Xav, 45 - CEO
I am the CEO of an advertising agency called Havas London. We make ads for brands, charities and government organisations. If you like human psychology - we spend a lot of time trying to work out why people behave the way they do so that we can write ads that appeal to them. Some of us write ads, some of us manage the relationships with our clients. Some of us organise the teams of people who actually make the ads - tv ads, social media ads, digital media, etc. No two days are the same. We get to work with different companies and different people all the time, so it's never boring. It's busy and fast-paced but it's a brilliant way to get paid for being creative. Over my career, I've made ads for Virgin Media, O2, Sony, Volkswagen, Audi, Royal Mail, Department for Education, Carling, Captain Morgan, Vodafone, Three Mobile and many others.
A-levels
History, French and Economics
Degree
Business Studies
Manchester Metropolitan University
How I got to where I am now
McDonalds - working as a crew member
Librarian - worked as a librarian for a while
Boots the Chemist - worked as a product buyer
Then 20 years in ad agencies as an Account Management person
I've made ads for Virgin Media, O2, Sony, Volkswagen, Audi, Royal Mail, Department for Education, Carling, Captain Morgan, Vodafone, Three Mobile and many others
CEO of Havas London
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