Nick Worthington
- ECD
- Member since 1993
Nick studied Graphic Design in the early 80’s at St Martin’s School of Art in London. He joined BBH in London in 1986 and, under the watchful eye of Sir John Hegarty, produced many award winning campaigns including Levis Creek and Drugstore. After 10 years at BBH Nick joined AMV BBDO under David Abbott, and over the next 7 years created award-winning work for Road Safety, Dulux and Wrangler.
In 2003 Nick joined Dave Droga on the Publicis worldwide creative board and moved to New Zealand, first as ECD at Publicis Mojo, and later as ECD at Colenso BBDO in Auckland. Nick is now Creative Chairman at Colenso BBDO.
In New Zealand, the kind of work Nick and his team were doing began to change: they floated a fully working pub around the world to thirsty Kiwis in London for Speights; built a tree house restaurant for Yellow Pages; launched a yellow-flavoured chocolate bar that outsold Snickers; created a radio station for dogs for Pedigree; and launched Brewtroleum, a bio fuel made from beer waste, for Heineken DB Export.
Colenso BBDO was recognised as the “Best Agency in the World” by the Big Won Report in 2013. Nick has been recognised by D&AD as one of the Top 10 copywriters of all time, and No.1 ECD in the world by the Big Won Report.
In 2016 Nick founded The Tuesday Club, a fledgling creative hub in Auckland; he sits on the One Show worldwide creative board; has interests in Sunergise, a solar energy company; HECS (Human Electro Magnetic Concealment system); and Stolen Rum, the world’s first smoked rum.
When Nick isn’t working he likes to fish, ride motorcycles and retreat to an eco house on Great Barrier Island with his partner, two sons and his chickens.
D&AD Awards (24)
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K9FM
- Radio Advertising
- Colenso BBDO
- Mars
- Radio Advertising
- Radio Advertising Campaigns
- 2015
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Kupu
- Digital Design
- Colenso BBDO
- Spark New Zealand
- Digital Design
- User Experience Design (UX)
- 2019
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K9FM
- Radio Advertising
- Colenso BBDO
- Mars
- Radio Advertising
- Innovative Use of Radio
- 2015
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Trial by Timeline
- Direct
- Colenso BBDO
- Amnesty International
- Direct
- Direct Response/Digital
- 2014
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AF Drinks
- Writing for Design
- Writing for Design
- Naming
- 2022
-
A Fire Inside
- Entertainment
- Entertainment
- Integrated
- 2022
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Talkies
- Radio Advertising
- Colenso BBDO
- Mars
- Radio Advertising
- Radio Advertising over 30 seconds
- 2015
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Back to Nature
- Outdoor Advertising
- Colenso BBDO
- Fonterra
- Outdoor Advertising
- Poster Advertising Campaigns
- 2015
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Breast Cream
- Direct
- Colenso BBDO
- New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation
- Direct
- Direct Response/Ambient
- 2015
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The Smart Phone Line
- Outdoor Advertising
- Colenso BBDO
- Samsung New Zealand
- Outdoor Advertising
- Ambient
- 2014
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Trial by Timeline
- Direct
- Colenso BBDO
- Amnesty International
- Direct
- Art Direction for Direct
- 2014
-
A Fire Inside
- Photography
- Photography
- Documentary
- 2022
-
A Fire Inside
- Entertainment
- Entertainment
- Non-Scripted Long Form
- 2022
-
Generation Voice
- Film Advertising
- Colenso BBDO
- Spark New Zealand
- Film Advertising
- TV Commercials 41-60 seconds
- 2019
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Kupu
- Digital Design
- Colenso BBDO
- Spark New Zealand
- Digital Design
- Service Design
- 2019
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SelfieSTIX
- Digital Marketing
- Colenso BBDO
- Mars NZ
- Digital Marketing
- Digital Tools & Utilities
- 2018
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$HRED
- Direct
- Colenso BBDO
- BNZ
- Direct
- Direct Mail
- 2015
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Talkies
- Writing for Advertising
- Colenso BBDO
- Mars
- Writing for Advertising
- Writing for Radio Advertising
- 2015
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Trial by Timeline
- Crafts for Advertising
- Colenso BBDO
- Amnesty International
- Crafts for Advertising
- Animation & Illustration for Digital Marketing
- 2014
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AF Drinks
- Packaging Design
- Packaging Design
- Promotional
- 2022
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Get The Skinny
- PR
- Colenso BBDO
- Skinny New Zealand
- PR
- Creative B2C Campaign
- 2019
-
Generation Voice
- Film Advertising
- Colenso BBDO
- Spark New Zealand
- Film Advertising
- Cinema Commercials 41-60 seconds
- 2019
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The Paperless Newspaper Ad
- Radio & Audio
- Colenso BBDO
- DB Breweries
- Radio & Audio
- Radio Advertising Campaigns
- 2019
-
Kupu
- Creativity for Good
- Colenso BBDO
- Spark New Zealand
- Creativity for Good
- Advertising /Brand
- 2019