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About me

Shane Geffen is the Executive Creative Director at HERO & McCann Melbourne. South African-born, globally connected through people and brands at world-class agencies including Ogilvy Johannesburg, DDB Sydney, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne and VMLY&R Australia.
Career highlights include inviting people into the Sydney Opera House through their selfies, making an interactive Christmas bauble to let children know if they've been naughty or nice for Australia's largest department store, enlisting . to help recruit humans into the Navy, creating a dystopian future to attract students to join Monash University and most recently showing male gamers what it's really like to play through the eyes of women, earning Maybelline New York their first Cannes Lions ever.
It's innovative work like this that has earned him and his multi-disciplinary teams over 200 local and international awards including Golds at Cannes Lions, multiple Grand Prix at Spikes Asia as well as recognition at D&AD, One Show, The ANDYs, SXSW, AWARD and the Effies.
As a Creative LIAsons coach for 2 years running he helps develop, educate, and inspire the next generation of emerging talent to reach their full potential. And has helped guide creative excellence on the New York Festivals Grand Jury and the Madstars And Adfrum Awards.
Apart from being an ad and gaming nerd, he also boasts a strange accent, makes killer homemade biltong and has an Uber Rating of .

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

LocationSydney, Australia

Skill LevelSenior, Director

Tagged Job TitlesExecutive Creative Director

Ranking

#45 Ranked Executive Creative Director

Achievements

Contributor:

Shane has been a Contributor since 25th November 2015.

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Awards

Andys - Gold, Cannes Lions - Bronze, Cannes Lions - Gold, Cannes Lions - Shortlist, Cannes Lions - Silver, D&AD Award - Graphite Pencil, D&AD Award - Wood Pencil, One Show - Bronze Pencil, One Show - Merit, Spikes Asia - Gold, Spikes Asia - Grand Prix, Spikes Asia - Silver

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