Dave Montrose
Dave Montrose is the Creative Director at Octopus Group, an independant B2B marketing agency based in London, and the winners of last year’s Drum B2B Grand Prix for Hectare Agritech’s ‘Tudder’ campaign, better known as ‘Tinder for Cows’. He started his career over 18 years ago on consumer music magazines, directing photo shoots with the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers, eventually moving into digital and integrated marketing.
Dave’s experience covers both traditional and digital creative in ATL and BTL comms, through rebrands and UXD. He has worked with clients including easyJet, Sage, Taylor Wimpey, Vodafone, Tesco and Google.
Dave is also an ambassador for the Creative Mentor Network, a charity supporting diversity and inclusion in the creative industries.
Why I am judging the awards..."The goalposts have moved this year (presumably into storage waiting to be deep cleaned along with everything else); conversation has changed, behaviours have shifted. I'm looking forward to seeing how brands and agencies have reacted and used their creativity to enable businesses to continue being heard, and engage with their audiences.
Whether the idea is smart, funny or groundbreaking, it needs to be led by sound strategic insights, and land with its audience through creative execution and craft. I'm hoping to see these three tenets working together to create some great campaigns with clear, measurable outcomes.
Above all else, this is a great opportunity to enjoy seeing what we've all been up to in 2020."
