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5 Minutes with… Taj Critchlow
POPP ROK, 1 day, 20 hours ago
Executive producer at Popp Rok on almost becoming a lawyer, cutting his teeth in the golden days of HSI, and his close relationship with Drake and Director X
Taj Critchlow is a man of many talents. He’s an event producer, a creative marketing consultant, talent manager and lifestyle specialist. But he’s ... Read more
5 Minutes with… Sasan Saeidi
J. Walter Thompson MEA, 1 week, 2 days ago
J. Walter Thompson’s Gulf CEO on the industry’s creative DNA, fixing the client-agency relationship and why talent is more important than revenue
Sasan Saeidi really cares about the industry. Like, really cares. He thinks deeply and writes extensively about the challenges facing agencies, the... Read more
5 Minutes with… Neil Heymann
Droga5 New York, 1 week, 3 days ago
Droga5’s new CCO on his nerdy pop culture obsessions and being “more creative with how we’re creative”
In the press release announcing his promotion to Droga5’s new chief creative officer, Neil Heymann was described by the agency’s founder David Drog... Read more
5 Minutes with… Lucas Peon
J. Walter Thompson London, 1 week, 4 days ago
JWT London executive creative director on his nomadic childhood, addiction to learning and his love for Spider-Man
Most agency creative directors dream of becoming filmmakers, and production is full of directors who escaped the agency. Lucas Peon, however, moved... Read more
5 Minutes with… Juan Sánchez
TBWA Worldwide, 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Chief Creative Officer and Vice President of TBWA\Spain on his loyalty to the agency, proudest moments and the Latin American influence in Spain
Juan Sánchez has spent the majority of his 21-year advertising career at TBWA in Madrid. His influence on the agency is hard to overstate. For the ... Read more
5 Minutes with… Luke Scott
RSA Films , 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Ridley Scott Creative Group’s Global CEO on growing up as Ridley’s son, the shape of branded entertainment over the next 50 years and the genius of Love Island
Luke Scott can’t claim to have got into filmmaking via a conventional route. As children, he and his brother Jake found themselves playing roles in... Read more
5 Minutes with… Jorg Riommi
Publicis Worldwide, 3 weeks ago
From rock ‘n’ roll to Romania, we catch up with CCO at Publicis Bucharest and regional creative coordinator for Publicis One CEE
Jorg Riommi has lived and worked in Rome, San Juan, Berlin and Frankfurt – but since 2007 the city of Bucharest has been home to the half Italian, ... Read more
5 Minutes with… Henric Larsson
Chimney Stockholm, 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Founder and COO of Chimney Group on his teenage stockbroker career, starting a post house from scratch in the ‘90s and growing it across borders into eight other countries
Henric Larsson doesn’t just talk the talk. He really cares about what he does. Since founding the post production company Chimney in 1995, the busi... Read more
5 Minutes with… Claudio Lima
Cheil Brazil, 1 month ago
Cheil Brazil’s new CCO on creative technology, the Brazilian crisis and his one true love… video games
Claudio Lima joined Cheil Brazil as its CCO from Ogilvy Brazil three months ago, tasked with developing the agency’s creative technology offering. ... Read more
5 Minutes with… Akira Nagai
AOI Pro. Inc., 1 month ago
The renowned Japanese commercials and features director and AOI Pro Chief Creative Officer on the importance of speed, Japan’s evolving production scene and crossing over to the feature world
A commercials director moving to features is, according to Akira Nagai, akin to a tennis player trying to take up baseball. Sure, you’re swinging s... Read more