2026 Virtual Coaches
Jeano Cruz
Senior Partner & Group Creative Director
GIGIL Manila
Manila
Jeano Cruz is Group Creative Director and Senior Partner at GIGIL, a 100% Filipino-owned indie agency with a global footprint across New York, LA, Toronto, and Cambodia. He joined GIGIL's founding team as a partner in 2017 at just age 22, and now leads his own creative group along CCOs and co-founders Badong and Herbert. He is also in-charge of creative direction and growth for GIGIL Metama, the agency's tech and innovation arm.
Over a span of 8 years, Jeano's work for clients like Netflix, Unilever, Levi’s, RC Cola, Defensil, Comedy Manila and more have earned global and local recognition across Cannes Lions, D&AD, CLIO, APAC Effies, AWARD Awards London International Awards, just to name a few.
Despite these trophies, what Jeano considers as his most prized possessions are the thousands of memes he has collected on his phone, from which he regularly gets creative inspiration.
Over a span of 8 years, Jeano's work for clients like Netflix, Unilever, Levi’s, RC Cola, Defensil, Comedy Manila and more have earned global and local recognition across Cannes Lions, D&AD, CLIO, APAC Effies, AWARD Awards London International Awards, just to name a few.
Despite these trophies, what Jeano considers as his most prized possessions are the thousands of memes he has collected on his phone, from which he regularly gets creative inspiration.
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“It's a full-circle moment for me to join LIA this year as a Creative LIAisons Coach, as I was privileged to be a Creative LIAisons Mentee back in 2021. It was a transformative experience for my career -- learning directly from Alfred Wee, Jose Miguel Sokoloff, and Amy Carvajal and receiving priceless wisdom that I have since applied in my creative work in GIGIL. I'm excited to support this program, because of all the good it has done for me.”