Well, hello internet stalker. I’m Dillah, and I’m a Creative Director at Uncommon Creative Studio London. While I like to think of myself as a Jane-of-all-trades, my expertise lies in innovation, experiential, and social media. With over 15 years of experience, I’ve worked globally—starting in Singapore for the APAC and EMEA markets before becoming a bicoastal transplant, working across Los Angeles and New York. I bring a deep understanding of how creativity influences diverse markets and cultures.

As an active jury member for many international award shows, I stay updated on the cream of the crop in unconventional advertising. Fun fact: I was also a founding member of a tech startup, which became the first in Southeast Asia to be acquired by Google.

Off the clock, I try my hand at skating, belt out karaoke like it’s my personal concert, and spend time mentoring young female creatives and POC-founded tech startups.

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Cannes Lions Innovation - 2019
WARC Technology - 2019
AD STARS New Stars - 2021
LONDON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS TV & Online Film - 2021
DRUM OOH - 2022
TikTok Europe - 2022
Mediacorp Singapore The Pinwheels Social & Content - 2023
ADC The One Club Fusion - 2023
D&AD Young Blood - 2023
DRUM OOH - 2023
Eurobest Young Creatives Competition - 2023
Clio Entertainment Music & Audio - 2024
D&AD Young Blood - 2024
Gerety Awards - 2024
Shiny Awards - 2024


 

26 Cannes Lions
11 Creative Circle Awards
4 SPIKES Asia
4 Clio Entertainment
3 AME
3 EFFIES
3 D&AD
3 Webbys
2 Clio Sports
2 British Arrows
2 IAS
1 APPIES


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The Gerety Awards : Jury Insights from the UK - creativity can inspire bigger and bolder work

CANDID : Brands need to be 'ballsy' and 'experimental' harnessing NFTs, says adland

AD WEEK : These Surreal Ads From an AI Art Director Could Offer a Glimpse Into the Future

Creative Salon : So you want to collect NFT Art

RICE MEDIA : From Cleaner to BBH Creative Director

Little Black Book : High Five - Dillah Zakbah’s Favourite work

BBH LABS : 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE STATE OF TECH, DIGITAL & SOCIAL

Campaign Asia : AI generated art in advertising: Creative tool or creative replacement?

LIA 2021 : Creative LIAisons Coach

AD Stars 2021 : Preliminary Judge

UOB Lady’s Card : Celebrating Empowered Women (Featured talent for their International Women’s Day Campaign)

WARC Media Awards : Use of Tech Judge 2019

Cannes Lions : Innovation Jury 2019

AD AGE Road to Cannes 2018 : Creatives You Need To Know

The Everyday People of Singapore : Word on the Street - Dillah Zakbah

The Drum : BBH says it’s walking the walk on diversity as it launches The Moonshot Challenge

New York Post : Men finally get a chatbot to help them talk to feminists

Mashable : This chatbot spouts pick-up lines feminists will appreciate

Men's Health : This Singaporean Facebook Chatbot Can Help You Pick Up Feminists

Straits Times : Singaporean uses language skills to resolve misunderstanding between American and Chinese tourists at Paris airport

Mothership.sg : Multilingual S’porean woman prevented WWIII in France airport by acting as peace corp translator

Simply Communicate : How to improve internal comms and be creative

Vulcan Post:  #ifiwereminister Is The Website That Will Reveal The Deepest, Darkest Hopes Of Singaporeans

Coconuts Singapore : What do the masses actually want to see in Singapore? #ifiwereminister lists them all

Crowd Sourcing Week : #ifiwereaminister website shows what Singaporeans really think

Yahoo Singapore :  #ifiwereminister Is The Website That Will Reveal The Deepest, Darkest Hopes Of Singaporeans

Thoughts of Real Singaporeans : GE2015 #ifiwereminsiter


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2024

Gerety Awards : Jury Insights from the UK

2023

Campaign Brief : Why Creativity Matters

2022

Nusantara Women Podcast : A conversation with Dillah Zakbah

BLANK PAGE Podcast : Episode 4 with Dillah Zakbah Creative Director of Technology and Innovation

2021

The Unusual Podcast : Purpose and Educating Yourself with Dillah Zakbah

2020

The Next Billion Users Podcast : Dillah Zakbah

2019

Cannes Lions : Expert Views - Understanding Humans Panelist

2018

Women In Tech Asia : Keynote on ‘Tech and the Future of Art’ and panel on ‘Opportunities & State of Mixed Reality’.

The Codette Project : Judge for Singapore's First Only Tech for Good Hackathon

NOISE : Why the future of GIFs is anything but certain

2017

Women In Tech Singapore : Moonshot Challenge - Making an impact with Creative & Technology

Mesh Minds Singapore : From Selfies to Virtual Reality - How Technology is changing the art world.

GIF FEST Singapore : Gif and the Art of Story telling.

Precious Communications Singapore : Kick ass in Creative Tech like the Kardashians

Yumin Primary School Outreach Program : What it takes to be a Creative Technologist

Tate Singapore : The Chance The Rapper way of Kicking Ass in Creative Technology

2016

Web Summit Lisbon, Portugal : Women in Tech Roundtable

2015

Associated Press Workshop Bangkok, Thailand : Changing Trends of News Content and Media

TedX You Singapore : Freedom of Speech through Social Media #ifiwereminister

2013

The Story of Creative photography exhibition - New York


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