The 200 most-awarded advertising art directors of 2021

The World Creative Rankings, in partnership with Twitch, is the definitive guide to advertising’s most creative brands, agencies and people. We have already looked at the industry’s most-awarded chief creative officers and executive creative directors. Today, it’s time to find out which art directors lead the rankings.The Drum’s World Creative Rankings are an original, industry-spanning effort by our researchers to chart creative performance across the advertising world.By measuring how many industry awards a campaign has picked up for its client, agency and the people behind it, we can gain an accurate picture of the critical reception to creative work. Using that data, we’ve compiled a list of the top art directors in the business.The most award-winning art directors of the last 12 monthsRank Name Agency 1 Ivan Montebello Publicis Italy 2 Camilo Jimenez Ingo Stockholm 3 Max Hultberg Ingo Stockholm 4 Peter Cvetkovski Special Group Australia 5 Sergio Takahata David Miami 6 Nadja Lossgott AMV BBDO 7 Felipe Antonioli David Madrid 8 Andre DeCastro Gale 9 Bernd Rose BBDO Dusseldorf 9= Marco Serra BBDO Dusseldorf 9= Rosario Brancato BBDO Dusseldorf 12 Andy Tamayo Gut 13= Sandro Heierli DDB Berlin 13= Sirena Grace Martinelli DDB Berlin 15 Sarah Thomson Ogilvy OneUnilever 16= Dwight Williams Venables Bell and Partners 16= Mateus Cerqueira Freelance 16= Mattia Mingardo Publicis Italy 19 Leigh Stolarz Laundry Service 20= Al Watts Burberry 20= Sean Bell Burberry 22 Rodrigo Adam Anomaly 23 Sy-Jenq Cheng FCB New York 24 Andrea Sarcullo Publicis 25 Ben Muckensturm Droga5 26 Sergio Gordilho Africa Agency 27 Rachel Leathers Translation LLC 28 Yannapat Boonkate Wunderman Thompson 29= Luis Sordo Publicis Mexico 29= Maricarmen Mercado Freelance 31= Michael Lux Lux Media Solutions 31= Stephan Westerwelle David+martin 33 Eduardo Alvarez Ideo 34= Flora Sagnes Freelance 34= Sonia Presne McCann Worldgroup 36 Imran Ayub Ogilvy 37= Juan Ignacio Peirano McCann London 37= Marcus McCoy Inside Ideas Group 39 Bijoy Valiya Purayil Impact BBDO 40= Ben Grace VMLY&R Kansas City 40= Jan-Martin Hopf Oh creative Studio 42= Jacob Bjordal Nord DDB 42= Lance Vining BBDO New York 44 Ryan Woods VMLY&R Kansas City 45 Ananda Sen atom network 46= Aurelie Scalabre BETC 46= Brittany Newman TBWA\Chiat\Day 46= Jessica Fecteau Cossette 49= Anthony Asmar Impact BBDO 49= Jackie Moran Droga5/Tiktok 51= Leo Dal Forsman & Bodenfors 51= Karl Risenfors Forsman & Bodenfors 51= Zachary Bautista Rethink 54= Daisuke Matsunaga Dentsu Tokyo 54= Yan Graller Lola MullenLowe 56= Leonardo Zardo Soko 56= Maso Correa Heck Innocean Berlin 56= Mihail Aleksandrov CP+B Brasil 59= Sophia Lindholm Forsman & Bodenfors 59= Steve Ierullo Performance art 61= Mayuresh Vengurlekar Leo Burnett 61= Mukesh Jadhav FCB Interface 61= Nicholas Hulley AMV BBDO 61= Prashant Pawar Mullenlowe Group 61= Soenar Santoso Ogilvy 66 Kevin Wijaya Flo Energy 67 Naoki Ga Wieden+Kennedy Portland 68 Fernando Rossini Wunderman Thompson Buenos Aires 69 Cristiane Schmidt Rothco|Accenture Interactive 70 Yoshihiro Yagi Dentsu Tokyo 71= Fabio Koriyama Freelance 71= Julija Fricsone-Gavriss Voskhod creative 73= Alice Blastorah Special US 73= Nicolas Lopez Ingo Stockholm 73= Pedro Galdi Gut 73= Sam Adio Havas London 73= Yusong Zhang Energy BBDO 78= Devdutt Viz Vistara 78= Jacopo Biorcio Saatchi & Saatchi NY 80= Andrew Torrisi DDB Group Australia 80= James Millers Leo Burnett London 80= John Osborne Creature 80= Will Rees Leo Burnett London 84= Anna Salonen Nord DDB 84= Corentin Salignat BETC Fullsix 84= Guillaume Sabbagh Publicis Conseil 84= Marine Badel Publicis Conseil 84= Vic Bath Zulu Alpha Kilo 89= Julia Kinast BBDO Group Germany 89= Marcus Yuen Wieden+Kennedy New York 89= Sara Meinecke Droga5 92= Filip Wolfensberger CRK 92= Kanokwan Wiriyakajonkeat Wolf Bkk 92= Karol Goreczny Unit9 92= Michael Romaniuk Zulu Alpha Kilo 92= Mike Palese Verizon 92= Onanong Klaysuban Wolf Bkk 