Tommy Cehak
Tommy Cehak听completed a听听at UNSW Art & Design听with a special interest in a broad array of design fields and media including; product design, graphic design, environment design, ceramics and jewellery.
Currently, Tommy is Senior Art Director at DDB, having previously worked at Sydney-based design agency Royals. Tommy is no stranger to developing and delivering compelling advertising campaigns. His role demands a thorough understanding of communication, interactive, and concept design, as well as art directing and copy writing. His creative vision and team management skills has lead to industry recognition.
In 2016, Tommy won four awards for his electric Tiger Beer commercial entitled,听Wok. Featuring a flaming bathtub, crowded city streets, a shirtless drummer in a red room, and a baritone voiceover of 鈥淭his ain鈥檛 no pan handler鈥檚 pan. This dear friend is a keeper of secrets 鈥 a maker of men鈥︹澨Wok听is an immediately arresting and immersive experience. 听听
Before听奥辞办, and while working as an Art Director at another听major Australian design agency, Droga5, Tommy created the triple award-winning ad campaign for Dry Dock,听Dangerous Creatures听补苍诲听Dangerous Debris.听Rendered in a flattened illustrative mode reminiscent of period British Museum scientific drawings,听Dangerous Creatures听showcases anatomically accurate killers of the deep 鈥 including polar bears, sharks, squids, sea spiders, and even an extinct Plesiosaur - amassed on darkened background while a six-pack of Dry Dock sits safely on a raised pier. The twin illustration,听Dangerous Debris, used a similar illustrative reference, but in this ad the deadlies of the sea are man-made, including medical waste, oil spills, submarines, tires, and mines.
Tommy has won more than a dozen awards for his creative contribution to advertising campaigns since he began working in the industry in 2010. Other clients of Tommy鈥檚 include corporations, brands and cultural institutions such as听UNICEF, Qantas Loyalty, Qantas, AGNSW, Woolworths, GSK, Coca Cola, and Kraft.
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