Ant Keogh

Ant Keogh

Director at Antkeogh.com
Melbourne, Australia

About me

COMMERCIAL WORK.
Currently Chief Creative Officer at Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, Adweek named him one of “10 Global Creative Leaders that are Reinventing the Advertising Industry”.
Campaign Brief Australia ranks him the #1 Creative Director in Australia (for the past several years).
#4 Creative Director in the world by the Won Report and amongst the top 10 “Creatives You Should Know” in 2010 by Ad Age, U.S.A.
In his time there, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne won Campaign Brief Agency of the Year a record seven times and just won Cannes Agency of The Year 2017 and and D&Ad Agency of The year 2017.

As a copywriter, his most famous work is the on-going Carlton Draught “Made from Beer” campaign featuring “Big Ad”. Voted “No.1 Beer Ad of the Last 15 Years” by OneShow and included in the Sydney Power House Museum's "Top 10 Greatest Australian Ads". Follow up ads such as “Flashbeer”, ” “SloMo” & "Beer-Chase" and promotions such as “Drop The Bomb” also won Gold around the world.

As ECD he guided Gold-lion winning campaigns such as TAC "Meet Graham" Snickers "Hungerithm “, Bonds “Boys”, Victoria Tourism's “Remote Control Tourist”, National Australia Bank “Breakup”, Four ‘n’ Twenty’s “Magic Salad Plate”, Australian Guide Dogs’ “Support Scent” Carlton Draught “Slo Mo” & “Beer Chase”, Carlton Mid film and print (Gold, Cannes)

He served on the Cannes Lions Print Jury (2010) Film & TV Jury (2013) Titanium Jury (2015) and perhaps most interestingly in 2012 he was a member of the Cannes 'Chimera' - a group of Grand-Prix-winning mentors that served for the Bill Gates foundation in Seattle..

NOT-VERY-COMMERCIAL WORK.
Ant is an artist/writer/musician: (antkeogh.com). He writes, directs films (currently film funded by AFC) and creates animation (www,vimeo.com/antkeogh), and a mysterious sprawling art project called FUNKUNCLE (2002-present), writes/performs music, and occasionally acts (for example, cameo in the feature film "Kenny").

Awards

Positions

Director
Antkeogh.com
July 2017 - Present (6 years 8 months)
Director At Large
Funkuncle
July 2017 - Present (6 years 8 months)
Executive Creative Director
Melbourne, Australia
March 2016 - Present (8 years)
Senior Writer
Y&R Brands
1998 - 2001 (3 years)
Writer/Art Director
Walsh Bay, Australia
1995 - 1998 (3 years)
Writer/Art Director
Luscombe & Partners
1993 - 1995 (2 years)
Junior Writer/Art Director
Junior Art Director
Booth & Mier
1991 - 1992 (1 year)
Graphic Designer
Tempo Magazine
1990 - 1991 (1 year)
My first job, designing a magazine on a Mac. New field at the time!

Education

Visual Communication / Advertising

Bachelor's Degree Visual Communication / Advertising, Design, Illustration, Photography

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