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The Top 25 influential and inspiring Creative Directors

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Vadym Aseiev

Creative Director at Aseiev.com, Switzerland

#1 ranked Creative Director

My name is Vadym, and I'm an award-winning Creative Director and Brand Designer with over 18 years of global experience. My expertise lies in developing extraordinary brands that catapult businesses to remarkable success. I transform visionary ideas into compelling narratives, sparking authentic...

Creative Director, Graphic Designer, Art Director
Dublin: Ireland, Zurich: Switzerland, London: United Kingdom
Zurich, Switzerland: Switzerland

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barry tranter

Creative Director at bBelief, London

Brand strategy through to brand creation.

Creative Director
London: United Kingdom
London: United Kingdom

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Rich Rhodes

Executive Creative Director at SomeOne, London

For the past 18 years i've worked with some of the world's biggest and brightest organisations — launching, relaunching and protecting their brands. Highly-awarded and highly-acclaimed, I believe in creating and delivering work that works and in 2023 was awarded Creative Director of the year by...

Creative Director
London: United Kingdom
London: United Kingdom

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Louise Sloper

Executive Creative Director at SWC Partnership, Greater London

#4 ranked Creative Director

"Lou's strength lies in her unique ability to straddle two creative disciplines which at times seem at polar ends to each other - advertising and design. Very few creatives can do this, and I've never quite understood how she has achieved it. I think it's mainly because she is incredibly talented....

Creative Director, Branding Designer, Design Director
London: United Kingdom, Chelmsford: United Kingdom, Termoli
London, Greater London: United Kingdom

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Mark Nichols

Creative Director at WMH&I, London

Mark works as Creative Director across all branding disciplines from motion graphics and web design through corporate identity, comms and packaging. He leads a diverse education programme at WMH&I inspiring and advising students from a range of prestigious higher education institutions such as...

Creative Director
London: United Kingdom
London: United Kingdom

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Chris Linden

Global Group Creative Director at Monks, Oakland

I'm a creative leader who helps ambitious brands bring digital experiences to life. With over 15 years in design leadership, I've built and led global teams, blending creativity, technology, and innovation. I've worked with brands like Dolby, Google, Samsung, PlayStation, and the NHL, creating work...

Creative Director
Oakland: United States
Oakland: United States

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Kelly Mackenzie

Creative Director / Founder at White Bear Studio, london

Kelly Mackenzie is the founder and creative director of the multi-award-winning agency, White Bear. With nearly 20 years experience she has worked with challenger brands from start-ups to global mega-brands, and is passionate about challenger thinking, brand building, and the transformative impact...

Creative Director, Founder
London: United Kingdom
london: United Kingdom

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Seb Hill

ECD at BBD Perfect Storm, London

Quality ideas are king. Ideas that engage an audience no matter what the channel. Ideas that get and hold their attention. Ideas that resonate and people want to share. Time and attention are precious, creatives shouldn't be. Well, that's what I think anyway!

Creative Director, Executive Creative Director
London: United Kingdom
London: United Kingdom

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Jonny Severn

Design Strategy - Expert Designer & Animator at CEER, Riyadh

#9 ranked Creative Director

I'm Jonny Severn, also known as Jonathan Severn, a Creative Director, Design Leader, and Product Designer with over 29 years of experience leading the creation of digital products, automotive HMI systems, games, and interactive experiences for global brands and emerging businesses. My work spans...

Creative Director, Art Director, Games Designer
Bromsgrove
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia

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Rob Pratt

Creative Director at YeahNice, Hampshire

#10 ranked Creative Director

Creative Partner & Co-Founder of YeahNice Studio. -- About YeahNice: Whether you're a new start-up on the block or an industry veteran with a chip on your shoulder, being a challenger is a state of mind. It's any brand that dares to do things differently and isn't afraid to fight for results....

Creative Director, Branding Designer, Design Director
London: United Kingdom, Brighton: United Kingdom
Southsea, Hampshire: United Kingdom

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Helen Hartley

Creative Director & Brand Consultant at Helen Hartley Consulting, Leeds

#11 ranked Creative Director

Independent Founder, Creative director and Consultant of Helen * Consulting Ltd. (Former Creative Director at Elmwood Brand Consultancy, Design Director WPA Pinfold and Senior Designer @ Coley Porter Bell). 23yrs experience in brand design & strategy in the FMCG. Food, beverages (brewing...

Creative Director, Branding Designer
Leeds: United Kingdom, Toronto: Canada
Leeds: United Kingdom

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Cory Eisentraut

Executive Creative Direc at bandstand, London

After receiving his English Degree from the University of Western Ontario and a post-graduate in Media Copywriting from the Humber College School of Media Studies, Cory began his career at Toronto-based independent agency, Cundari. It was there that he spent over 10 years rising from summer intern to...

Creative Director
London: United Kingdom, Portland: United States, Dubai: United Arab Emirates
London: United Kingdom

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Sam Thomas

CD / Creative / Designer at St-udio, Truro

#13 ranked Creative Director

Award-winning CD / creative / designer. Type nerd, paper lover, hip-hop enthusiast. 23 years of watching an industry completely change, and still here for it. I've led rebrands and ad campaigns, won Associated Press and Creative Pool awards, and been named one of Creative Pool's Top 25 Creative...

