A List: 2009

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Gavin Gordon-Rogers

Born

4th August 1972

Job

Executive creative director

Company

Agency Republic

Work Telephone

+44 (0)20 7942 0000

Address

The Glassmill, 1 Battersea Bridge Road, London, SW11 3BZ

Career highlights

Bafta Best Director nomination; directing a Paul McCartney music video; helping glue win Campaign’s Agency of the Year 2002; Cannes gold; helping Republic win Campaign’s Agency of the Year 2006; having our work taught on university ad courses; giving cheeky little tykes jobs; Webby Award; getting away with it.

Most cringeworthy moment of your career

Directing a Paul McCartney music video.

Best thing about your job

All the free cars and diamond brooches.

Worst thing about your job

Our people constantly being approached.

Advice for a wannabe A Lister

The same advice I’d give to a wannabe politician: if you want to become one, you shouldn’t be allowed.

If you could be anyone else in this business, who would it be?

Claire Beale. Because I’d get to write infuriatingly awkward questions like this

What would you do on a sabbatical?

Go snowboarding; learn to speak Chinese; brush up on Photoshop CS3; teach people how to dance; finish writing my book; take part in the Mongolian Rally; make a zombie movie; conceive a grand plan.

Your USP?

Ultra-flexible skin.

What would you change about yourself?

I’d become even more intelligent.

Favourite media

BitTorrent; hypem.com; last.fm; bbc.co.uk; The Week.

Favourite shop

Intermarché hypermarkets, France.

What’s the biggest lie you’ve told?

When she was five, I convinced my sister I was magic. She believed me for many years, during which time I “poison-tested” an enormous number of

How many toilets do you own?

None, I rent. Well, I do own one potty. Does that count?

What can’t you live without (apart from family)?

Rioja, pizza, Haribo, the internet and Leonard Cohen.

Lowdown

The jolly Scottish creative has spent this year successfully juggling his duties as a very proud father of one and ensuring Agency Republic churns out some of the best digital creative work in town. The Pimm’s sunshine finder, new sites for Mercedes and O2 Bluebook were all gems in Gordon-Rogers’ portfolio this year.