Young Ones Student Awards

The Young Ones competition is one of the most acclaimed advertising, interactive and design student competitions. It has a tradition of excellence dating back to 1986.

Young Ones 2015 Jury

Johnnie Ingram

Creative Director

Saatchi & Saatchi

New York

Johnnie Ingram is a Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi New York.

After finishing his BFA in Graphic Design in Chicago, he joined Leo Burnett Chicago as an intern. After hanging too long with the Marlboro men he realized he needed a really secure health care plan, so he decided to move to Canada, eh.

There he worked for some of advertisings top creative agencies, including TAXI, Leo Burnett Toronto and BBDO’s Juniper Park, where he won a few awards for his work on MINI, Burger King, and Viagra. He even helped build a successful telecom brand from the ground up.

But that wasn’t enough. He soon realized that after 6 years he had better lay off the Canadian Club and wanted to return to his home country. So he set his eyes on New York City.

There he joined TAXI NYC and helped to create the handsome Johan for Krafts new Swedish coffee acquisition Gevaila. Which landed him a fancy title at NYC’s Saatchi & Saatchi where he helped create Cheerios most controversial commercial. That controversy let to many more opportunities including making a Super Bowl commercial that topped USA Todays 2014 Ad Meter.

He continues to work in New York and aspires to keep pushing and never become irrelevant. Taking iconic brands and turning them into pop culture icons.

 

 

 

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