Yevgeniy Kostylev

The most awarded Creative Director in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, more than 300 professional awards at 17 international advertising festivals: Epica, Golden Drum, KIAF, Ad Black Sea, White Square, Red Apple, Lisbon Ad Festival, Mad Stars, PHNX Awards, E+ awards, Red Jolbors, WOW done awards, Silver Mercury, Popok, Idea!, and others. He has been invited as a jury member for many of them.

He has work experience with the biggest international and local brands, including Procter & Gamble, Philip Morris, Kaspi.kz, Lactalis, Danone, Efes, Carlsberg, Beeline, Kcell, Ferrero, Samsung, Huawei, OPPO, PepsiCo, Red Bull, Toyota, Lexus, and others. He has developed advertising campaigns for the markets of Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

Under his creative leadership, GForce/Grey has become the most awarded advertising agency in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. It is the only agency that was five times ranked #1 in the Central Asia Creativity Ranking, and five times been recognized as the "Agency of the Year" at the Red Jolbors advertising festival. The agency's video commercial was the first work from Kazakhstan selected for the world advertising collection and featured in the international show "The Night of the AD Eaters" by Jean-Marie Boursicot.