LONDON, UK // Meaghan Ramsey is a Partner at Brunswick, helping businesses and brands to shape their communications and operations in a way that delivers business growth, hand in hand with positive social change.
With her origins in nutritional science, Meaghan has worked across FMCG, health, as well as food and beverage sectors, and consulted to pharmaceutical, media, agricultural, tech start-ups, charities and non-government… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Tom Eslinger is a world-renowned and internationally awarded creative director. In his role as Global Chief Creative Officer he is responsible for the integration of strategy, planning and analytics to create world-class integrated creative ideas for Burson-Marsteller’s clients for application across traditional, digital and mobile channels as well as all emerging platforms.
Before joining Burson-Marsteller, Tom was… Read More
DETROIT, USA // As Deputy, Global Chief Creative Officer, Greg Braun has the privilege of working on the Chevrolet brand around the world, as well as Chevrolet’s primary sponsorship of the Manchester United Football Club.
Previously, Braun lead prominent campaigns for the likes of the Super Bowl, The Walking Dead Chop Shop, and FIFA World Cup #BecauseFutbol.
In recent years, his team delivered three Super Bowl Top 10’s… Read More
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK // Dropped out of school aged 9, ditched education at 15, fired by McDonalds a year later. If failure is the route to success, Will Rust got off to a good start.
Swapping burgers and delinquency for typography and art direction (on his Dad’s advice), from the age of 17 he spent many years hopping from agency to agency until Ogilvy seemed like a good place to be.
Since his first ECD position, every… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Cynthia is Creative Director of Wolff Olins NY, where she is responsible for leading the design team in brand creation, experience and setting the course for design in NY.
Her career has spanned disciplines across branding, advertising, packaging, and retail display to web and exhibition design. She has worked with a diverse list of clients including Google, CoverGirl, Converse, Sonos, Sally Hansen, Marriott, Rémy… Read More
CHICAGO, USA // Alisa Wolfson is the EVP Head of Design at Leo Burnett, Chicago.
As a leader in the agency’s U.S. design practice, Alisa oversees brand extension and campaign visual identity for Samsung, Kelloggs, P&G and many of the agency’s cultural and socially conscious clients.
Her career at Burnett began in 2009, when she founded the Department of Design—a group that she has grown from a team of four… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Richard is responsible for Smart’s direction and operational success, and focuses on innovation in mobility, health and wellness.
He’s constantly looking for new ways that design and technology can make a difference to organizations and people.
Serving on the Design Management Institute’s Advisory Board, Richard Co-chaired DMI’s Design at Scale Conference in New York. Richard has spoken at events across the US and… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Hamish leads and inspires the Pearlfisher New York design studio by setting the creative standard – continually encouraging their designers to demonstrate high-level conceptual thinking and strong design craftsmanship.
Working for brands such as Ben & Jerry’s, Seedlip, Patron and Bud Light, Hamish’s leadership has contributed to Pearlfisher’s award winning reputation, with accolades from D&AD, Cannes Lions,… Read More
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA // Michael Ritchie is the Managing Director/ Executive Producer and co-owner of Revolver/ Will O’Rourke an Australian based production company known for its commitment to produce work that people seem to remember and hopefully like.
Michael began his career in agencies, head of Broadcast at Ogilvy in Sydney, then a more regional gig at DDB HK.
From there he moved into production side and in 1999 saw his most… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // As Executive Producer behind some of the world’s most prolific directors and with over twenty years of freelance production experience, Jeff has been a driving force at Rattling Stick since 2015.
In the past year alone, he has helped spearhead some of advertising’s most high-profile campaigns including work produced for Audi, Jose Cuervo, Toyota, and 2017 Super Bowl spots for both GoDaddy and Tide.
Jeff’s… Read More
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL // Alceu is partner, one of the founders and VFX/CGI director at Vetor Zero, the leading Digital Animation and Post-Production house in Brazil.
Vetor Zero’s long list of award-winning spots includes, more recently, “Everything in Black and White” for Leica (Wood Pencil at the 2017 D&AD Awards; Silver at Ciclope Latino), Getty Images’ “Endless Possibilities” campaign (which won several awards in 2016 at Cannes… Read More
LONDON, UK // Isobel Conroy is the producer behind some of Nexus’ most celebrated work, including campaigns for Coke, Dropbox, Comcast, Apple and Google Android.
Before joining Nexus in 2005 Isobel had worked with directors as diverse as John Hillcoat, Spike Lee, Adam Berg, Shynola, Paul Weiland and Malcolm Venville.
In her time at Nexus, she has produced projects for Cannes Grand Prix award-winning directors Johnny Kelly and… Read More
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA // A founding partner of The Editors (www.theeditors.com.au), Bernard has been cutting TVCs for a while.
After cutting quite a few good ones, Bernard was accredited by the Australian Screen Editor’s Guild in 2010. The accolade recognized an already highly awarded career, which now includes London, NY, Clio, multiple AWARD gongs, among others.
Bernard works with a collection of the best Australian commercial… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // An Amarillo Texas native, Heidi began her editorial career as a runner at Whitehouse Post and became an editor in 2005.
Known for her comedic timing and humanistic storytelling, Black has collaborated with a range of agencies including W+K, TBWAChiatDay, Deutsch, The Martin Agency, and Publicis for global brands such as Samsung, Pedigree, Discover, Bridgestone, and Amazon.
A passionate… Read More
LONDON, UK // Andy Saunders is the Senior Vice President, Creative at Getty Images.
He leads a global team of art directors, editors and creative researchers who are focused on guiding and curating imagery that fulfills the needs of advertising, corporate and new media clients across the world.
