Mandie van der Merwe

Mandie van der Merwe

Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi Australia

Over the last 17 years, I have worked as an Art Director at agencies in Australia, South Africa and the Middle East, and have risen to the rank of Executive Creative Director.

 

I have picked up over 100 awards and have been recognised at almost every major advertising award show, including D&AD, Cannes, One Show, The Loeries and AWARD award. I have been lucky enough to work on incredible brands, including Tourism Australia, Fox Sports, Nando’s, Tourism New Zealand, David Jones, MINI and Virgin Money. My work on Go Gentle Australia was recently nominated as one of the Australian Campaigns of the Decade.

 

My life goal is to, one day, own a ceramics kiln and have the time to use it.