Vargas new CD at Grey Vietnam

George Vargas has joined Grey Group Vietnam as Creative Director, and will be tasked with raising the agency’s creative bar.

Reporting to Sandip Rakhit, CEO of Grey Group Vietnam, Vargas will work on the agency’s large roster of clients that include leading international and local brand names such as British American Tobacco, Pantene (P&G), Diageo, Bayer, Carlsberg Breweries, TNT, Samsung, Great Eastern Life, Vinaphone and Bao Viet.

Vargas has been an advertising creative for 14 years and is elatedabout being in Ho Chi Minh City and finds the energy of the cityextremely contagious. “It’s a city that’s full of life and hope. Greatcreativity comes from having lots of energy and plenty of joy. And thistown isn’t short of either. Ho Chi Minh City has the sparkle thatSingapore had perhaps 10 years ago. And that sparkle will help GreyGroup Vietnam become creatively famous. We are already creating somekiller campaigns and it’s only the beginning. I strongly believe wewill be the ‘Mother’ of the East.”

Rakhit talks of Vargas joining Grey Group Vietnam: “George is sure toinject personality into this agency. We’re young, passionate andrearing to go, and George brings his own brand of creative inspirationthat will take us to the next level and simultaneously strengthen ouroffering across all disciplines.”

Vargas has claimed numerous accolades at most of the region’s andworld’s renowned advertising award shows- Cannes, One Show, New YorkFestivals, London International Awards, The Singapore Creative CircleAwards, Communication Arts Awards and Caxton Awards Australia and manyof his campaigns have been published in Lurzer’s Archive.

He has also tutored advertising students at Sydney’s AWARD School and held 7 Painting and Photography exhibitions in Sydney.