Max Kitaev is a filmmaker and creative with strong advertising background
who worked as an Art Director across European, Asian, North American and Australian markets with the wide range of clients including PepsiCo, InBev, P&G, Mars, Beeline, MTS, Megafon, ANZ Bank, Corona Beer, Lexus, Fiat, Jeep, Mercedes-Benz, Standard Chartered Bank, Cordiant tires, Goodyear tires, Singapore and Scoot Airlines, Skoal, Leroy Merlin and more.
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Max prefers to work with mixed media, using technologies like
Unreal Engine, virtual screens, motion control systems, 3D and motion graphics.
Max has a few trophies in his awards cabinet including
Epica gold, Golden Hammer silver and New York bronze.
He was also shortlisted in Cannes, published in Lurzer's Archive, Epica book
and had Editor's Pick on Creativity Online.
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Recently, Max began experimenting with GenAi
and incorporating it into his commercial work.
Previous Art Director's experience:
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Leo Burnett Сhicago - 2.5 years
Leo Burnett Moscow - 3
TBWA Singapore - 1.5
BBDO Moscow - 3
Mullen Lowe Moscow - 2
Draft FCB Moscow - 1.5
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Education:
Higher technical (diploma)
Art school (diploma)
Art Director's accolades:
Print bronze
Red Apple 2010
Print silver
Epica 2010
Print silver
White Square 2011
Print bronze
National Advertising Festival IDEA 2011
Print gold + 3 diplomas
Golden Hammer 2011
Finalist
Golden Drum 2011
2 crystals
Busan Ad Stars 2012
Print silver
National Advertising Festival IDEA 2012
Finalist
Eurobest European Advertising Festival
Print bronze
National Advertising Festival IDEA 2012
TV Silver
XIII Kyiv International Advertising Festival
TV Bronze
XIII Kyiv International Advertising Festival
Print bronze
XIII Kyiv International Advertising Festival
Featured in R/GA's The Digital Age & Advertising Served
Featured with Bering print campaign
Luerzer's Archive
Finalist
Cannes Lions 2013
Finalist
Spikes 2013
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'Editor's Pick' at Creativity-online.com
Jeep "Carabiner" gets
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1 Gold, 2 Silver
White Square 2014
April 2014
pos, ambient, dm
Design bronze
New York Festivals 2014
May 2014
Gold, Bronze
Idea Festival Moscow
May 2014
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DM gold, print silver, art-direction bronze,
ambient media finalist, promo finalist
Kyiv International Advertising Festival 2014
May 2014
POSM Gold, 'Creativity' bronze
Silver Mercury 2014
June 2014
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DM Diploma, Art-direction gold
Golden Hammer 2014
June 2014
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Art Direction - Sapphire
Cristal awards
November 2014
Leroy Merlin - Ark
Best Direct Marketing - Silver
GLOBE Awards Toronto
December 2014
A series of photoghaphs featured in
One Show Silent Auction in New York
May 2016
Director's goals:
'VBCA' video reviewed in L.A. Taco online magazine
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Tensei's 'Giant City' video featured on VEVO
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Easy Wanderlings video featured in Redbull's
'10 artists to watch in 2018'.
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Scroodgee 'Blast in the Dark' hits 5.5m views
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Glukoza 'Smell of you' hits 3.6m views
