Vicki Maguire

Deputy Executive Creative Director, Grey London

A promising career in fashion design was cut short when Vicki discovered she couldn’t draw.

Encouraged by her mentor Paul Smith to write her ideas down instead, Vicki soon found her way into the world of advertising.

Vicki has spent the past 15 years developing campaigns, thoughts and ideas for agencies such as Ogilvy and Wieden + Kennedy before joining Grey London working on briefs as diverse as full fat butter and the BHF.

Vicki has collected more than 35 major awards for her BHF ‘Hands only CPR’ Vinnie Jones campaign, while The Angina Monologues, also for the BHF, earned her a coveted British Comedy Award.

The IPA voted Vicki advertising’s Woman of Tomorrow, while she’s also been named one of D&AD’s 20 most influential women in advertising.

She also own and runs vintage East End sweetshop Suck and Chew. Iconic work or Kola Kubes, she’s the go-to girl.