About
Since beginning in advertising nearly 20 years ago, Garret has gone on to work on everything from underwear to automobiles at agencies including BMF, Leo Burnett, CHEP, whiteGREY and Sunday Gravy. With over 100 awards to his name, he has been recognised at every major show including Cannes, Clios, D&AD, Spikes, LIAs, One Show, New York Festivals and many more. Highlights include Caples Best in Show and Adfest’s Grand Lotus for Carsales, 2 x D&AD Pencils for RACV, multiple Cannes Lions for Carsales / Swann Insurance, and being previously named in B&T’s 30 under 30. Originally a suit who rose to ECD level, he prides himself on his client relationships and agency acumen as much he does his creative output.
Proud father of Jack (7) and Georgia (4), lover of complicated recipes, and grower of freakish vegetables – he can be reached at garretfitzgerald@gmail.com or on 0414778484.
AWARDS/RECOGNITION
HIGHLIGHTS
D&AD 2019 - 2 x Wood Pencils
CANNES LIONS 2018 - 2 x Silver, 1 x Bronze, 7 x Shortlists
CLIOS 2018/20- 3 x Gold, 2 x Silver, 3 x Bronze, 2 x Shortlists
CAPLES 2018 - Best in show, 4 x Gold, 4 x Silver
AWARD Awards 2019 - Best in Show, Client of the Year, 3 x Gold, 4 x Silver, 3 x Bronze
ADFEST 2019 - Grande Lotus
SPIKES 2018 - 3 x Gold, 2 x Silver, 10 x Bronze, 6 x Shortlists
EFFIES 2018 - 1 x Gold, 3 x Silver, 1 x Shortlist
MADC 2018 - Idea of the Year
CONTAGIOUS MAGAZINE - Most Contagious Campaigns of 2017
ADC DIRECTOR’S CLUB – GOLD CUBE X 2 -2015
CANNES YOUNG LIONS WINNER X 2 (Print & Digital)
B&T MAGAZINE’S TOP 30 UNDER 30 LISTING (2010)
AGENCY
ADNEWS Agency of the Year 2018 (CHE Proximity)
B&T Agency of the Year 2018 (CHE Proximity)
MUMBRELLA Agency of the Year 2018 (CHE Proximity)
EFFIES Agency of the Year 2018 (CHE Proximity)
CONTAGIOUS - Top Ten Pioneering Agencies Worldwide (2018 / 2019 / 2020 - CHE Proximity)
B&T Agency of the Year 2008 (BMF)
ADNEWS Direct Agency of the Year 2008 (BMF)
COMPLETE LIST
ADFEST 2020
RACV Pet Insurance - Overconfidence Cover
-Gold: Direct
ADFEST 2019
Carsales - AutoAds
- Grande Lotus: Direct - Co-created & UGC
- Gold: Direct - Best use of Film and Audio
- Gold: Direct - Best use of Online
- Gold: Media - Best use of Digital
- Finalist: Interactive - Use of Data
Honda - Centre of Everything
- Bronze: Film Craft - Special Effects
ADFEST 2018
Swann Insurance - Inconvenience Stores
- Silver: Direct Lotus - Direct, Integrated
- Silver: Outdoor Lotus - Ambient Large Scale
- Bronze: Promo Lotus - Experiential and events
- Bronze: Direct Lotus - Film
ADFEST 2016
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Silver: Film Craft - Digital Visual Effects
- Shortlist: Film Lotus – Cars
- Shortlist: Film Craft Lotus – Directing
- Shortlist: Film Craft Lotus – Production Design
- Shortlist: Film Craft Lotus – Best use of Music Track
ADFEST 2015
Set In Stone
- Silver: Direct Lotus – Direct Ambient Small Scale
- Silver: Outdoor Lotus – Ambient Small Scale
- Silver: Outdoor Lotus – Guerilla Marketing
- Bronze: Media Lotus – Best Use Of Experiential/Guerilla Marketing
- Shortlist: Promo Lotus - Event & Field Marketing
ADNEWS Awards 2018
Swann Insurance - Inconvenience stores
-Shortlist: Ad Campaign of the Year
ADSTARS 2020
Powershop - Free Power Mode
- Silver: Integrated
- Bronze: Brand Activation
- Bronze: Data Insights - Best Use Of Data
- Bronze: Direct - Best Use Of Direct Marketing
Powershop - The Story Of Your Power
- Finalist: Data & Insights
- Finalist: Direct
- Finalist: Innovation
- Finalist: Strategic Storytelling
MPAN - Missed Birthdays
- Finalist: Film & Cinematography (x2)
- Finalist: Film Craft Direction (x2)
- Finalist: Film - Not-for-profit (x2)
- Finalist: Film - Campaign Not-for-profit
ADSTARS 2016
Honda - Chase it
- Finalist: Film Craft - Visual Effects
ADSTARS 2015
HR-V - Dream Run
- Gold: Film - Products & Services (Vehicles)
- Silver: FIlm Craft - Cinematography
- Silver: FIlm Craft - Direction
- Silver: FIlm Craft - Visual Effects
Set In Stone
- Bronze: Use of Promo & Activation
