Elliot Harris
Creative Partner, Havas London and Global Executive Creative Director, Reckitt
Impeccable taste. Energetic Experience. Quiet Revolutionary. Young Talent Nurturer. Let's the ball do the work. Elliot Harris is a Creative Partner at Havas London and Global Executive Creative Director for the entire Reckitt portfolio. He has been instrumental in building the new Havas London creative dept alongside Vicki Maguire with multi-disciplinary teams on brands like Durex, Finish, Air Wick, Vanish, Gaviscon, DFE, Molson Coors and Heinz. This has raised the standard of creativity and effectiveness of the work within the agency.
With a Cannes Grand Prix, Gold Lion’s, several D&AD pencils, Gold at One Show and the Art Director’s Club of New York, and with a pedigree that includes roles within Anomaly, Fallon, McCann London, Work Club, Brothers & Sisters. Elliot is regarded as one of the leading talents within the UK advertising industry.
His other full-time job is being married with 5 daughters and a Doberman. A lifelong love of architecture pushed him into building an Eco house in the Essex countryside which has been featured in Grand Designs magazine and appeared on Channel 4 show ‘Building the Dream’. Any precious spare time is spent at the London School of Communication Arts where he is a Trustee and Mentor and nurturing young talent at Havas London having established the agencies first internship scheme ‘Platform’.