Accra, Ghana · Available for projects
19 years in West African advertising. Words for telcos, banks, hotels and food giants across 23 countries. Now writing, directing, and building something entirely his own.
Writer
Creator
Filmmaker
Autodidact
Selected work
Egyir's advertising career hit the ground running in 2007 and has been marked by award-winning work for multinational agencies and clients. Agencies he has worked with as a writer and creative director include:
Having worked on practically every major brand in the Ghanaian market, Egyir has written and created commercials and campaigns for telco giants, bank brands, hotels and food juggernauts — including the Nestlé & MAGGI brands whose campaigns ran in 23 countries across Central and West Africa. He also served as managing editor and columnist for the legendary African lifestyle magazine Canoe Africa.
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Over the years, Egyir has published a handful of short stories in the press and online to generally positive reviews. He is currently in talks to publish a series of stories with new startup publication house Fish & Plankton.
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Short story · Press / Online
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In development · Fish & Plankton
Egyir is currently in talks to publish a series of stories with new startup publication house Fish & Plankton. Sign up to the newsletter for updates.
Egyir has worked on one CSR Documentary and is presently in the preproduction stages for an untitled short film. Sign up for the newsletter for more information on upcoming film projects.
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About
Egyir Davis is a writer, filmmaker and professional mass marketer with 19 years of experience in the West African advertising industry. His true passions lie in storytelling, creative theory and film analysis.
Having worked on practically every brand in the Ghanaian market, Egyir has written and created commercials and campaigns for telco giants, bank brands, hotels and food juggernauts — including the Nestlé & MAGGI brands whose campaigns ran in 23 countries across Central and West Africa.
Egyir currently works as a consultant creative director and writer while writing and studying filmmaking in his free time — the work of an autodidact who refuses to stop learning.
"My true passions lie in storytelling, creative theory, and film analysis — and I've spent 19 years building the craft to back it up."
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