Through his un-paralleled experience at Getty Images, he has a unique perspective on the successive and dramatic changes in the way… Read More
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS // The photography team of Inez and Vinoodh has a seemingly endless capacity to explore new visual territories. In the early 1990s they were among the first practitioners to show the possibilities of digital-imaging technology as a creative and meaningful medium. They developed a signature style of visual seduction paired with provocative narratives, which infused new ideas into photography.
Since the… Read More
BERLIN, GERMANY // Henan’s roots lie in DJ-ing. From catching the atmosphere and creating the vibe to move the crowd on the dance floor he made the transition to do the same for audio/visual commercials. Spinning from melting pot labeled Acid Jazz which borrowed from an eclectic range of genres, and the digging for the next catchy hook from some obscure track as a hip hop sample are part of his DNA that he now brings to… Read More
BERLIN, GERMANY // Coming from a family of musicians, Florian Richter has been seriously engaged, since an early age, in the composition and production of music.
Florian has written many hits, supervised complex productions and successfully established many of his artists and projects in a highly competitive market.
With published compositions, productions and re-mixes for national and international… Read More
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL // For the past 2 years, Celso Alfieri has been a Creative Director at Y&R São Paulo where he was responsible for developing Verão, the character with the highest recall level in Brazilian advertising in the last years. This character has helped Itaipava become the country’s third biggest beer brand and Grupo Petropolis become the second largest brewery of the market.
Before that, Celso worked at some of the most… Read More
SINGAPORE // A true artist at heart with expertise in prestige beauty, Karen is an award-winning creative director with a penchant for superb design and craft.
Karen started her creative journey in NYC at Estée Lauder, and then flipped to the agency side as group creative director on L’Oreal and Revlon with McCann-Erickson and Deutsch. Her personal projects included book design for Ruven Afanador’s Torero, a TIME magazine cover… Read More
PARIS, FRANCE // Pierrette Diaz is Vice President and Executive Creative of Y&R Paris for almost 5 years. Within this time, she has changed the traditional agency model, bringing her distinctive creativity to all brands.
Starting out an art director at EuroRSCG (Havas), she then spent 13 years at DDB Paris, creating award-winning campaigns for Volkswagen, Nike, Audi, Brandt or Tiji TV.
She was also the lead creative for… Read More
BANGKOK, THAILAND // A Fine Arts graduate from Silpakorn University, Thailand’s leading Art school and Advertising & Packaging Design at CCAD, Ohio, Nisa has spent more than 20 years working in advertising. Launching career at Lintas, DY&R, Lowe, then Hakuhodo for 3 years as a Regional Creative Director, followed by a year at JWT.
Since joining Dentsu Thailand in 2006, Nisa had consistently been a driving force behind the works… Read More
TORONTO, CANADA // Born in Montreal, Mike grew up in Toronto. He returned to Montreal to study English Literature at McGill University. Following graduation, he moved to Osaka, Japan, for almost a decade to teach, teach teachers, program databases, and play Bluegrass music.
Upon his return to Canada, he began his advertising career at Leo Burnett as an administrative temp in the client service department. Eventually he found his way… Read More
VIENNA, AUSTRIA // Jason Romeyko is a commercial artist who curates stories across multiple platforms. Forged as a writer at Saatchi & Saatchi in 1993, he was fast-tracked to Creative Director at 27 and has bounced through Sydney, Warsaw, Moscow, Vienna, Berlin and Geneva.
He has been distinguished with various Grand Prix, Gold, Silver and Bronze awards at Cannes Lions, Eurobest, ADCE, ADC, CCA, ADCI, Golden Drum, Epica, Clio, LIA… Read More
BELGRADE, SERBIA // Jana has been a Creative Director at McCann Belgrade since 2010 .
Her credits include the first Cannes Lion for her home country, multiple Golden Drum Grand Prix Awards and numerous accolades with McCann Belgrade in Serbia and Adriatic region, for projects done on Coca-Cola, Carlsberg, Nestle and biggest national clients.
Jana is a member of 5050initiative.org, a directory that highlights the wealth of… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO, USA // Looking to combine his digital experience with traditional agency work, Lee joined Venables Bell & Partners in 2010 as a Creative Director. Since then, Lee has been instrumental in leading some of the most innovative and talked-about work VB&P has created, most notably for REI’s #OptOutside movement, Google “City Gym,” Google Fiber’s “Nick’s First Pitch,” and eBay’s “When… Read More
TOKYO, JAPAN // Kentaro loves to cross borders. In his younger years, he backpacked through over 35 countries. Not be surprised, after joining Hakuhodo in 1992 he established a unique planning and creative style that eliminates the boundaries of strategic, creative, digital, and PR and works seamlessly through the entire process.
He established Hakuhodo Kettle, a one of a kind creative agency in 2006. Truly innovative ideas can come…
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VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA // Faycal Ben abdellaziz has worked at National Australia Bank (NAB) for over 9 years. Faycal leads and manages the Group Brand team covering the areas of Brand, CSR and Sponsorship. In his role he is responsible for all visual design, experience, strategy, advertising, management and communications of the bank’s key brands (NAB, MLC and Plum).
He has held various roles at NAB including key strategic marketing,… Read More
BENGALURU, INDIA // Kavita Chaturvedi, is currently the Head of Marketing of ITC’s Foods Business. ITC is one of India’s foremost multi-business enterprise with interests in consumer products, hotels, paper, agri-business and IT. ITC Foods is the third largest packaged food company in India and also the fastest growing, with strong play in staples, snacks, biscuits, noodles, spices, luxury chocolates etc.
Kavita has sixteen years of… Read More