Cheil Korea’s Thomas Kim named #8 ECD in the world in the 2013 Directory Big Won Rankings

Thomas Hong-tack Kim, executive creative director at Cheil Worldwide Korea, has been ranked in the Top 10 Executive Creative Directors worldwide in the latest Directory Big Won Rankings, released today.

With a ranking of #8 Kim (pictured left) is the only Asian executive creative director to make the Top 10 which is headed this year by McCann Erickson Melbourne’s John Mescall.

This follows Cheil Worldwide Korea’s #15 ranking in the Directory Big Won Top Agencies table and their top five placement in the world for their Samsung “Bridge of Life” campaign.

Cheil Korea’s creatives have also featured heavily in the Top People categories at the Directory Big Won Rankings this year. Cheil copywriters Yukung Joo, Youngjun Kim and Yongkyu Choi also were all placed at #8 in the Top Copywriters Ranking. Kris Garford-Spindler from Ogilvy & Mather Bangkok also made the list at #10.

Art Directors from Cheil Seoul also made the top 10 worldwide – Jinwoo Ryu at #6 and Jiyeon Choi, Chaehoon Lee, Minjoo Kim and Hyngkyun Oh all placed at equal #8.

Further information can be found here.