Ted Lim
Independent Creative Consultant
One of Asia's most respected creative leaders — helping agencies and brands think differently, work better, and produce ideas that move people and drive business. From creative reviews to workshops, campaign consulting to mentoring, Ted brings 30+ years of senior creative leadership to your team.
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Service Offering
"Data tells us where the customer is. Media gets us there. What we do when we are face-to-face with the customer — that's creative. We are in the business formerly known as advertising, and marketing in the experience economy has to move people to move business."
Creative Reviews
Senior creative evaluation of agency output, pitches, and ongoing campaigns — bringing an independent, internationally experienced perspective to help teams push work further, identify what's missing, and produce ideas that genuinely stand out and deliver results.
Workshops & Training
Hands-on creative workshops designed to unlock better thinking across agency and brand teams — covering creative strategy, data and creativity, digital storytelling, and innovative business solutions. Tailored to your team's level, market, and ambitions.
Campaign Consulting
Strategic and creative input across campaign development — from brief to execution. Ted helps agencies and brands produce work in the experiential, digital, and social space that gets people to stop, stare and share; work that makes a real difference from engagement to transaction.
Mentoring
One-to-one and group mentoring for creative leaders, agency heads, and rising talent across multiple sectors and markets — drawing on decades of building creative cultures, winning global accounts, and developing some of Asia-Pacific's most recognised creative talent.
About Ted Lim
Ted Lim is one of Asia's most respected creative leaders and an independent creative consultant working with agencies and brands worldwide. His former roles include Regional Chief Creative Officer at Dentsu Asia-Pacific — overseeing 30 offices from China to Australia — Chief Creative Officer at Leo Burnett Singapore, and Executive Creative Director at Naga DDB Malaysia, where he spent 20 years.
Under his leadership at Dentsu Asia-Pacific, the network won the D&AD Black Pencil, Cannes Lions Grand Prix, The One Show Best of Discipline, the Facebook Award for Innovation, and the Asia-Pacific Effie Gold Award. The network was crowned Campaign Brief Asia's Most Creative Network in 2017 and 2018, and AdFest Network of the Year three years running (2017–2019).
AdWeek recognised Ted as one of 13 global creative leaders whose ideas are advancing advertising worldwide. He has served as Jury President at Cannes Lions, Spikes Asia, AdFest, and Ad Stars, and speaks regularly at international marketing conferences. He is based in Singapore and works with clients globally.
Connect with Ted Lim
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