Nicolas Orsoni-Durand

Brand Planner, Digital Expert, Advertising Nerd and Award-Winning Adman
(Cannes Lions, EFFIE, D&AD, One Club), since 2007.

Creative Strategy Director
Paris, since 2007

Nicolas Orsoni-Durand, close-up portrait, smiling, white background

I began my career at Ogilvy & Mather Paris as a Strategic Planner, then moved on to Proximity BBDO, where I led integrated strategies for Mondelez, Panasonic France and Auchan.

In 2013, I joined Saatchi & Saatchi Paris, first as a Senior Planner then as Head of Strategy. There I led the global repositioning of Club Med and worked on campaigns for Toyota, Visa, HSBC and the Olympic Committee.

In 2015 I returned to BBDO, this time as Strategy Director. Over those four years I contributed to more than 10 EFFIE Award-winning strategies, for Mercedes-Benz, Häagen-Dazs, Coty and Ubisoft EMEA.

In 2019, at Dentsu Creative Paris, I steered integrated strategies combining media, data, digital and creativity for Groupe SEB, Generali, Cointreau Group and Perfetti Van Melle.

Since 2021 I have been at TBWA\Paris. First to orchestrate French strategy for OPEn, Peugeot’s dedicated global communications unit. Then across several of the agency’s other creative accounts, from Winamax to Mercedes-Benz.

Finally, Auchan, a brand I first worked on at Proximity BBDO, early in my career, and picked up again at TBWA\Paris a long while later. A fair enough definition of the job. Brands come back, eras change, and each time you have to find again what makes them desirable now.

Awards

EFFIE
+20
Cannes Lions
5
D&AD
11

Distinctions

Two-time winner, Grand Prix Stratégies de la PublicitéWinamax, 2023 · Mercedes-Benz, 2024

Gold Award, Collectif du Planning StratégiqueInaugural recipient

Award record

Documented awards, by year received.
This record does not cover every award received.

YearAwardBrand
2026Cannes Lions BronzeAuchan
2025D&AD Silver & BronzeWinamax
2025EFFIELes Apprentis d’Auteuil
2025Cannes LionsMercedes-Benz
2024Cannes Lions Bronze ×2 · D&AD · One Show · EFFIEMercedes-Benz
2024Grand Prix Stratégies de la PublicitéMercedes-Benz
2023Cannes LionsWinamax
2023Grand Prix Stratégies de la PublicitéWinamax
2022EFFIEPeugeot
2020CRESTA · Gold, French Art Directors ClubUbisoft — Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six
2019EFFIE FranceUbisoft — The Crew 2
2019D&ADUbisoft — Starlink Battle for Atlas
2019EURO EFFIE Bronze ×2 (Entertainment, Branded Content)Ubisoft
2019D&AD Wood PencilUbisoft
2019EFFIEHäagen-Dazs
2018EURO EFFIE ×2Ubisoft — The Crew 2
2018EPICAUbisoft — Starlink Battle for Atlas
2017EURO EFFIE SilverUbisoft — Just Dance
2017Gold EFFIE FranceMercedes-Benz
2016Gold EFFIE FranceMercedes-Benz
2016-2018EFFIECoty — Wella, Sebastian, Nioxin
2014#3 France Public Award of the YearClub Med

Shortlisted

YearAwardBrand
2025EFFIEBiogaran
2025EFFIEAuchan
2019Cannes LionsUbisoft
2018Cannes LionsHäagen-Dazs
2017Cannes LionsMercedes-Benz

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Career

Since 2021

TBWA\Paris

Head of Strategic Planning

2019 — 2020

Dentsu Creative · Paris

Head of Strategic Planning

  • Groupe SEB (Moulinex, Tefal, Rowenta)
  • Generali
  • Cointreau Group (Louis XIII, The Botanist)
  • Perfetti Van Melle (Mentos, Chupa Chups)
  • Reckitt Benckiser (Durex)

2015 — 2019

BBDO · Paris

Strategy Director

2013 — 2015

Saatchi & Saatchi ParisHead of Strategy

2009 — 2013

Proximity BBDOAccount Planner

2007 — 2009

Ogilvy & Mather ParisStrategic Planner

Brands

Underlined brands open their campaign grid.

Education

NEOMA Business School
Post-Master Degree in Communication, 2008
ISG Business School
Master Grande École, 2006

Expertise

  • Brand Architecture
  • Global Stewardship
  • Creative Effectiveness
  • Cultural Insights
  • Collective Intelligence
  • Creative Wit
  • AI Fluency

Contact

A brand to reposition, an idea to find, a team to rally.
Let’s talk.

nicolasorsoni@gmail.com

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