CV

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Oh dear, I hate writing a CV. It just seems like a lot of bragging.

But here goes...

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WORK EXPERIENCE / ACHIEVEMENTS

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1997 - 1998 Ogilvy LONDON 

Copy Writer

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1998-1999 TBWA JHB

Copywriter

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1999 - 2006 Network BBDO

Creative Director

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2006 - 2019 Ireland / Davenport
ECD & Founder

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2019 - 2022

Havas Regional Chief Creative Officer

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2022 - 2024

Ogilvy Hong Kong Chief Creative Officer

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2024 - Now

Virtue & Vice Creative Lead London & Dubai

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Awards:

Over 22 Cannes Lions
Around 15 One Show Pencils - And a new one this year in Hong Kong which is nice. 
About 15 D&AD Pencils
Roughly  70 Loerie Awards

Others ranging from Webby Awards to Effies and Clios etc

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Work featured on:

CNN / BBC / The Guardian / New York Times / Business Insider / The Sunday Times / MSNBC / ABC News Fox News / The Washington Post / The Telegraph / The LA Times / Time Magazine Al Jazeera / The Independent

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Quick Summary: 

John Davenport was co-founder of Ireland/Davenport, a South African start-up agency that won agency of the year 3 times. During this time he won and worked on accounts ranging from Standard Chartered and Investec EMEA to BMW global launches and Pan-Africa Vodafone campaigns.  His speciality is campaigns that work across multiple media channels and use social and PR to magnify impact and make budgets go further. He has won around 22 Cannes lions and 15 D&AD pencils, but is proudest when helping come up with big ideas that have a big impact on client's business. He is also confused about why one ends up writing things like this in the third person, and finds that embarrassing.