Ali Rez
- Chief Creative Officer
- United Arab Emirates
- Member since 2018
Named Creative Person of the Year thrice by Campaign magazine, and 2024 Advertising Person of the Year at Dubai Lynx, Ali Rez is the most awarded creative leader in the Middle East, and currently leads creative for the IMPACT BBDO Group across the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan region. Rez’s work has been instrumental in Impact BBDO being named the No.2 Agency In The World on the WARC report, while winning 32 different Agency of the Year accolades in 2022 and 2023 for bringing tremendous business success and creative excellence to the Group, and positive impact to social causes.
Rez has won more than 1000 international accolades in his career spanning four continents over 20 years, which include Grands Prix at major shows including Cannes Lions, Clio, OneShow, Loeries, Effies, D&AD Yellow – awards which have led him to be ranked No.1 ECD in Asia on several creative rankings. In 2023, he was the first jury president ever at Cannes Lions to represent the Middle East.
Moving from California, Rez currently lives in Dubai, where he is an avid mountain biker. Besides lecturing at Oxford University, Rez has exhibited at Tate UK, spoken at Tedx, and has traveled to 148 countries.
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D&AD Awards (19)
-
The Elections Edition
- Press & Outdoor
- Press & Outdoor
- Tactical Poster Adverts
- 2022
-
Truck Art Childfinder
- Illustration
- BBDO Pakistan
- Berger Paints
- Illustration
- Site Specific
- 2019
-
Not a Bug Splat
- White Pencil - Creativity for Good
- Impact BBDO Lahore
- Reprieve / Foundation For Fundamental Rights
- White Pencil - Creativity for Good
- Advertising & Marketing Communications - Not for Profit
- 2015
-
The Elections Edition
- Impact
- Impact
- Local Solution
- 2022
-
Fatima Ansari: #BridalUniform
- Next Creative
- Fatima Ansari
- UN Women
- Next Creative
- Next Creative
- 2020
-
The New National Anthem Edition
- PR
- Impact BBDO Dubai
- An Nahar Newspaper
- PR
- Reactive Response
- 2020
-
Truck Art Childfinder
- Press & Outdoor
- BBDO Pakistan
- Berger Paints
- Press & Outdoor
- Interactive Sites Poster Advertisng
- 2019
-
Truck Art Childfinder
- PR
- BBDO Pakistan
- Berger Paints
- PR
- In-Market Campaign
- 2019
-
The Bridal Uniform
- Experiential
- BBDO Pakistan
- UN Women
- Experiential
- Live Shows
- 2018
-
Not a Bug Splat
- Direct
- Impact BBDO, Lahore
- Reprieve / Foundation For Fundamental Rights
- Direct
- Direct Response/Ambient
- 2015
-
Not a Bug Splat
- Outdoor Advertising
- Impact BBDO, Lahore
- Reprieve / Foundation For Fundamental Rights
- Outdoor Advertising
- Ambient
- 2015
-
Hidden Allergy
- Photography
- Impact BBDO
- Novomed
- Photography
- Still Life & Studio
- 2021
-
The New National Anthem Edition
- Impact
- Impact BBDO Dubai
- An-Nahar
- Impact
- Advertising/Brands
- 2020
-
The New National Anthem Edition
- Direct
- Impact BBDO Dubai
- An Nahar Newspaper
- Direct
- Direct Response/Ambient
- 2020
-
Stop Dowrymongering
- Media
- BBDO Pakistan
- UN Women
- Media
- Use of Talent and Influencers
- 2019
-
Truck Art Childfinder
- Media
- BBDO Pakistan
- Berger Paints
- Media
- Use of Press & Outdoor
- 2019
-
Truck Art Childfinder
- Direct
- BBDO Pakistan
- Berger Paints
- Direct
- Direct Response/Ambient
- 2019
-
Truck Art Childfinder
- PR
- BBDO Pakistan
- Berger Paints
- PR
- Creative Use of Media
- 2019
-
Truck Art Childfinder
- Creativity for Good
- BBDO Pakistan
- Berger Paints
- Creativity for Good
- Design/Brands
- 2019