Jim Riswold
Semi-Retired Advertising Executive and Semi-Retarded Artist
Wieden+Kennedy, Portland
You can take the man out of Wieden+Kennedy.
Jim Riswold is, in the words of Esquire magazine, “The reason you know that Bo knows. He’s the reason you are Tiger Woods. He’s the guy who paired MJ with Mars. He’s the guy who paired MJ with a rabbit. He is [...]
John Boiler and Glenn Cole
Co-Founders and Creative Directors
72andSunny
In another installment of our extremely popular “Wouldn’t it be great if we started our own agency?” interviews, we head down to beautiful California to catch up with John Boiler and Glenn Cole, co-founders and creative directors of El Segundo’s jalapeno hot shop 72andSunny.[...]
Richard Bates
Chief Creative Officer, The Brand Union
Senior Partner, Executive Creative Director, BIG Ogilvy & Mather
Sometimes you run toward destiny, sometimes you run from it and it catches you anyway. Such is the life of Richard Bates, Chief Creative Officer of The Brand Union and Senior Partner, Executive Creative Director of BIG Ogilvy & Mather in New York City. Growing [...]
Weerachon Weeraworawit
Executive Creative Director
BBDO Bangkok
Thailand has always been a force to be reckoned with on the award circuit. Not only in Asia, but on the global stage. Unfortunately, it’s rare the faces behind the winning work make it all the way across the Pacific ocean and to our part of the world. Weerachon “Dahn” Weeraworawit is [...]
Andy Fackrell
Executive Creative Director
180 Amsterdam
It would be a dream if you were a chocoholic and you somehow got to work on the Hershey’s account, or if you worshiped at the altar of Steve Jobs and were brought on board to do the next iPhone ad. But imagine being a major sports enthusiast and getting your hands [...]
Victor Ng
Executive Creative Director
EURO RSCG Singapore
His old boss Linda Locke describes this guy as the hungriest creative she’d ever seen.
And you would think she’s seen plenty. When I met Victor, I could immediately see why Linda held him in such high regard. I’ve never come across anybody who shows as much enthusiasm for what they [...]
Rowan Chanen
Regional Executive Creative Director
M&C Saatchi Asia
If life followed its normal path, Rowan Chanen would never speak to me again and ignore my phone calls forever. As I was stranded trying to find an ad hoc replacement for a Creative Director who didn’t show up to Portfolio Night, I committed the mother of all no-nos by [...]
Linda Locke
CEO & Creative Director
Godmother Consulting
On my recent visit to Singapore, Linda Locke was one of the people I was most looking forward to meet. She was a bit hard to track down, but when I finally managed to get a hold of her, she generously took me up on my offer, and was more than [...]
Steve Elrick
Regional Executive Creative Director
BBH Asia Pacific
“Oh, I love Steve, he’s such a funny guy!” is pretty much what everyone in the ad biz has to say about BBH Asia Pacific’s Regional ECD. Admittedly he is quite the entertainer. He’s also no stranger to success, having picked up a bucketful of accolades over his tenure [...]
Tham Khai Meng
Worldwide Creative Director
Ogilvy & Mather
About a month ago we set up a chart on our office titled Where is Khai? Which we filled out with various cellphones, and even multiple assistants as we tried to get in touch with Khai as he traveled around the globe doing “worldwidely” duties. You can’t blame him for racking [...]
