About

Pete Majarich is a creative human working at the intersection of design, technology & storytelling.

He’s worked as an Art Director, Copywriter, Film Director, Book Cover Designer, Creative Technologist, Illustrator, Theatre Director, VFX Artist, Drone Pilot, and Sci-Fi Author.

In his agency career, he’s collaborated with brands like Apple, Netflix, Slack, Microsoft, Google, Nike, Uber, The NRL, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Harley Davidson, Domino’s, Toyota, and Volkswagen. He has personally been commissioned for work by Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Music Group, The Australian Open and U2.

His self-initiated work has been featured by Wired Magazine, Mashable, Shortlist, Adobe, Fast Company, VICE, The Academy of Motion Pictures®, Bored Panda, Lost at E Minor, My Modern Met, Design Taxi, Booooooooooooom, Comedy Central, We and the Color, DeMilked, Archillect and This Isn’t Happiness™. He’s also reached the front page of Reddit, Buzzfeed, and recieved a coveted Vimeo Staff Pick.

Majarich’s advertising work has been recognised by The One Show, Cannes Lions, Clios, and featured in-book at D&AD. He was selected as one of 34 from over 7,000 creatives worldwide for Weiden and Kennedy’s SEEKING program and is a former runner-up Sydney Morning Herald Designer of the Year.

Interests include Art Direction, Code, Motion Design, Typography, Minimalism, Branding, Sustainability, Start-ups, Strategy, Photography, Gradients, Cinematography, Drones, Sneakers, Space, Sci-fi, Gaming, Illustration, Basketball, VR, AR, AI, Advertising, AI-based Advertising, Digital Media, Directing, Film, 3D Printing, Remixes and animated GIFs.

Majarich has spent his career working at Crispin Porter + Bogusky (5x Creativity Agency of the Year, 3x Cannes Interactive Agency of the Year, AdvertisingAge Agency of the Decade) and Leo Burnett Australia (B&T Agency of the Year, AdNews Agency of the Year). He’s also collaborated with Saatchi & Saatchi, Hoyne, We Are Social, VANDAL, Conquistadors, Host/Havas, Rotor Studios, Hook Los Angeles, Start Beyond Virtual Reality, BLOOD UTD, Not Bad Pretty Good, JWT, R/GA, KPMG UDKU, Bear Meets Eagle On Fire and the ABC.

Pete Majarich believes people naturally gravitate towards storytelling, whether that’s expressed through design, film, creative technology, an experience or the power of words. He is obsessed with the cross-pollination of platforms, disciplines and ideas. He thinks good creativity is about the cross-pollination of problem-solving, adaptability, collaboration and curiosity. He believes in the creative process and the discipline of craft and coming up with ideas, and all that really matters at the end of the day is doing interesting work with interesting people.

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Qualifications

D&AD — Writing For Advertising, London
AWARD School — Selected For Creative Mentorship
Billy Blue College Of Design — Course Advisory Panel
Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Member
Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (AACTA) Member
Australian Writers’ Guild Member
Sundance Film Collab — Screenwriting Intensive
AFTRS Australia Filmmaking Intensive
UNSW — Business Information Technology Scholarship (E-commerce)
UNSW Graduate School of Management — Learn To Lead
Vivid Ideas — Leading Teams For Creativity

Advertising Awards

Young Designer Of The Year (SMH)— Runner-up
Cannes Lions Advertising Festival — Shortlist
Cannes Lions Advertising Festival — Shortlist
Cannes Lions Advertising Festival — Shortlist
Cannes Lions Advertising Festival — Shortlist
CREATIVE Magazine — Penguin Book Cover Design Finalist
Young Guns Award— Finalist
Sydney Young Bloods — Creative Competition
Clios Advertising Awards — Silver
Clios Advertising Awards — Bronze
AWARD — Bronze
AWARD — Finalist
AWARD — Finalist
AWARD — Finalist
The One Show — Merit
D&AD — In Book

Directing Awards

Moment Invitational Film Festival — Winner (Science Fiction)
Moment Invitational Film Festival — Finalist (Science Fiction)
Moment Invitational Film Festival — Official Selection
Moment Invitational Film Festival — Finalist (Narrative)
Moment Invitational Film Festival — People’s Choice Nominee
Moment Invitational Film Festival — People’s Choice Nominee
Festival Motion Design (Paris) — Selection Officiale
Short + Sweet Festival — People’s Choice Winner
Smartfone Flicker Fest (SF3) — Official Selection
Dublin Smartphone Film Festival — Winner (Fiction)
Drone Video of the Week — Airvuz Drone Video Awards
Staff Pick — Airvuz Drone Video Awards

Talks

Vivid Ideas Festival
Award School
Billy Blue College Of Design
Hoyne
Weiden & Kennedy

Exhbitions

VANDAL Solo Show, Sydney
3 Sec Gallery, Breda Netherlands

Interviews

Broadsheet Sydney
OFFF Barcelona
Emily Carr University Of Art And Design
The Impression Magazine
Mobile Moviemaking
7th Matrix
Editorial Modena

Judging

Best Ads On Tv
AWARD Jury
AWARD Jury

If you have a project enquiry or a particularly-cool animated gif, please send an email. Pete is especially interested in working with brands with a sustainable focus.

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