Johan Vakidis Email & Phone Number

Sainte-Marcelline-De-Kildare, Qc, Ca

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Unity | WSP | Porsche | Salomon | The Montreal Holocaust Museum | Fifa | Talent.com | Louis Vuitton | Havana ClubI head up global creative (remotely) as Global Executive Creative Director in the Global Task Force. I lead a team based in Los Angeles, London, Paris, Toronto & Montreal. I help push Sid Lee’s edge capabilities and grow the client portfolio within the network.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Nestlé Coffee | Nestlé Dairy | NesQino | Harvest GourmetUpon return to Montreal, I helped Nestlé China develop creative and strategies for new growth categories and business units in the space of sustainability, wellness and mindfulness. These projects were done working closely with Nestlé China's CMO and CEO.

Shanghai City, China

Heineken | Nestlé | Mercedes-Benz | Nike | L’Oréal | Cadillac | Huawei | Buick | Adidas | VolkswagenI was leading 10+ agencies within the Groupe totaling approximately 600 creatives nationally. I was tasked to build skills-based bespoke creative teams around China’s largest international clients leveraging Publicis’s power-of-one offering.

Shanghai City, China

Disney/Pixar/Marvel/Lucas | Huawei/Xiaomi/Apple | OTT manufacturers | Disney+I was TWDC’s first digital creative in China and set up the first digital creative team. I was tasked to set up Apps, Games & Immersive content, and development for 4 major brands Disney, Pixar, Marvel & Lucasfilm. I had oversight on Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan.

Shanghai City, China

Nike | Apple | Beats | SamsungI set up the Shanghai office and established the R/GA promise in the Chinese market by hiring key teams in strategy, experience design, visual design, delivery and securing foundational clients to ensure a profitable business.

Nike | Unilever | Activision | Tencent | Coca Cola | Oreo | Yao | Uniqlo | AB Inbev | Volkswagen | LegoI joined AKQA with the opportunity to open China’s first independent digital boutique agency. We started with 3 staff, 0 clients and were over 150 when I left. We established AKQA with a simple vision in mind, hire the best talent the market has to offer and create the best work in the Asian market.

Volkswagen | IKEA | Philips | Adidas | Haier | PingAn | KFC | Shanghai 2010 expo | Vans/Lee/The North FaceThis is where I started. I was hired as the first digital creative for what was at the time OgilvyInteractive which then became OgilvyOne. I brought my interactive skills to the team I eventually hired, and learnt the craft from direct marketing all the way to classic advertising. My last year of my 9 year tenure at Ogilvy saw me in a national role where I was overseeing the creative output for China as a whole.