- Bronze: Outdoor Ambient (Special build)
AEAF AWARDS 2017
Honda - Centre of Everything
- Bronze: Commercials VFX
ADWEEK 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Ad of the Day
ANDY Awards 2019
Carsales - AutoAds
- Gold: Idea
ART DIRECTORS CLUB 2018
Swann Insurance - Inconvenience Stores
-Merit x 2
ART DIRECTOR’S CLUB 2016
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Gold Cube: Motion/Direction
- Silver Cube: Motion/Special Effects
- Bronze Cube: Motion Cinematography
- Merit: Special Effects
Honda CR-V – Wild Horse Chase
- Gold Cube: Motion/Direction
AMY AWARDS 2018
Carsales - AutoAds
- Shortlist: Customer Engagement
- Shortlist: Trailblazing
AWARD Awards 2020
RACV Pet Insurance - Overconfidence Cover
-Silver: Integrated - Integrated Campaign
AWARD Awards 2019
Carsales - AutoAds
- Best in Show
- Client of the Year
- Gold: Branded Entertainment and Content - UGC
- Gold: Direct Marketing - Alternative Media Campaign
- Gold: Direct Marketing - Digital Direct Response Campaign
- Silver: Branded Entertainment and Content - Online Campaign Series
- Silver: Film and Video - Television Commercial Any Length
- Silver: Craft in Advertising - Digital Utilities and Tools
- Silver: Integrated - Integrated Campaign
- Bronze: Digital - Digital Campaign B2C
- Bronze: Digital - Social Media Online Film
- Bronze: Digital - Social Media Co-creation UGC
AWARD Awards 2018
Honda - Centre of Everything
- Silver: Film Craft - Visual Effects
- Bronze: Film Craft - Visual Effects
Swann Insurance - Inconvenience Stores
- Bronze: Branded Entertainment & Content
- Shortlist: Poster and Outdoor - Alt media campaign
AWARD Awards 2017
Honda Civic - Chase It
- Silver: Film Craft - Visual Effects
- Bronze: Film Craft - Direction
- Finalist: Film Craft - Cinematography
AWARD Awards 2016
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Silver: Television Commercial - Individual Over 30 Seconds
- Silver: Craft in Advertising - Direction
- Silver: Craft in Advertising - Editing
- Silver: Craft in Advertising - Animation
- Silver: Craft in Advertising - Digital Visual Effects
- Bronze: Television Commercial - Individual 30 Seconds
- Bronze: Craft in Advertising - Cinematography
- Shortlist: Large Format Screens - Individual Any Length
Honda CR-V – Wild Horse Chase
- Bronze: Television Commercial - Individual. Over 30 Seconds
- Bronze: Craft in Advertising - Direction
- Bronze: Craft in Advertising - Editing
- Shortlist: Craft in Advertising - Digital Visual Effects
Set In Stone
- Silver: Promotional and Experiential – Best use of Ambient/Guerilla in a Promotional Campaign
- Bronze: Design - Environmental Design
- Shortlist: Direct - Alternative Media, individual
AUSTRALIAN CREATIVE EXCELLENCE SHOWCASE (ACES) 2016
Honda CR-V – Wild Horse Chase
- Shortlist
AUSTRALIAN CREATIVE EXCELLENCE SHOWCASE (ACES) 2015
Honda HR-V – Dream Run
- Shortlist
ADMA AC&E AWARDS 2015
Set In Stone
- Shortlist: Out-Of-Home
- Shortlist: Ambient or Experiential
THE A-LIST HOLLYWOOD AWARDS 2016
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Bronze: TV/Cinema/Online/Mobile: TV Commercial Spot 61-120 seconds, Single
APMA AWARDS 2015
Set In Stone
- Bronze: Best Use of Creative in a Campaign
B&T AWARDS 2020
Missed Birthdays
- Shortlist: Media (To be announced)
B&T AWARDS 2018
Carsales - AutoAds
- Shortlist: Best ad campaign
- Shortlist: Best digital campaign
Swann Insurance - Inconvenience Stores
- Shortlist: Best out of home campaign
CANNES LIONS 2018
Carsales - AutoAds
- Silver: Direct - Automotive
- Bronze: Media - Use of Digital Platforms
- Shortlist: Direct - Use of Digital Platforms
- Shortlist: Direct - Excellence in Direct - Single Country Campaign
- Shortlist: Media - Automotive
- Shortlist: Media - Use of TV and Other Screens
- Shortlist: Brand Exp & Activation - Tech Led Brand Experience
Swann Insurance - Inconvenience Stores
- Silver: Outdoor/Ambient - Special Build
- Shortlist: Outdoor/Ambient - Interactive Experiences
- Shortlist: Excellence in direct - Low budget campaign.
