About me

Ali Silao is the Head of Art at Publicis JimenezBasic. Before this, he was with Seven AD, BBDO Guerrero, and TBWA\Santiago Mangada Puno.

Ali was the first Filipino to win a Young Spikes Gold. He also brought home the Philippines' first Webby award. This year, he is the grand winner of the LIA Not-So-Young Creative Competition. Over the years, his work has been recognized in Cannes, D&AD, One Show, LIAs, Spikes, Clio Awards, NY Festivals, Adfest, AMEs, Digital Asia Awards, Boomerangs, Ad Stars, Adobo Design Awards and Kidlat Awards.
Ali has been ranked by Adobo Magazine as one of the country's top creatives. His client roster includes Frito-Lay, Johnnie Walker, Pepsico, Nissan, Isuzu, Ford, Del Monte, Adidas, Jollibee, KFC, SPAM(R), Energizer, Old Spice, Facebook and Google.
He has served as jury in National Digital Arts Awards, Kidlat Awards, Papaya Young Creators Competition, and the Young Guns 20. He is regularly invited to inspire young creative upstarts in different universities in the Philippines. At the height of the COVID pandemic, he helped launch the Google Jam for Good Creative Competition, a platform where young Filipino advertising practitioners can use their creativity for greater good.

Skills

Advertising, Art Direction, Brain storming, Brand / Logo Design, Branding, Communications, Consultancy, Content, Copywriting, Creative Direction, Digital Art, Digital Marketing, Direct Mail, Editing, Event Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Image Retouching, Performing Arts, Photo Editing, Photoshop, Point of Sale Design, Print Design, Script Writing, Social Media, Storyboarding, Typography

Sector Experience

Advertising, Creative Services, Design

Awards

ADFEST Award - Bronze, ADFEST Award - Finalist, ADFEST Award - Silver, AME Award Silver, Cannes Lions - Bronze, Cannes Lions - Shortlist, Clios - Bronze, Clios - Grand Award, Clios - Shortlist, D&AD Award - In-book, D&AD Award - Wood Pencil, Kidlat Award, LIA Award - Silver, New York Festival - Finalist, One Show - Bronze Pencil, One Show - Merit, Spikes Asia - Bronze, Spikes Asia - Gold, Spikes Asia - Shortlist, Spikes Asia - Silver, Webby Award

Clients

Bench Clothing, Del Monte, Department of Tourism Philippines, Energizer, Facebook, Frito Lay, Globe Postpaid, Johnnie Walker, Jollibee, M&M's, Mountain Dew, Old Spice, PepsiCo, Snickers, SPAMĀ®

Ranking
#214 Ranked Creative
Recommendations
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Currently No Recommendations
Availability
Looking for work
Achievements
Project featured:Old Spice "The Smell That Never Dies"
on 24th March 2021
Project featured:Energizer/Manikako "Gift Of Life"
on 26th March 2021
Contract
Perm, Freelance, Temp-Perm, Part time, Remote
Location
Makati, Philippines
Skill Level
Middleweight, Senior, Director
Languages
English and Filipino
Creativepool member since 6 January 2016