Howdy,
I’m just a regular bloke from regional Victoria, not a trend lord from Fitzroy. I don’t even have social media, let alone a tote bag. What I do have is a love for thinking up clever and cheeky ideas, big and small.
I started out at a Sydney ad agency in 2016. Since then I’ve completed the D&AD New Blood Academy in London. Made some ads. Won some awards. Bribed students with beer. Moved to New Zealand. Made some more ads. Took home the Axis Emerging Talent award. Tutored the Creative Advertising class at Media Design School in Auckland, and more recently, AWARD School.
As a Senior Art Director I’m far too interested in scribbling scripts than pushing pixels. So far, that’s worked out just fine.
When I’m not making ads I’m usually somewhere far from a screen fly fishing to the sounds of Tyler Childers in Victoria’s High Country.
I’m currently a solo creative, so if any copywriters are keen on partnering up hit me up:
jaketblood@gmail.com
Experience
Sep 2024 - present | Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne
Oct 2021 - Sep 2024 | Saatchi & Saatchi, Melbourne
Aug 2020 - Nov 2021 | M&C Saatchi, Melbourne
Sep 2019 - August 2019 | DDB, New Zealand
May 2019 - Aug 2019 | FCB, New Zealand
Mar 2018 - May 2019 | Saatchi & Saatchi, New Zealand
Mar 2016 - Mar 2018 | CHEP, Sydney
2024 | Top Tutor | AWARD School
2018 | Mentor at Media Design School, New Zealand
2017 | D&AD New Blood Academy, London
Education
Ad School | Miami Ad School
Uni | Swinburne University | Bachelor of Design
School | The Geelong College