LEIF NIELSEN
Creative Director & Founder

Leif never stops searching for the big idea, and when he finds it, he always keeps it single-minded and focused for successful results.

He has applied these principles at Foster Advertising for Schneiders and OLG, Wintario, Super 10 and 649, as well as at DDB Canada for Scrabble, Etch-a-Sketch, Coco Chanel, Levis, Volkswagen/Audi, Saab, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Lincoln and Quaker. While working at Y&R, Leif used this same approach to be highly successful on products such as AGF Financial, London Life, Freedom 55 and MetLife, Crayola, KFC, Robaxacet, Advil, Kodak, International Coffees, LG, John Peller Winery, Scotts Canada, Blue Light, Schooner, Oland Export Ale, Alexander Keith’s and Keith’s Light and Heineken. Creative Director Canada for 14 years on Colgate- Palmolive. Global Creative director in New York for 6 years on Colgate-Palmolive and also worked on event marketing for Colgate Dental Association in New York and Toronto. Leif also worked on Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto.

Cream Advertising was born based on Leif’s passion for doing what is best to drive results for his clients’ business. He has continued to apply the same disciplined, single-minded big idea thinking on products such as CNW Canadian Newswire, Sunnybrook Hospital Mental Health, Mood Disorder of Ontario, Golf Canada, Kanex Telescoping Sleeves, Hillebrand, Trius and Sears Hearing Centre.