Creative Director
Truro
Truro: United Kingdom

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Neil Williams

Creative Director, London

#14 ranked Creative Director

A creative mischief-maker with a global mindset and a genuine passion for disrupting the expected. I've led teams, inspired bold thinking, and built standout campaigns across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US, guiding world-class brands from big ideas to beautiful execution. From luxury...

Creative Director, Copywriter, Creative
Manchester: United Kingdom, London: United Kingdom
London: United Kingdom

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Javier Soler

Head of Art at TBWA, Bogota

#15 ranked Creative Director

As Head of Art, I lead the art direction and the visual and conceptual development of campaigns for local and global brands, ensuring that ideas evolve from their initial point into distinctive, culturally relevant, and consistently crafted work. My role connects creative, strategy, production,...

Creative Director, Head of Creative
Bogotá: Colombia
Bogota: Colombia

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Peter Allinson

Senior Creative Director at Amazon Prime Video, London

Designer. Director. Dad. ............. I'm a Senior Creative Director at Amazon Prime Video, leading brand and creative campaigns across Europe and beyond. Before joining Prime Video, I spent the last decade leading creative and design at UKTV and BBC Studios, where I helped build and launch new...

Creative Director, Design Director, Broadcast Art Director
London, Surrey
Banstead, London: United Kingdom

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Samira Rafi

Creative Director at Boomerang, Casablanca

#17 ranked Creative Director

Samira Rafi is a Multicultural Creative Director and Strategic Thinker with more than 20 years of experience in Communication and Advertising... She has a rich and broad multi-sector experience and has supported numerous institutions, private and public, global and local brands. She also worked as...

Creative Director, Creative
Casablanca: Morocco, Paris: France
Casablanca: Morocco

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chermine assadian

Global Creative Lead, St Albans

Chermine is a Global Creative Lead. Being Half Iranian, half French with a British wife, he's never been shy to explore the world and learn from other cultures. He worked in Paris, Dubai, Beirut, London, Amsterdam... Here are some other things he has done in 24+ years in advertising and 45+ years...

Creative Director, Executive Creative Director, Head of Creative
London: United Kingdom, paris: France, Amsterdam: Netherlands
st albans: United Kingdom

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Paulo Oliveira

Creative Director, Düsseldorf

#19 ranked Creative Director

Paulo Oliveira is a Portuguese-born Creative Director based in Düsseldorf, with over 15 years of experience using ideas, craft, visual storytelling and digital culture to create work that connects brands with people. Across Portugal and Germany, he has worked for clients including Porsche, Samsung,...

Creative Director, Digital Creative Director, Art Director
Düsseldorf: Germany, Lisbon: Portugal, London: United Kingdom
Düsseldorf: Germany

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ruby quince

Creative Director at H+K Strategies, london

I'm a creative director at H+K, and on the metaverse working group for WPP.

Creative Director
London: United Kingdom
london: United Kingdom

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Vicky von Knorring

creative director/Art Director/producer, London

My vast creative work experience stretches from art, sculpture, mix media, architecture, design, fashion/styling, film/video production and directing to videography post production, 3D and digital content creation. After finishing my film studies at New York University, I started directing and...

Creative Director, Art Director, Producer
London: United Kingdom
London: United Kingdom

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Grant Hunter

Global ECD at Iris, London

#22 ranked Creative Director

Grant is the Global ECD of iris based in London. During his time at iris he has led award-winning work for Samsung, adidas, COP26 and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. He is the co-author of Newsjacking published by Thames and Hudson. He also sits on the Straight8 advisory board, he's a...

Creative Director, Executive Creative Director
Singapore: Singapore, Sydney: Australia
London: United Kingdom

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Izaak Flanders

Creative Director at Boo Agency, London

#23 ranked Creative Director

Izaak * is Creative Director and Partner at Boo Agency, with nearly a decade of experience crafting campaigns for some of the world's most recognisable brands. With a background in performance and conceptual art, he brings a distinctive perspective to creativity, one rooted in storytelling,...

Creative Director
London: United Kingdom
London: United Kingdom

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Tyler Berry

Creative Director at YeahNice, London

#24 ranked Creative Director

Creative Director and Co-Founder of YeahNice Studio. We've a team of creatives that have spent our careers helping challengers in the tech and entertainment industries punch upwards, combining strategy, design and ambition to create brands and experiences people rally behind. Current clients...

Creative Director, Design Director, Branding Designer
London: United Kingdom, Gold Coast: Australia
London: United Kingdom

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Gabriel Carrero

Creative Director at Contáctica, San Juan

I'm a Creative Director, based in Puerto Rico with 8 years of experience in the Advertising and Production industries. I have worked with brands such as Discover Puerto Rico, KFC, Taco Bell, Tresemme, Dove, Axe, Dewar's, Popular Bank, Triple-S Insurance, Pepsi, Chocoramo, iShop and Doordash. I have...

Creative Director, Copywriter, Creative Team
San Juan: Argentina, Bogotá: Colombia, DF
San Juan: Puerto Rico

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