Seamus Higgins

As VP Chief Creative Officer, APAC, Seamus oversees five of R/GA’s youngest and most dynamic offices – Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore, Shanghai and Tokyo.
With over nineteen years’ experience across three continents, he has built his career on a love of ideas that don’t feel like advertising, and the uncompromising craft of their delivery.
Prior to joining R/GA, as ECD at Havas, then Host/Havas, Seamus helped drive a creative resurgence that saw them win Agency of the Year at the 2018 Australian AWARD Awards and Spikes Asia, as well as ranked No.1 in Australia, and No.7 globally in the Cannes Lions 2018 Global Creativity Report. Along the way he's created and lead campaigns that won nearly every major award, most notably, ten D&AD pencils, including two black pencils, three Cannes Lions Grand Prix, including Titanium, and two Grand Clios. This includes leading the Australian Defence Force Recruiting account through a period of huge digital transformation, winning a long-term Grand Effie in 2018.
Seamus was recently included in AdAge’s 2018 Creative All-stars list, and has spoken at numerous local and international events, including Mumbrella mSix and New York Advertising Week. He has also judged at multiple award shows, and is honoured to be sitting on the Creativity for Good jury at D&AD 2019.
Seamus believes that there has never been a more exciting time to invent new ways to connect with people. As an industry our powers have never been greater. And with that power comes the responsibility to shape a better world.