About me

Charlie Dejean is one of world's most celebrated young creatives. His work has been recognised over 100 times at all major award shows, winning gold at shows like Cannes, the Effies, Spikes Asia, Clios, AWARD Awards and Creativepool. He recently topped the B&T 30 under 30 list, winning both the Grand Prix and the award for Best Creative, and is proudly one half of AWARD Award's Best Emerging Creative Team and Creativepool's Best Creative Team. He has also been shortlisted for the upcoming YoungGuns, hosted by the One Club for Creativity.
With work spanning from the traditional to the innovative, he has:
- created optometry ads only bad eyesight can see.
- allowed Aussies to buy a round for fallen veterans.
- used AI to answer the 'impossible' question: "would your younger self be proud of you
- launched a nation-wide game of 'who am I
- performed the world's biggest shoey to gain the nation's respect.
- encouraged Aussies to be kind across contextual long form, OOH, radio and digital.
- and more...

Charlie is also dedicated to the wider industry. He has featured on panels across the country, and continuously mentors the next generation of creatives, not just as a 2x AWARD School Tutor, but also with extracurricular portfolio reviews and advice sessions for breaking into the industry.

Skills

Brainstroming, Brand Messaging, Campaign Development, collaboration, concepting, Integrated communication, leadership, Long-form writing, mentorship, pitching, Presentation, Short-form writing, Strategic Storytelling, tone of voice development

Sector Experience

Automotive, consumer goods, Education, Food & Beverages, Government, Military & Defense, Non-profit, Recruitment, social impact, Sports, Technology, tourism

Awards

Andys - Gold, AWARD Awards - Bronze x10, AWARD Awards - Emerging Creative Team of the Year, AWARD Awards - Gold x2, AWARD Awards - Shortlist x10, AWARD Awards - Silver x4, AWARD school - Top 10, B&T 30 under 30 - Best Creative, B&T 30 under 30 - Grand Prix, Best Ads - Winner x8, Cairns Crocodiles - Bronze x3, Cairns Crocodiles - Gold, Cairns Crocodiles - Shortlist x6, Cairns Crocodiles - Silver, Cannes Lions - Bronze, Cannes Lions - Gold (3x Campaign), Cannes Lions - Shortlist x9, Cannes Lions - Silver, Clios - Gold x2, Clios - Shortlist x2, Clios - Silver x2, Creativepool Annual - Creative Team of the Year, Creativepool Annual - Gold, Creativepool Annual - Shortlist x1, Crocodiles - Shortlist x14 (TBC), D&AD - Shortlist, Effies - Gold, Effies - Shortlist, LBB - Work of the Month, LBB - Work of the Week, LIA - Shortlist x2, MADC - Finalist, Mumbrella - Shortlist x3 (TBC), Mumbrella Awards - Shortlist, One Show - Finalist x13 (TBC), One Show - Shortlist x15, Snowflakes - Best in BX, Spikes Asia - Bronze x5, Spikes Asia - Gold x2, Spikes Asia - Shortlist x15, Spikes Asia - Silver x4, THE WORK - Acceptance x33, Young Guns - Shortlist

Clients

1001 Optometry, ADF CAREERS, Advil, Amazon, Colgate Palmolive, Department of Justice, Diabetes Queensland, Ford, Hahn, Intel, KitKat, Linkt, Major Transport Infrastructure Authority, Monash University, OzFish, Pie Face, Pizza Hut, Powerade, Ripcurl, Teachers Mutual Bank Limited, The Coca-Cola Company, The Hersheys Company, Tooheys, Tourism Australia, Victoria Health, Wendy’s, WorkSafe, XXXX