Jeffry Gamble moves up to the Chief Creative Officer position at DDB Group Hong Kong

Jeffry Gamble (left), who joined DDB in 1999, and rose through the ranks to become Group Executive Creative Director in September 2012, has been promoted to Chief Creative Officer of DDB Group Hong Kong.

Simone Tam, President and CEO of DDB Group Hong Kong and Guangzhou said Gamble’s contribution to the agency’s success is indisputable.

Over the last three years, DDB Group Hong Kong topped the major industry award shows, including the Hong Kong Effies, Kam Fan Awards and Adfest. In 2013, Gamble was named Creative of the Year at the Kam Fan Awards and was runner up for Campaign Asia Pacific’s Greater China Creative Director of the Year 2013, cementing his place as the top creative in Hong Kong.

Gamble has worked with McDonald’s since he started at DDB. In the past year, he has had creative control over 40 McDonald’s campaigns including 30 TVCs. Gamble also sits on DDB Group Asia Pacific’s Creative Council – Bullseye.

“As part of the Hong Kong Management Team, Jeffry has an unrelenting commitment to create an environment that encourages people to do the best work of their careers,” said Tam. “He has put a spotlight on integration to ensure specialists from all disciplines are involved at every level of creative development, building a sense of collaboration across the entire agency. This promotion recognizes his unrivaled talent and his pure commitment over the years.”

John Zeigler, Chairman and CEO of DDB Group Asia Pacfic, India and Japan added, “DDB Group Hong Kong’s astonishing improvement in delivery of creative solutions is a real credit to Jeffry’s management of his creative team and of his own creative talent. It is hardest of all to progress within a creative department through the ranks, and Jeffry has shown everyone that it can be done. This promotion is a nod to Jeffry’s success in making DDB Group Hong Kong one of our best offices creatively in our worldwide network.”