Jayanta Jenkins is Global Executive Creative Director at Samsung, a role he just moved into after serving as Group Creative Director at Twitter where he was responsible for managing and creating the global integrated marketing communications for the brand.

A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) with a BFA in fashion art advertising, Jayanta began his advertising career at The Martin Agency in Richmond, Virginia, and then went on to work at Wieden+Kennedy in Portland, Amsterdam, and Tokyo, where he created and produced integrated campaigns for Nike Basketball, Nike Running and Powerade. Prior to joining Apple/Beats by Dre Jayanta worked TBWA/Chiat/Day, (the agency known for the iconic 1984 Apple ad), on Gatorade.

His work has been awarded at A Gran Prix at Cannes, One Show, and the Communication Arts Annuals, among others.