, Kia Motors, Domino’s Pizza, HP, Samsung Electronics, Korea Telecom, among others.
She has been awarded the Grand Prix in many Korean advertising… Read More
COLOGNE, GERMANY // German Chief Creative Officer Jan Dirk Kemming is responsible for the creative ambition across all disciplines and practices. He also oversees the German Studio Operations (Content Creation in Design, Video, Development, Digital Campaigns) and the Strategy & Analytics department. Since spring 2012 he also serves as Chief Creative Officer Europe.
He joined Weber Shandwick in fall 2007 and consulted… Read More
TORONTO, CANADA // With an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Andrew is anything but the typical Chief Creative Officer. He began his career in the US at JWT New York and Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles. In 2001 he moved to Toronto to join DDB, eventually rising to the role of Executive Creative Director. In his nine years at the agency, DDB was named Agency of the Year an unprecedented five times and Canada’s… Read More
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA // 1996 was the ill-fated year of the Macarena and also the beginning of Jenny Glover’s career in advertising. Armed with a spectacularly useless degree in law, she gained experience working at most of the big agencies over the years. She currently peddles her particular brand of darkness as the Executive Creative Director at TBWAHuntLascaris.
As a writer, she has won metal at international awards over… Read More
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY // Karolina studied Liberal Arts and began her career in advertising by accident. It soon proved to be a happy one.
She has been part of the Young & Rubicam family for 2 years and has helped make the Budapest office become the most creative agency in Hungary, for the second time running. Her work has been awarded at Cannes Lions, The One Show, London International Awards, Art Director’s Club Global, New York… Read More
PARIS, FRANCE // Bruno Aveillan was born in Toulouse, France where he attended the Toulouse School of Fine Arts. Early in his career, Bruno worked as an art director for Ogilvy and Publicis in Paris. By the mid-90s, he made the transition into a commercial director shooting spots for clients including Time Warner, Thermasilk, Nintendo, Nissan, Acura, Perrier. Bruno has also co-directed spots with Martin Scorsese and Oliver Stone for… Read More
MOORE PARK, AUSTRALIA // Tim is a highly sought after commercials director with a solid reputation for comedy. He has been honored as one of the world’s commercial directors to watch at the New Directors Showcase at Cannes, featured in the SHOTS Top 10 Directors list and awarded as Best Ads on TV’s Director of The Year. His work has featured for 3 consecutive years in the UK’s prestigious APA Top 50. He has received numerous… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // With over 30 years experience in Design-led Innovation and building Brands by Design, Scott brings a new dimension to the world of Industrial Design with his unique global competencies, experiences, training, and knowledge that is a highly desired missing link in the “Business of Design”.
Scott has a very unique skill set; a world-class industrial designer with expertise in business strategy,… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Lawrence Abrahamson is a Design Director at IDEO NY who brings 20 years of professional experience working on interdisciplinary teams in international contexts. From home bases in Singapore, Washington, DC, Portland, OR, Chicago, and New York, Lawrence has collaborated on a variety of retail, brand, healthcare, and workplace projects.
An environments and service designer, Lawrence explores the boundaries of space, art… Read More
SHENZHEN, CHINA // Since the foundation of Dans Digital in 2003, he has directed more than 100 advertising works. He follows a free path of life. He switched to the advertising and VFX industry at the age of 30, before which, he had no relation to art and visual effects as an MBA. “I am always inquisitive and have the desire to create and innovate, so I often do some things totally unrelated to my major.” He entered the CG… Read More
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA // Nacho Gil is a Creative Director & Director who leads MTV International’s World Design Studio based in Buenos Aires, a multidisciplinary creative team focused on enhancing the audience’s experience with MTV and it’s properties. The team develops creative strategy and implements it across almost 100 channels worldwide. He has experience providing global creative services and direction to… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Rock Paper Scissors editor Mikkel is a prolific presence in the feature film, TV, short film, music video and commercial worlds. Mikkel EG is known for his close collaborations with top talent, including work with Director Martin de Thurah , Adam Hashemi , and Martin Werner. His recent work includes Droga5’s launch campaign for Chase with RESET directors Katherine Bigelow, Johnnie Green, Adam Hashemi, Renault… Read More
CHICAGO, USA // Kathryn Hempel, Editor, Partner, Vice President of Cutters Studios and Artist. Kathryn is a recent Women In Film Chicago Focus Award honoree. She h as edited award-winning commercials and films of various genres, including P&G’s internationally acclaimed Always "Like A Girl" campaign that won an Emmy for Outstanding Commercial, swept the Webby Awards, won seven CLIO Awards and numerous… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Michelle Curran began her career as head of promotions at both Island and London Records working with such notable artists as U2, Grace Jones, Bob Marley, Robert Palmer, leading to an extensive network within the music industry. Michelle set up and ran Logorhythm Music and the Real Music co. before starting up Amber music 15 years ago.
Under Michelle, Amber Music has gained a reputation for producing tracks that… Read More
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS // Born and raised in Amsterdam. After High School studied on the Movie Academy in Amsterdam for 4 years.
Started as a intern at Studio Alfred Klaassen, but after a few years got his own studio calles Marco Sound. Soon became a well know sounddesigner for the Dutch advertising agency. After 8 years he went to a Post Production company called Postoffice where he set up an entire audio department. But after 9… Read More