Mike Miller has joined Havas Madcom, one of the leading agencies in integrated communication located in Morocco as Executive Creative Director.
Prior to his new appointment, Miller was Executive Creative Director at X3M Ideas, one of Africa’s foremost award-winning creative powerhouses.
Taking to his LinkedIn handle to make the announcement, Miller said “I am delighted to announce I have joined the brilliant team at Havas Madcom in Casablanca as ECD, so from Nigeria to Morocco – I couldn’t leave the continent which is poised for greatness”
A self-confessed “ideas man”, Miller has been in the business of “putting ideas” in front of people for over 30 years, from big brand campaigns and cool product launches to hard-hitting retail promotions and information-driven websites, as well as from traditional media platforms to the latest in digital, experiential, shopper, and social.
Miller is strategic, he writes, designs and has won many international awards as well as led teams up to 80 people both agency and client side. He has handled the recruitment and structuring of many creative departments, been responsible for the career paths of those in it, and been financially responsible for salary negotiation, award budgets, equipment procurement, and the general well being and happiness of his staff.
He has also worked in the Nigeria, UK, Taiwan, Kenya and Australia, as well as created work for India, China, Germany, EMEA, North America and many other Asian countries.
He began his career as a Senior Art Director cum Associate Director at DDB Group, Australia in 1989. Afterwards, he’s had brief stints as Head of Art at both Batey Kazoo Sydney and Leo Burnett Sydney between 1997 and 2001. From there, he joined FNL, one of the few privately owned and respected advertising agencies in Australia as a Creative Director and worked in that capacity for four years before leaving to join McCann in a similar capacity. Shortly after, he left to join M&C Saatchi as a Creative Group Head in 2006.
Leaving Australia and the agency divide of business, he headed to Taiwan where he joined consumer electronics giants, HTC as Creative Director, Global Marketing in 2012. Here, he worked for about three years building up an internal agency and launching mobile devices in culturally different markets, before heading into private consultancy and coming to Nigeria to take the ‘X3M Ideas’ job.
Born and educated in the UK, Miller holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design and Advertising from Hounslow Borough College.