Coenie Grebe

Executive Creative Director, Hallo

Coenie is a locally and internationally awarded creative with 18 years of Industry experience across both Design, Brand & Retail accounts.

He has consistently demonstrated a remarkable talent for creating captivating and effective advertising campaigns working with top agencies such as Grey Worldwide, MetropolitanRepublic, and Net#work BBDO, Ogilvy South Africa to name a few.

Clients included Spitz, Chicken Licken, KFC, iStore & The National Lottery.

For his work on City Lodge he was awarded metal at The One Show, D&AD, Cannes, Clios as well as being awarded Grand Prix at The Loeries and winning the Prestigious Umphetha Award at Pendoring. He currently serves as Executive Creative Director at Halo by day – and sometimes night – leading the charge on big accounts like Pick n Pay, Pinepple, RMB, A&G, Capital Legacy, Exclusive Books and Yoco, always with an intense focus on conspicuous creativity.

With a background in Information Design, his talents culminate at the intersection of Design Thinking, Advertising & Culture: finding breakthrough, elegant solutions that solve business problems in beautiful, surprising and sometimes perfectly silly ways.

His job is to help others fall in love with their own. And, as someone born from four consecutive generations of teachers, he thrives in encouraging, nurturing, and celebrating young voices within the industry to believe in the power of design, creativity, brands, and each other.

In 2023 he led his team to victory at The One Club Creative Boot Camp.

Why? Because he believes that his success lies in the success of those he leads.