ADC Young Guns
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YG Classes
Category
YG22
Annual ID
YG22_Baillie
Geoff Baillie
Creative Director
Hometown: Ontario, CanadaCurrent City: Toronto, Canada
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Geoff is a Creative Director at Rethink Toronto. He mostly works on Heinz, but also touches IKEA, MolsonCoors and WestJet. His focus is fast-moving projects that seize cultural moments for the brand. Like ‘Heinz Ketchup and Seemingly Ranch’, which turned a Tweet about Taylor Swift eating at a Chiefs game into Heinz' most viewed ad campaign ever. Or “Can’t Unsee It”, a recent collaboration between Heinz, Marvel, and Ryan Reynolds that made sure no one sees the new Deadpool & Wolverine movie without thinking of Ketchup & Mustard.
His work has been covered on shows like Stephen Colbert and Drew Barrymore, and in publications the New York Times and the Washington Post. After 6 years in advertising, Geoff has been named in AdAge’s 40 Under 40, as AdAge’s Creative Team of the Year with his partner Zach Bautista, ranked as Canada’s #1 most awarded copywriter for two consecutive years, and won 30 Cannes Lions.
Before he worked at Rethink, Geoff worked in kitchens and attended University of Toronto, where he published a full-length book as a Northrop Frye Undergraduate Fellow. A fun fact about Geoff is that he grew up in what was technically a village (Ailsa Craig, Ontario).
His work has been covered on shows like Stephen Colbert and Drew Barrymore, and in publications the New York Times and the Washington Post. After 6 years in advertising, Geoff has been named in AdAge’s 40 Under 40, as AdAge’s Creative Team of the Year with his partner Zach Bautista, ranked as Canada’s #1 most awarded copywriter for two consecutive years, and won 30 Cannes Lions.
Before he worked at Rethink, Geoff worked in kitchens and attended University of Toronto, where he published a full-length book as a Northrop Frye Undergraduate Fellow. A fun fact about Geoff is that he grew up in what was technically a village (Ailsa Craig, Ontario).
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Heinz Ketchup and Seemingly Ranch
Chief Creative Officer: Mike Dubrick
Executive Creative Director: Xavier Blais
Title
Heinz Ketchup and Seemingly Ranch
Agency
Geoff Baillie
Client
YG22 | Geoff Baillie
Annual ID
YG22_Baillie_10
Category
2024 YG Work: YG22
CLIENT
Heinz
ROLE IN PROJECT
Copywriter / Creative Director
PROJECT CREDITS
Art Director / Creative Director: Zachary Bautista Chief Creative Officer: Mike Dubrick
Executive Creative Director: Xavier Blais
Heinz and Marvel - Can't Unsee It
Art Directors: Rachel LeBlanc and Ryan Cookish
Chief Creative Officer: Mike Dubrick
Title
Heinz and Marvel - Can't Unsee It
Agency
Geoff Baillie
Client
YG22 | Geoff Baillie
Annual ID
YG22_Baillie_20
Category
2024 YG Work: YG22
CLIENT
Heinz
ROLE IN PROJECT
Copywriter / Creative Director
PROJECT CREDITS
Art Director / Creative Director: Zachary Bautista Art Directors: Rachel LeBlanc and Ryan Cookish
Chief Creative Officer: Mike Dubrick
Heinz Draw Ketchup
Chief Creative Officer: Mike Dubrick
Title
Heinz Draw Ketchup
Agency
Geoff Baillie
Client
YG22 | Geoff Baillie
Annual ID
YG22_Baillie_30
Category
2024 YG Work: YG22
CLIENT
Heinz
ROLE IN PROJECT
Copywriter
PROJECT CREDITS
Art Director: Zachary Bautista Chief Creative Officer: Mike Dubrick
Smack for Heinz
Chief Creative Officer: Mike Dubrick
Executive Creative Director: Xavier Blais
Title
Smack for Heinz
Agency
Geoff Baillie
Client
YG22 | Geoff Baillie
Annual ID
YG22_Baillie_40
Category
2024 YG Work: YG22
CLIENT
Heinz
ROLE IN PROJECT
Copywriter / Creative Director
PROJECT CREDITS
Art Director / Creative Director: Zachary Bautista Chief Creative Officer: Mike Dubrick
Executive Creative Director: Xavier Blais
IKEA Window Shopping
Title
IKEA Window Shopping
Agency
Geoff Baillie
Client
YG22 | Geoff Baillie
Annual ID
YG22_Baillie_50
Category
2024 YG Work: YG22
CLIENT
IKEA
ROLE IN PROJECT
Copywriter
PROJECT CREDITS
Art Director: Zachary Bautista
IKEA Gingerbread Homes
Title
IKEA Gingerbread Homes
Agency
Geoff Baillie
Client
YG22 | Geoff Baillie
Annual ID
YG22_Baillie_60
Category
2024 YG Work: YG22
CLIENT
IKEA
ROLE IN PROJECT
Copywriter
PROJECT CREDITS
Art Director: Zachary Bautista
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