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Simon Langley
Group Chief Creative Officer
Bastion
Sydney
, Australia
Simon Langley has been successfully leading agencies and creative departments for over a decade. A personable and collaborative leader, Simon has a proven track record of producing highly effective, long-term campaigns across all channels, for some of the world’s most iconic brands.
Throughout his career in Australia and overseas at some of the industry's most creative agencies, his work has been recognised at all the major award shows, including multiple D&AD yellow pencils, over 30 Cannes Lions (gold, silver and bronze), NY One Show gold, silver & bronze and LIA Gold, amongst others. Most recently, he was awarded back-to-back Grand Prix in both creative & effectiveness categories at Spikes Asia and the Grand Prix for Humanity at Adfest.
Simon has judged at numerous local and international award shows including Cannes Lions, D&AD (Twice), NY One Show, SpikesAsia, Adfest, AWARD and numerous others. Simon has also had the honour of being ranked one of the top ten creative leaders in the world by the Won Report.
Above all, he is proud of the culture he helps create in which he believes talented people from all departments can make a difference to the creative output of the agency, and the strong partnerships he forms with clients to collaboratively solve their business problems.