I am Yiannis.
Hi! I am Yiannis Apergis.
I am a creative director & artist based in Athens, Greece working on painting, conceptual art, advertising, graphic and web design and social media.
I am a creative director & artist based in Athens, Greece working on painting, conceptual art, advertising, graphic and web design and social media.
Profile
I was born in Pangrati, Athens on 6th March 1965. I graduated from Lycée Leonin N. Smirni.
At school, I developed my love for arts, music & painting in particular which led me to study visual communication at Vacalo School of Art & Design.
In 1988, I started at Ted Bates Athens as a junior art director, visualiser and illustrator.
Soon I joined Mc Cann-Ericsson Athens for twelve years. This company has been the cornerstone of my career as I followed all the steps to become a creative director.
My first attempt as an entrepreneur was to be partner and creative director for “e-go” at 2000, which was a web applications company based in Cyclades.
The following years, I served many advertising agencies as a creative director, like FCB Gnomi and Oglivy One and as outsource partner with TBWA and LOWE. In the meantime, I had collaboration as an illustrator with magazines such as Marie-Claire and “E” of Eleftherotypia.
From 2006 to 2016, I established my own advertising agency under the name “Freedom” in the center of Athens. For the next two years, I returned to the advertising business as a creative director for Sprint Advertising.
During all those years, I made an individual art exhibition “EAYTOI” in 2012 at gallery Aggelon Vima and in TINION hotel gallery in Tinos and took part of a team exhibition “THERINI ANAVASI” at gallery TITANIUM/YIAYIANOS.
From 2019, I own my creative office, in Glyfada and I continue to paint and exhibit my work.
Profile
I was born in Pangrati, Athens on 6th March 1965. I graduated from Lycée Leonin N. Smirni.
At school, I developed my love for arts, music & painting in particular which led me to study visual communication at Vacalo School of Art & Design.
In 1988, I started at Ted Bates Athens as a junior art director, visualiser and illustrator.
Soon I joined Mc Cann-Ericsson Athens for twelve years. This company has been the cornerstone of my career as I followed all the steps to become a creative director.
My first attempt as an entrepreneur was to be partner and creative director for “e-go” at 2000, which was a web applications company based in Cyclades.
The following years, I served many advertising agencies as a creative director, like FCB Gnomi and Oglivy One and as outsource partner with TBWA and LOWE. In the meantime, I had collaboration as an illustrator with magazines such as Marie-Claire and “E” of Eleftherotypia.
From 2006 to 2016, I established my own advertising agency under the name “Freedom” in the center of Athens. For the next two years, I returned to the advertising business as a creative director for Sprint Advertising.
During all those years, I made an individual art exhibition “EAYTOI” in 2012 at gallery Aggelon Vima and in TINION hotel gallery in Tinos and took part of a team exhibition “THERINI ANAVASI” at gallery TITANIUM/YIAYIANOS.
From 2019, I own my creative office, in Glyfada and I continue to paint and exhibit my work.
Clients
Throughout my professional life, I handled major local and international accounts such as Cosmote, Coca Cola company, Levi’s, Allianz, Goodyear, Michelin, Germanos, TIM (Wind), DHL, Goody’s, SportingBet, Bet365, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Loumidis & Nestlé, Papadopoulou biscuits, IQOS & Papastratos, Yoplait, Cuervo, Drambuie and Dewar’s.
I have also had the pleasure of working for smaller, yet dynamic and highly ambitious clients such as Original Senses, Othissi, Kapatos schools, L’Artigiano, Kyvernitis, Think Digital, jewelry designer Lito, Cordossis chain of stores and many many others.
Distinctions
39 awards at the Greek Advertising Festival-Ermis Awards:
• Grand Prix 1994 for tvc Loumides “Kaffeneion i Ellas”
• 3 CATEGORY’S BEST AWARDS (KIRIKEIA)
• 11 GOLD, 10 SILVER, 12 BRONZE and many finalists
• 5th CREATIVE DIRECTOR in number of distinctions, 1999
• Grand Ermis and Ermis Gold 2010 in PR category, concept idea and implementation for Superleague in co-operation with OUT OF THE BOX PR company
• ASTRA GOLD 1996 for tvc Nanny’s panty slip
• Gold at Effie Awards 1999 for tvc Yoplait yoghurts
• Golden Award at EVGE Awards 2003 for the print ad newspaper Kerdos
• 9 awards at NEW YORK Festival, 5 at CLIO Awards, 3 at the LONDON Festival
• GOLD at Best Awards New York for tvc “Diva” Cosmote
• BRONZE MEDAL at New York Festival 1999 for the brochure “Sta prest” Levi’s
• Golden Award of Montreaux 1993 for the print ad Allianz
Publication at LUERZER’s ARCHIVE (selection of the month’s best ads)
issue 6-1995 for the print ad Levi’s stores.
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