A 3rd person bio
Stephen Joss is Australian born. He’s worked at Internationally renowned agencies across Melbourne (GPY&R), Sydney (DDB), and was most recently Creative Director at DDB & Tribal Amsterdam. He oversaw creative work on Heineken Global, Vodafone NL, McDonalds NL, and various other international accounts.
Stephen is internationally awarded at Cannes, One Show, Effies, New York Festivals, Eurobest, Webbies, and AWARD, on projects such as, Heineken "Share The Sofa", Cadbury Picnic "It’s no Picnic", KLM "Happy to Help", TomTom "Quicker Journeys".
In his spare time Stephen created a project named "Hidden Characters", a street photography series set in Amsterdam that explores the relationship between people and their Internet passwords. The work has received considerable national PR and is currently on exhibit in Amsterdam.
CV
NATIONALITY
Australian with an EU Irish passport
JURIES
2017 Golden Award Of Montreux
2016 Eurobest, Promo & Activation
EDUCATION
2008
Award School, Top 10 Finalist
2004-2007
Bachelor of Design (Multimedia Design), Swinburne National School of Design, Melbourne, Australia.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Nov 15 - Jul 17
Creative Director @ DDB & Tribal, Amsterdam
June 13 - Nov 15
Senior Art Director @ DDB & Tribal, Amsterdam
Aug 11 - Mar 13
Senior Integrated Art Director @ DDB, Sydney
Aug 07– Aug 11
Digital Art Director @ George Patterson Y&R, Melbourne
Apr 05 – Aug 07
Part-time, Pattern graphic designer @ Pacific Brands, Holeproof
Jan 03 – Nov 03
Intern/3D Animator @ Sector3 studios
AWARDS
2017
2 x ADCN Shortlist The Vodafone Smart Jacket
2 x SpinAwards Shortlist The Vodafone Smart Jacket
2016
Lovie Award Silver The Vodafone Smart Jacket
Cannes Shortlist Cyber, The Vodafone Smart Jacket
Cannes Shortlist Mobile, The Vodafone Smart Jacket
Cannes Shortlist Mobile, The Vodafone Smart Jacket
Cannes Shortlist PR, The Vodafone Smart Jacket
Lovie Award Shortlist The Vodafone Smart Jacket
ADCN Shortlist Heineken - The Soccer Doc
2015
Cannes Bronze Cyber, KLM - #HappyToHelp
Cannes Bronze Cyber, KLM - #HappyToHelp
Cannes Bronze Media, KLM - #HappyToHelp
Cannes Bronze Media, KLM - #HappyToHelp
Eurobest Silver Interactive, Real-Time Activity, KLM - #HappyToHelp
Eurobest Bronze Interactive, Travel, Entertainment & Leisure, KLM - #HappyToHelp
Eurobest Bronze Promo & Activation, Use of Social Platforms, KLM - #HappyToHelp
Cannes Shortlist PR, KLM - #HappyToHelp
Cannes Shortlist Media, Heineken - #ChampionTheMatch
Cannes Shortlist Cyber, KLM - #HappyToHelp
Webby Honoree Live Experiences, KLM - #HappyToHelp
M&M Award Gold Best Use of Content, Heineken - #ChampionTheMatch
ADCN Bronze KLM - #HappyToHelp
Webby 3x Shortlist KLM - #HappyToHelp
ADCN Shortlist KLM - #HappyToHelp
Eurobest Shortlist Interactive, Innovative Use of Social, KLM - #HappyToHelp
Eurobest Shortlist Direct, Use of Social in a Campaign, KLM - #HappyToHelp
Eurobest Shortlist Direct, Travel, Leisure & Entertainment, KLM - #HappyToHelp
Eurobest Shortlist Media: Use of Social Platforms, KLM - #HappyToHelp
Eurobest Shortlist Media: Travel, Leisure & Entertainment, KLM - #HappyToHelp
M&M Award Shortlist Best Use of Social, Heineken - #ChampionTheMatch
