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About | Alex Ohannessian :: Global Creative Director

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Alex Ohannessian (otherwise known as ohanna / ohannananana / alex o.).

Global creative.
Currently :: Creative Director at Wunderman Thompson Tokyo.
Current Accounts :: Ikea regional 🇨🇳 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 | Aquarius (The Coca-Cola Company) global & Japan local 🌎 🇯🇵

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Born and raised in Uruguay (yes, slightly obsessed with fútbol), I have spent most of my career in the US, mainly in New York, Miami and Seattle, plus a couple of years in Singapore before moving to Tokyo in 2019, with Nadia, my wife.

Along the way, I have worked at SapientNitro and Alma DDB in Miami, Proximity BBDO in New York and Publicis in Seattle, before joining JWT Singapore as an Associate Creative Director in 2017. I have also freelanced across the US, at BBH, Fusion and Publicis in New York, and at DDB in Miami and San Francisco.

Worked for global and local clients, in both the US and Singapore, such as Coca-Cola, Powerade, McDonald’s, Visa, T-Mobile, Asus, HSBC and State Farm, among others. Experienced in both traditional and digital, with an emphasis on sports-centric projects.

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As a Creative Director at Wunderman Thompson Tokyo, I have focused on local, regional and global projects. To list a few: Johnson & Johnson (Listerine & Nicorette), and Lux at the local level, Aquarius globally and locally, and Ikea regional creative lead for Japan, China and Korea.

I have also implemented and led the Wunderman Thompson Tokyo x Miami Ad School collaboration internship program since July 2020.

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Art director. Moonlighting as a writer. Wrote a one-act play in 2018 and saw it staged in 2019 in Singapore and in Tokyo in 2021. Now writing a TV comedy show, created together with the talented Mark Lawrence Ong.

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I have taught at Miami Ad School for 5+ years in both their Miami and New York locations. Was a Grand Jury at the New York Festivals Advertising Awards, One Show / Young Ones Jury, and AICP Next Awards / Influencer category in 2023. Lectured at New York University, School of Visual Concepts in Seattle, University of Miami, and most recently, at Miami Ad School Miami in January 2019 and remotely in 2021.

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Guitar player. Bad singer. Have been a part of several bands, including, of course, a few agency bands. Played some bass in Singapore (poorly for the most part, but you should hear my David Bowie’s Let’s Dance).

Dual citizenship - American | Uruguayan.

Japan Specialist in Humanities Visa holder.

Born in Montevideo [Uruguay]
✈️ Miami 🚗 New York City 🚁 Seattle 🛴 SF & LA 🚢 Singapore 🚀 Tokyo
[Buffalo, Iowa, Puerto Rico & Madrid in between].