Rob’s creative career has included leading roles in London, New York and Sydney. Notable stops include advertising hot shop BBH (famous for seminal Levi’s, Johnny Walker and PlayStation campaigns), The Chase (at the time, the most awarded design consultancy in Britain) and JWT. He has produced commercially successful campaigns and rebrands for companies such as De Beers, Axe, Smirnoff, Cadillac, Coke and Qantas.
During a five years spell in the B2B tech arena, Rob delivered fresh thinking and much improved sales results for organisations such as PayPal, ServiceNow, Palo Alto Networks and Adobe.
Though he’s rarely entered advertising and design awards, Rob has won both locally and internationally; including Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show, Clios, LIA, Communication Arts, Award and AGDA, plus a slew of B2B awards.
Recent career highlights include judging Cannes Lions, judging the Global Grand Effies and being a nominee for Campaign Magazine Creative of the Year. Rob has been interviewed by and written articles for local and international industry publications and hosted or been a panellist on several marketing-related roundtables.
Rob Omodiagbe is a Sydney-based, British-Nigerian born artist. He first picked up a paint brush in 2012, then put it down in 2013. He picked it up again in November 2023. He doesn’t intend on putting it down again.
Australian National Emerging Art Prize — Finalist, 2024 WhiteLock Art Centre Prize, New York — Excellence Award, 2024 Audrey Fine Art — Solo Show, 2024 Featured in ‘The A-Z of Contemporary Art’ — ABC Television, 2013 Gaffa Gallery — Solo Show, 2013 (sold out on opening night)