SAN Accent KLM - #HappyToHelp
2014
Eurobest Silver Media, Heineken - #ShareTheSofa
Eurobest Silver Radio, Tomtom - Kate
Eurobest Silver Radio, Tomtom - Girlfriend
Cannes Shortlist Direct, Heineken - #ShareTheSofa
Cannes Shortlist Direct, Heineken - #ShareTheSofa
Cannes Shortlist Promo, Heineken - #ShareTheSofa
Cannes Shortlist Media, Heineken - #ShareTheSofa
Cannes Shortlist PR, Heineken - #ShareTheSofa
Cannes Shortlist Radio, Tomtom - Kate
Cannes Shortlist Radio, Tomtom - Girlfriend
Cannes Shortlist Cyber (Craft), Heineken - Fans of the world
Internationalist Gold Heineken - #ShareTheSofa
2012
Effies Finalist Transformational Digital Business Platforms
ADMA Bronze Mobile, RAAF - A Typical Day
ADMA Bronze Integrated Campaign, RAAF - A Typical Day
AWARD Finalist Social media, RAAF - A Typical Day
AWARD Finalist Mobile application, Australian Navy - Sink'EM
IAB Finalist Rich Media and Digital Video, RAAF - Air Force Aviation
2011
Young Guns Bronze Animation Or Motion Graphics, RAAF - Air Force Aviation
One Show Merit Branded Entertainment, Just Car Insurance - Canvas2Kickass
Effie Silver Small Budget, RAAF - Source Code
Webby Nomination Email Marketing - Terri Scheer
NY Festivals Finalist Online Advertising, Just Car Insurance - Canvas2Kickass
Y&R Idea of the year Best Integrated Idea, Cadbury Idea - It’s no Picnic
Y&R Idea of the year Best Digital Idea, RAAF - Source code
Caxtons Rich Media (In Page & Expanding Ads), RAAF - Source Code
AWARD Bronze Community service & charity, individual, RAAF - Source Code
AWARD Bronze Integrated Solutions, Just Car Insurance - Canvas2Kickass
AWARD Bronze Integrated Solutions, Cadbury Picnic - It’s no Picnic
AWARD Bronze Digital Direct Response, Just Car Insurance - Canvas2Kickass
AWARD Bronze Digital Direct Response, Cadbury Picnic - It’s no Picnic
AWARD Bronze Online Promotion, Just Car Insurance - Canvas2Kickass
AWARD Bronze Online Promotion, Cadbury Picnic - It’s no Picnic
ADMA Silver Government & Education, RAAF - Source Code
ADMA Silver Insurance, Just Car Insurance - Canvas2Kickass
ADMA Silver Online Broadcast, Just Car Insurance - Canvas2Kickass
ADMA Bronze Direct Response Advertising, RAAF - Source Code
IAB Finalist Direct Response & Lead Generation, Cadbury - It’s no Picnic
IAB Finalist Brand Destination Site, Just Car Insurance - Canvas2Kickass
2010
CANNES Gold Direct, Cadbury Picnic - It’s no Picnic
CANNES Silver Best Digital campaign, Cadbury Picnic - It’s no Picnic
Young Guns Bronze Digital Innovation, Cadbury Picnic - It’s no Picnic
ADMA Silver Broadcast, Cadbury Picnic - It’s no Picnic
ADMA Bronze Media, Cadbury Picnic - It’s no Picnic
ADMA Bronze Effectiveness, Cadbury Picnic - It’s no Picnic
ADMA Bronze Best Integrated Campaign, Cadbury Picnic - It’s no Picnic
MADC Silver Best Direct Response Ad, Cadbury Picnic - It’s no Picnic
MADC Silver Best Online Advertisment, RAAF - Source code
MADC Bronze Best website, Cadbury Picnic - It’s no Picnic
MADC Bronze Digital Innovation, RAAF - Source code
MADC Bronze Best online Advertisment, Terri Scheer
MADC Finalist Digital innovation, Cadbury Picnic - It’s no Picnic
MADC Finalist Interactive craft, RAAF - Source code
MADC Finalist Best Non-Traditional Media , RAAF - Source code