Gatis Veldre

CD
Creative Direction
Riga/Latvia

I'm Latvian advertising professional with almost 20 years experience. At the moment I'm Creative Director of "Guilty Ogilvy". In June, 2018 I joined creative agency "WKND" and served here as a Creative Director for the following two years. From 2016 until 2018 I worked in a brand care agency "VUCA Communications" as a Creative Director. From 2005 until the end of 2012 I grew my experience in "Saatchi & Saatchi Latvia" as a creative thinker, senior copywriter, and then as a Creative Director until 2016.

As a Creative Director I'm responsible for the development of creative concepts, briefing of creative teams, execution, copywriting, creating content ideas for social media etc.

Together with my creative teams I have won awards in such advertising festivals as Golden Hammer, Festival of Creative Excellence “AdWards”, Digital Communication Awards and International Non-profit and Social Advertising Awards.

During my career I worked with local and Baltic clients: Ādažu Čipsi, Galerija Centrs, Amber Beverage Group, Bite, Maxima, Hepsor, Aldaris, Lattelecom, Sony, Samsung, Gjensidige, Milka, Novartis, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Toyota, Lexus, Mazda, Ford, Dirol, Latvian Road Traffic and Safety Directorate, Neste Oil, Latvian Tourism Development Agency, Spice, Alfa, Top!, Jysk, Latvenergo, Swedbank etc.

My mother tongue is Latvian, and I'm fluent both in English and Russian, and have a basic knowledge of Chinese.

Languages: English

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