Six months after he was slated to judge at the Kidlat Awards, David Droga, Creative Chairman of Droga5, is finally coming to Manila. Presented by the Creative Guild of the Philippines, Droga speaks to local advertising and marketing practitioners on September 11, 6pm at the AIM Conference Center, Legaspi Village, Makati City.
Droga is about as close as you can get to a rock star in the advertising world.
Hoping to start a career as a ski instructor he got waylaid into the world of advertising. At 22, he was a partner in Omon Sydney, twice winning Australian Agency of the Year. In 1996, David moved to Singapore, leading Saatchi Asia to be named New York’s Advertising Age as International Agency of the Year.
In 1998 he moved to Saatchi London. By 2002, Saatchi & Saatchi, London was named Agency of the Year at Cannes Lions and by both AdAge and Adweek. He then became Worldwide Creative director of Publicis.
Finally "tired of growing other people’s companies", he founded Droga5 in New York in 2006. The following year, it was named US Agency of the Year by AdAge’s Creativity Magazine. This year, it was the most awarded agency at D&AD winning two Black Pencils.
While in London, he was nominated Best Creative Director in the UK’s Best of the Best Awards and named World’s Best Creative Director by Advertising Age. He was this year’s head of the Titanium and Integrated Jury at Cannes Lions and is the head of the Spikes Asia Jury.
Sponsor
If all that hasn’t blown you away, Droga is the most awarded individual creative at Cannes, with over 50 Lions to his name.
All proceeds go to fund the Young Creative participation in Spikes, AdFest and Cannes.
Regular Ticket Prices:
Titanium seating (front rows): P1,999
Finalist seating (regular rows): P1,499
4As-P members and/or Kidlat Card Holders are entitled to a P500 discount per seat. All registered delegates to the Kidlat Awards 2009 get free admission.
Tickets will be on a first-come, first-serve basis until sold out. For reservations and more information, contact Vanne Tomada at the 4As-P.
This is a rare personal appearance in Manila for Droga, although he has spoken here once before back in 1996. On that basis he won’t be back until 2022.
