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Philippa Clayre
Philippa re-joined JWT in 2011 as Head of Corporate Communications for the agency's Middle East and Africa region. Her role involves narrating JWT MEA's diverse range of stories to both internal and external stakeholders, finding innovative ways for the brand's vision, mission and purpose to come alive.
Show profile Hide profileDuring this time the agency has inaugurated an acclaimed senior client programme with the Dubai Lynx Festival of Creativity; launched a region wide portfolio of talent's personal projects; established sought after MENA region consumer trend reports; and collaborated with top tier global titles garnering millions of dollars in earned media. Under her tenure promoting, the agency's work and reputation has been recognised by a number of prestigious award shows including but not limited to J. Walter Thompson Casablanca winning a historic Gold, Silver and Bronze at Cannes Lions 2018 for KitKat's "Break The Speed" campaign, the first Lions ever won by any agency in Morocco. J. Walter Thompson Riyadh receiving WARC's Special Long Term Idea Award and a Gold for "Unveil Saudi". J. Walter Thompson MENA winning Dubai Lynx Network of the Year in 2016 bringing home an unprecedented 5 Grand Prix, 12 Gold, 16 Silver and 10 Bronze awards; of which J. Walter Thompson Beirut garnered 3 of the Grand Prix awards at Dubai Lynx 2016 for its "The Good Note" campaign for Bou Khalil Supermarket. JWT Entertainment in Cairo winning a Titanium at Cannes Lions in 2015 for Abla Fahita, the first in Egypt and only the second in the region. J. Walter Thompson Cairo being named Campaign ME's 2015 Agency of the Year. J. Walter Thompson Riyadh winning the first ever Grand Prix of any agency in the Kingdom, at Dubai Lynx in 2015; J. Walter Thompson Amman winning the first award of any agency in Jordan at Dubai Lynx 2015 with its "Corolla 1966" campaign; J. Walter Thompson Cairo's Fakka campaign for Vodafone Egypt being named the World's Smartest Campaign by WARC for 2014; and J. Walter Thompson MENA being named Campaign ME's 2013 Advertising Network of the Year.
Beginning her marketing communications career in London and joining JWT in 1988 as TV Producer and Print Production manager for the Middle East, Philippa has worked on international and regional brands across the group in numerous business sectors. Her delivery set benchmarks for production values in the region including iconic campaigns for MBC, De Beers, Lux, Sunsilk, Lipton, Ford and Shell amongst others.
Currently based in Beirut, she enjoys the multi-faceted experiences of working in fast-paced emerging markets.
During this time the agency has inaugurated an acclaimed senior client programme with the Dubai Lynx Festival of Creativity; launched a region wide portfolio of talent's personal projects; established sought after MENA region consumer trend reports; and collaborated with top tier global titles garnering millions of dollars in earned media. Under her tenure promoting, the agency's work and reputation has been recognised by a number of prestigious award shows including but not limited to J. Walter Thompson Casablanca winning a historic Gold, Silver and Bronze at Cannes Lions 2018 for KitKat's "Break The Speed" campaign, the first Lions ever won by any agency in Morocco. J. Walter Thompson Riyadh receiving WARC's Special Long Term Idea Award and a Gold for "Unveil Saudi". J. Walter Thompson MENA winning Dubai Lynx Network of the Year in 2016 bringing home an unprecedented 5 Grand Prix, 12 Gold, 16 Silver and 10 Bronze awards; of which J. Walter Thompson Beirut garnered 3 of the Grand Prix awards at Dubai Lynx 2016 for its "The Good Note" campaign for Bou Khalil Supermarket. JWT Entertainment in Cairo winning a Titanium at Cannes Lions in 2015 for Abla Fahita, the first in Egypt and only the second in the region. J. Walter Thompson Cairo being named Campaign ME's 2015 Agency of the Year. J. Walter Thompson Riyadh winning the first ever Grand Prix of any agency in the Kingdom, at Dubai Lynx in 2015; J. Walter Thompson Amman winning the first award of any agency in Jordan at Dubai Lynx 2015 with its "Corolla 1966" campaign; J. Walter Thompson Cairo's Fakka campaign for Vodafone Egypt being named the World's Smartest Campaign by WARC for 2014; and J. Walter Thompson MENA being named Campaign ME's 2013 Advertising Network of the Year.
Beginning her marketing communications career in London and joining JWT in 1988 as TV Producer and Print Production manager for the Middle East, Philippa has worked on international and regional brands across the group in numerous business sectors. Her delivery set benchmarks for production values in the region including iconic campaigns for MBC, De Beers, Lux, Sunsilk, Lipton, Ford and Shell amongst others.
Currently based in Beirut, she enjoys the multi-faceted experiences of working in fast-paced emerging markets.
