jesse james mcelroy

jesse james mcelroy started his career in the film industry as an editor, cutting music videos, tv shows and commercials, he moved into directing in 2015. since then, mcelroy has gone on to direct all over the world for a slew of leading international clientele including kelloggs, volkswagen, mastercard and unilever as well as domestic campaigns for brands such as catch and bankwest. his comedy spot for combantrin was celebrated with a cannes lion and handpicked by vice magazine as one of the “best commercials” for the year. always a creative visionary, mcelroy also enjoyed an array of media coverage when his grassroots social media campaign to encourage streets ice-cream to create a 1.25-litre tub from their beloved single serve gaytime ice cream became an internet sensation. trending #1 on twitter and reaching over 3.4 million people, the campaign also took home a prestigious webby award for social achievement. in collaboration with streets ice-cream he invented the gaynetto, extra biscuit crumb and rainbow gaytime… all four products are sold to this day. what makes you bleed - d&ad wood pencil what makes you bleed - bronze award award combantrin crawl - cannes bronze lion dabble roger - madc gold what makes you bleed - ngv rigg design prize inventing golden gaytime in a tub - social webby award sbs radio - gold promaxbda sbs radio - acs golden tripod award nice'n easy the greys - silver mma smarties award winner nestle kit kat chunga - bronze award award nestle kit kat chunga - gold effie great southern bank - bronze effie nestle kit kat chunga - mixx award