CANNES LIONS 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Shortlist: Film Lions – (Cars, Auto Products & Services)
CANNES YOUNG LIONS 2012
- Australian Digital Winner
CANNES YOUNG LIONS 2008
- Australian Print Winner
CAPLES 2018
Carsales - AutoAds
- Best in Show
- Gold: Branded Content
- Gold: Digital B2C
- Gold: Integrated
- Silver: Innovation
- Silver: Radical New Strategy
- Silver: Traditional Media
Swann Insurance - Inconvenience Stores
- Gold: Ambient/Guerilla/Outdoor
- Silver: Radical New Strategy
CLIOS 2020
MPAN - Missed Birthdays
- Silver: Radio
Powershop - The Story Of Your Power
- Shortlist: Digital - Creative use of data
CLIOS 2018
Carsales - AutoAds
- Gold: Direct – Digi/Mobile
- Gold: Direct - Film
- Gold: Direct - Social
- Silver: Branded Content - Digi/Mobile
- Bronze: Branded Content - Film
- Bronze: Branded Entertainment - Digi/Mobile
- Shortlist: Innovation
- Shortlist: Integrated
Honda - Centre of Everything
- Bronze: Film
CLIOS 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Bronze: Film – Short Form (between 1-5 minutes)
- Bronze: Film Technique
CRESTA AWARDS 2020
Powershop - Free Power Mode
- Bronze: Integrated Digital
- Bronze: Real-time Advertising
Powershop - The Story Of Your Power
- Finalist: App - Digital Design
CRESTA AWARDS 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Silver: Craft Television - Art Direction
- Shortlist: Craft Cinema - Art Direction
CREATIVITY ONLINE
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Top 20 Ads
D&AD AWARDS 2019
RACV Pet Insurance - Overconfidence Cover
- Wood Pencil: PR - Integrated
- Wood Pencil: PR - B2C
EFFIE AWARDS 2018
Swann Insurance - Inconvenience Stores
- Gold: Marketing Solutions other than Advertising and PR
- Silver: Financial Services
- Silver: Most Original Thinking
- Silver: Small Budget
EPICA AWARDS 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Silver: Film - Automobiles
Set In Stone
- Bronze: Public Relations
THE GUARDIAN 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Pick of the Week
KINSALE SHARKS 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Silver: International Film Craft - TV/Online or Cinema - Best Use of Post Production/Visual Effects
- Shortlist: International Film - TV/Online or Cinema - Automotive
- Shortlist: International Film Craft - TV/Online or Cinema - Best Direction
Set In Stone
- Shortlist: Media Excellence - Best Targeted Campaign
LONDON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2018
Carsales - Autoads
- Bronze: Digital - Retail
- Shortlist: Integration - Business to Consumer
- Shortlist: The New - Creative Use of Data
Swann Insurance - Inconvenience stores
- Bronze: Ambient - Banking/Finance/Insurance
LONDON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2015
Set In Stone
- Silver: Design – Experiential Marketing
- Bronze: Billboard – Media Promotion
- Bronze: Design – Installations/Displays (Temporary)
- Bronze: Non–Traditional – Media Promotion
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Shortlist: Production/Post-Production – Visual Effects
LEO BURNETT 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Top 15 Global Ads
LUERZER’S ARCHIVE 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Spot of the Week
MELBOURNE ADVERTISING & DESIGN CLUB 2018
Carsales - AutoAds
- Idea of the Year
MOBIUS AWARDS 2016
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- First Place 'Mobius Award' - Automotive: Commercials / TVC - Cinema
- Second Place 'Certificate’ - Craft/Technique: Visual Effects
Set In Stone
- Second Place 'Certificate’ - Spec. Advertising: Guerilla / Ambush Marketing
- Second Place 'Certificate’ - Spec. Advertising: Outdoor/ Out of Home- Non-Digital
NEW YORK FESTIVALS 2018
Swann Insurance - Inconvenience Stores
- Third Prize Award: Activation & Engagement - Use of Activation
- Finalist Award: Film - Products & Services
- Finalist Award: Outdoor - OOH Marketing Ambient
Honda - Centre of Everything
- Finalist Award: Film Craft - Visual Effects
- Shortlist: Film
