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About me

Samira Ansari has over 20 years experience working in the ad industry across three continents.

Her career began at Cummins and Partners in Australia, working on planes, trains and automobiles. She was part of the team that successfully launched Virgin Airlines in Australasia. This campaign was so successful, it forced Qantas to launch its own low budget airline to compete with the new sassy Virgin brand.

She then landed at Saatchi and Saatchi Paris where she led the agency's P&G laundry business across EMEA for 4 years.

In 2008 Samira arrived in New York. While at JWT NY, she created the brutally honest, award-wining campaign for U by Kotex, revamping the female sanitary product market. At Chiat Day NY she produced a multi-award winning campaign for Wheat Thins. And at Grey, Samira and team took Pringles to the Super Bowl for the very first time. She spent a year at Johannes Leonardo as Group Creative Director in charge of Mass Mutual and Gap. The agency was ranked #3 on Adage's Annual A-list that year.

Samira joined FCB NY in January 2020 as Executive Creative Director responsible for the agency's ABI portfolio taking Michelob Ultra Courtside at NBA's covid-safe bubble in Orlando. Her team also launched Michelob Ultra Organic Seltzer at the Super Bowl with great success. FCB was named Adweek Global Agency Of The Year in 2020.

Over the years, her work has been recognized by local and international award shows; The Cannes Lions festival, The D&AD, Clio, The One Show, the ADC, and the Effies.

Samira is not at all related to comedian Aziz Ansari, but once convinced the maître d at the Bellagio in Vegas that she was to get the penthouse, free of charge.

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AvailabilityLooking for work

ContractPerm, Freelance, Temp-Perm, Part time, Remote

LocationNew York, NY, United States

Skill LevelJunior, Middleweight, Senior, Director

Tagged Job TitlesExecutive Creative Director

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Creativepool Annual

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Annual 2021

Top 100 Creative Leaders

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Michelob Ultra Courtside

21 September 2021

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