Helayne Spivak
EVP, Chief Creative Officer at Saatchi & Saatchi
Helayne Spivak is an award winning, veteran advertising agency creative director. A New York native, Spivak attended the Parsons School of Design in New York. She began her advertising career as a copywriter and went on to hold CCO positions at Young & Rubicam, Ammirati Puris Lintas, JWT and Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness. During
this time, she created award-winning campaigns for dozens of well-known brands including Sears, Burger King, UPS, Club Med, Kraft, Schweppes, Barneys, and a U.S. President.Spivak has been recognized by The Wall Street Journal’s Leaders Campaign, The Matrix Award for Women in Communications, appeared on the cover of Working Woman magazine for which she wrote the cover article, and was named one of 1992’s top 50 Women In Business by Business Week magazine. She served as a TV panel
judge at the Cannes Advertising Festival and is a former board member of The One Club. Helayne has been recognized for her work as a copywriter and a CCO by the Clio Awards, The One Club (Gold, Silver and Bronze) the Cannes Advertising Festival Gold Lion, the Andy’s, and the Effie’s. From 2012-2018, Spivak was Executive Director of the VCU
Brandcenter, the #1 advertising, marketing, branding Master’s Program in the country. She stepped down from her position at the Brandcenter to pursue personal creative projects and is now on her way to certification as a Life/Career Coach for creatives in the field of communications.