98= Brian Vandeputte R/GA 98= Danny Marmol Bombai 100 Patrik Pagreus Nord DDB 101 Alexander Skoglund Stendahls 102= Aisling Clarke Rothco|Accenture Interactive 102= Gabriel Teixeira Rothco|Accenture Interactive 102= Raphael DaSilva Rothco|Accenture Interactive 102= Sam Caren The Public House 106= Eric Margusity Riot Games 106= Fernanda Guerrero Stink Films 106= Rodrigo Nakaza Arnold Worldwide 106= Torsak Chuenprapar Wolf Bkk 110= Christian Bircher myDropz 110= Tudor Cucu Serviceplan Group 110= Vinicius Costa Roof Studio 113= Alejandro Bottas Rednet Ecuador 113= Andrew Philip Wulff Philipp und Keuntje 113= Wilhelm Eckert Philipp und Keuntje 116= Conor Clarke VMLY&R Kansas City 116= Stacey Karayannis Leo Burnett 116= Tatjana Fischer-Genin BBDO Dusseldorf 119 Rafael Rizuto BBH New York 120= Alice Lin Ogilvy Taiwan 120= Diego Benitez Bombai 120= Oliver Leon ABInBev 120= Pedro Sattin David Madrid 120= Sergio Lizarazo Wunderman Thompson Bogota 125= Josep Jover DDB New Zealand 125= Shao Shao Ogilvy Taiwan 125= Shaoan Wang Ogilvy Taiwan 128= Andre Batista Artplan 128= Diego Canhisares Ogilvy Brasil 128= Fernanda Peka FCB Brasil 128= Kevin Wong Forest Interactive 128= Marlon von Franquemont 180 Amsterdam 128= Milena Cabral Suno Creators 128= Ralve Khor Naga DDB 135= James Leake Mischief USA 135= Luan Pirola No Fixed Address 135= Mattia Leporale Hello 135= Michael Wilk Serviceplan Group 139= Ales Pokorny WMC/Grey 139= Daniel Kalil DentsuAchtung 139= Dominick Marotta Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness 139= Jose Ramirez Gut 139= Lauren Chan Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness 139= Lilliana Vazquez Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness 139= Melissa Hawkett TBWA\Sydney 139= Nate Miller Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness 139= Vaclav Pruner WMC/Grey 148 Quentin Clausse Havas Sports & Entertainment 149 Pavel Bondarenko Serviceplan Group 150= Ash Myburgh Freelance 150= Mahesh Powar Memac Ogilvy 152= Brunno Cortez Conill Advertising 152= Fernando Serra We Believers 152= Martin Strobel Kolle Rebbe 152= Vincent Lesne BETC 156= Daniel Smith Che Proximity 156= Hayley Hinkley Rethink 158= Gustavo Tovar Wunderman Thompson Bogota 158= Max Marohn Scholz & Friends 158= Rene Rojas Wunderman Thompson Bogota 158= Tyler Robitaille BBDO Toronto 162 Kalpesh Patankar Leo Burnett Dubai 163= Humberto Fernandez FCB Health 163= Robbie Rane Freelance 165= Ekrem Erturk Duzel Leo Burnett Istanbul 165= Hasan Yildirim Havas Istanbul 165= Kunal Gagwani Serviceplan Group 168= Ben Conaghan VMLY&R Kansas City 168= Jeff Cheung lg2 168= Josue Gonzalez Ogilvy Mexico 168= Katie Greco 22Squared 172= Carl Lauren Farm Stockholm 172= Jason Fieldgate Promise 172= Joakim Khoury Akestam Holst 172= Martin Noreby Edelman 172= Pedro Velasquez Farner Consulting 177= Jason Gold Droga5 177= Joao Viegas Mischief USA 177= Nick Lindo Wieden+Kennedy London 180= Ahmad Shanaa Wunderman Thompson Riyadh 180= Becca Duggan Stone & Wood Brewing 180= Carl Robertson Ogilvy Sydney 180= Kapil Bhimekar Leo Burnett Dubai 180= Luis Paulo Gatti White Rabbit 180= Nikki Taylor-Garrett TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris 180= Tom MacPhail Howatson + Company 187= Andy Forrest Ogilvy London 187= Astrid Andujar Spotify 187= Cara Cecchini Droga5 187= Jonathan Cruz Horizon FCB 187= Nicola Wood Ogilvy London 187= Yuhei Ito TBWA\Hakuhodo 193= Axel Tagg Forsman & Bodenfors 193= David Glen No Fixed Address 193= Francisco Cerutti Gut 193= Henna Siitonen 358 193= Janice Ko Special Group Australia 193= Jesse Young Freelance 193= Kat Tadaki Colenso BBDO 193= Michele Salati Ogilvy Hong Kong 193= Pedro Assis VMLY&R Brasil 193= Rick Abreu PetroRio 193= Shailesh Khandeparkar FCB Ulka Explore the best-performing campaigns, agencies and brands in this year’s World Creative Rankings.

The 200 most-awarded advertising art directors of 2021

By Sam Bradley | Senior Reporter

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