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 UCEF HANJANI

Ucef Hanjani is an award-winning creative director and co-founder of the creative communications agency, ceft and company new york.

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Ucef Hanjani’s global view is derived from his childhood experiences living and traveling in a multitude of places including Switzerland, the United States, France, Iran, Portugal, Africa, Italy and Spain. He attended school at Santa Monica High School, and holds a BS in Communication from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

EXPERIENCE Hanjani’s creative endeavors are at work in diverse areas of fashion, luxury, sports, non-profit, beauty, consumer goods, automotive, and technology for clients such as: LVMH Krug Champagne, NARS, Fendi fragrances, Salvatore Ferragamo, Nike, Pepsi Co., Target, Estee Lauder, Lancome, W Hotels, Clinique, Gap, Hennessy, Moet & Chandon, H&M, Ralph Lauren, Ermenegildo Zegna, GENYOUth, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Jaguar, Jawbone and IBM. Hanjani has helped create entire new platforms from the ground up. For global brands involving a range of channels, he has created venues and events that stay true to each brand's values and DNA, while accomplishing the need for expansion into the fashion sector. Collaborations include work with Terry Richardson, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Loro Piana, Marc Newson, Jaime King, Madonna and Coco Rocha to name a few. His ceft and company (insert link to c&c page), founded in 2003, has received numerous global awards including two golds at the Monaco World Luxury Awards in 2009 and 2011 for their "Best Use of Media." ceft and company is a creative lab with a modular structure and numerous strategic partnerships. Its creative approach, accompanied by an immaculate visual vocabulary has developed a clientele based largely on word-of-mouth.

NON-PROFIT WORK Hanjani has been involved in a number of charitable causes, generating award-winning communication for such organizations as the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, and the GENYOUth Foundation, fighting childhood obesity in the United States.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS Hanjani’s creative work has won him numerous awards, including the prestigious Graphis gold, AIGA, ADC, OBIE, APG, WADC, SXSW Web Awards, RAC, Clio Awards, an EFFIE, and two Monaco World Luxury Awards.

CAREER Hanjani's career spawns a range of national and multinational agencies and contributions to global publications and brands such as: Citron Haligman Bedecarre, Kirshenbaum Bond and Partners, Chiat Day, Deutsch, Publicis, 133 Luxe Paris, Ogilvy & Mather, J. Walter Thompson and Lloyd & Co. Additionally, he has contributed to global publications and brands such as Numero, Big, Sleek, Japan Vogue and Doing Bird.