NEW YORK FESTIVALS 2017
Honda Civic - Chase It
- Finalist Award: Film Craft - Visual Effects
NEW YORK FESTIVALS 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Third Prize Award: Film - Craft (Art Direction)
- Third Prize Award - Craft (Best Production Value)
- Finalist: Film - Television / Cinema / Online: Products & Services (Automotive Products & Services)
- Finalist: Film - Craft (Cinematography)
Set In Stone
- Third Prize Award: Outdoor - Billboards / Installations / Posters: Products & Services (Publications & Media)
- Third Prize Award: Outdoor - Use Of Medium (Posters)
- Finalist: Design - Use Of Medium: Graphic Design (Posters)
- Finalist: Design - Use Of Medium: Environmental Design (Exhibitions & Live Events)
ONE SHOW 2019
Carsales - AutoAds
- Bronze: Online/Interactive
ONE SHOW 2018
Swann Insurance - Inconvenience Stores
- Merit Award: Cross Platform - Installations
- Merit Award: Print & Outdoor - Experiential & Installations
ONE SHOW 2016
Honda CR-V – Wild Horse Chase
- Merit Award: Film - Consumer - Cinema Advertising 90 Seconds & Under (Short Form)
- Shortlist: Film - Consumer - Television – 60 Second Single
- Shortlist: Film - Craft - Direction
- Shortlist: Film - Craft - Cinematography
- Shortlist: Film - Craft - Editing
- Shortlist: Film - Craft - Music / Sound
ONE SHOW’S AUTOMOTIVE ADVERTISING OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2016
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Shortlist: Broadcast Television
ONE SHOW 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Merit: Film - Over 60 Second - Single
- Merit: Film - Short Form - :90 & Under - Single
- Merit: Film - Direction - Honda Australia
Set In Stone
- Merit: Direct - Ambient Media
- Merit: Print & Outdoor - Outdoor Installations & Ambient: Single
- Merit: Print & Outdoor: Single
SHOTS 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Shortlist: Ad of the Year 60sec
- Shortlist: Ad of the Year 90sec
SIRENS 2020/21
Missed Birthdays - Rigby Fielding
- Overall Winner - Round 1
- Single Winner - Round 1
- Craft Winner - Round 1
SPIKES 2019
RACV Pet Insurance - Overconfidence Cover
- Bronze: Brand Experience & Activation
- Bronze: PR
SPIKES 2018
Carsales - AutoAds
- Gold: Digital - Automotive
- Silver: Direct - Automotive
- Silver: Film - Use of Film
- Bronze: Digital Video - Social Video
- Bronze: Digital Social & Influencer - Social Business & Commerce
- Bronze: Direct Digital & Social - Use of Digital Platforms
- Bronze: Digital Craft - Data Storytelling
- Bronze: Media - Automotive
- Bronze: Media Channels - TV & Other Screens
- Shortlist: Digital Craft - Rich Media
- Shortlist: Direct - Integrated Campaign led by Direct
- Shortlist: Media Channels - Use of Digital Platforms
Swann Insurance - Inconvenience Stores
- Gold: Ambient - Ambient - Interactive Outdoor Experiences
- Bronze: Direct - Consumer Services
- Bronze: Direct - Use of Ambient Media Large Scale
- Bronze: Outdoor - Ambient Special Build
- Shortlist: Brand Experience & Activation - Channels, Use of Ambient Large Scale
- Shortlist: Outdoor - Use of Outdoor, Ambient
- Shortlist: Outdoor - Integrated Campaign led by Outdoor
Honda - Centre of Everything
- Gold: Film Craft
SPIKES 2016
Honda Civic - Chase It
- Finalist: Film - Cars & Automotive Products & Services
- Finalist: Film Craft - Visual Effects
SPIKES 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Gold: Film – Cars & Automotive Services
- Silver: Film Craft – Visual Effects
- Shortlist: Film Craft – Animation
Set In Stone
- Shortlist: Outdoor – Special Build
TANGRAMS 2018
Swann Insurance - Inconvenience Stores
- Gold: Financial Services
- Silver: Insights and Strategic Thinking
- Bronze: Integrated Marketing Campaign
- Shortlist: Small Budget Marketing Campaign
WEBBY AWARDS 2019
Carsales - AutoAds
- Honoree: Use of Social
- Nominee: Use of Social - Campaign
YOUNG GUNS 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Bronze: Creative -- Cinema Commercials
YOUTUBE AUSTRALIA 2015
Honda HR-V - Dream Run
- Top 10 Ads of 2015