I'm Olabode
Award Winning Brand Designer. Multidisciplinarian Creative Director. Brand Strategist. Visual Storyteller.
A multidisciplinary Brand Designer, Creative Director and Consultant with over 15 years of experience across leading brands, creative agencies and independent practice.
Brand Identity Design for Grand Oak Across 8 different Products For LeoBurnet, Lagos.
Award Winning Campaign for Golden Terra Amaana Oil Packaging & Product Design
ALIEVE - Rise Above Pain
Terra Seasoning Cube "Unwrap Joy, Unleash Taste Award Winning Campaign
Terra Unwrap Joy Campaign
Art, Illustration & Photography Global for Awarrd Winning Short Film Whispers in the wires
Amaana Oil
Corporate Editorial Design & Brand Communication for Cadbury for Nitro 121
TGI Corporate Website Redesign & Development
Corporate Editorial Design & Brand Communication for Cadbury for Nitro 121
UNISEF - Behind Every Smile
THE PROBLEM IS WHERE THE IDEA STARTS
I turn ideas it into a brand, a story and an experience people can see, feel and remember.
BEFORE THE TITLE, THE GRIND
More than 16 years of briefs, battles, breakthroughs, failures, ideas and lessons, from Goals & Ideas to Zuri Effect.
GOALS & IDEAS
Where curiosity became craft
Graphic Designer - 2004-2008
NITRO121
Bigger challenges, Faster thinking.
Snr. Art Director - 2009-2016
SO&U
Creative Thinking Evolved
Creative Consultant- 2017
LEOBURNETT
Where ideas met global creative thinking.
Lead Creative Consultant - 2017-2018
INSIGHT PUBLICIS
Creative experience translate into leadership
Creative Consultant - 2019
ZURI EFFECT
Where I'm building and leading what's next.
CEO/Creative Director
BEYOND THE PORTFOLIO
BEFORE THE PIXEL COMES THE WHY
The real work starts before the first pixel, sketch or frame. It starts with understanding the problem.
THINK
Question the obvious.
CREATE
Turn thinking into ideas.
BUILD
Make ideas useful, relevant and memorable.
AWARD & RECOGNITION
CRAFTED IN NAIJA MOVED THE WORLD
From Africa to the USA and Germany, ideas shaped here have found recognition far beyond where they began.
YOUNG LIONS AWARD WINNER (PRINT CATEGORY) - 2010
Organized by CHINI Africa, the official Cannes Lions festival representative for Nigeria and a leading promoter of creative excellence across the African marketing and communications industry.
ARTITUDE WITH OLABODE
CREATIVITY IS A MINDSET.
Artitude explores the mindset, struggles, breakthroughs and ideas behind the people who create.
MENTORSHIIP
GREAT WORK IS NEVER A SOLO ACT.
Ideas may start with one person. Great work happens when people challenge, sharpen and bring those ideas to life together.
MENTORSHIP
CREATIVE DIRECTION
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
WORKSHOPS
TEAM BUILDING
THE BRANDS THAT BET ON THE IDEA
A selection of brands, businesses and organisations I've had the privilege to build, shape and transform.
BRIEF THE PROBLEM. I'LL COOK.
Whether you need a brand built, a creative problem solved, a team inspired or a conversation started, I'd love to hear from you.