Yevgeniy Kostylev

The most awarded Creative Director in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, more than 370 professional awards from 18 international advertising festivals: Cannes Lions (Gold), Epica (Grand Prix), Golden Drum, KIAF, Ad Black Sea, White Square, Red Apple, Lisbon Ad Festival, Mad Stars, PHNX Awards, E+Awards (Effie), Red Jolbors, WOW Done Awards, Silver Mercury, Popok, Idea!, and others. He has also been invited as a jury member to most of them.

20+ years of work experience with the biggest international and local brands, including Procter & Gamble, Philip Morris, Kaspi.kz (collaborating with the brand for 14 years), Lactalis, Danone, Efes, Carlsberg, Beeline, Kcell, Ferrero, Samsung, Huawei, OPPO, PepsiCo, Red Bull, Toyota, Lexus, and others. Advertising campaigns were developed for the markets of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Mongolia, and Georgia.

Under his creative leadership, GForce has become the most awarded advertising agency in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. And the only one that was five times ranked #1 in the Central Asia Creativity Ranking, and five times been recognized as the "Agency of the Year" at the Red Jolbors advertising festival. GForce also won the Grand Prix, “Agency of the Year,” and 1st place in the Efficiency Rating at the first E+ Central Asia (Effie) Efficiency Festival in 2023. In 2024, the Agency won Kazakhstan’s first-ever Cannes Lion, receiving Gold at the Cannes Lions advertising festival.