As a creative director, I enjoy solving complex business problems with innovative, visual and simple ideas.

I’ve been lucky enough to work with Volvo, Polestar, Västtrafik, Burger King, Live Nation, SJ, Tretorn, Zalando, Yamaha, Liseberg, Nelly.com, Länsförsäkringar, Willys, among others.

Reach me at pontus.caresten@gmail.com or +46(0)70-629 83 03

Work

Creative Director, Volvo Cars, 24-
Copywriter, Forsman & Bodenfors, 15-24
Copywriter, DDB Gothenburg, 14-15
Copywriter, Shout, 11-14
Copywriter, Mecka, 07-11

Education

Bachelor's degree, Uppsala University, 05-07
English, University of Cambridge, 04-05

Awards

19 x Guldägget (3 gold, 5 silver, 11 shortlist)
9 x Cannes Lions (2 silver, 2 bronze, 5 shortlist)
16 x The One Show (1 gold, 8 merit, 7 shortlist)
6 x D&AD (1 wood pencil, 5 shortlist)
6 x Epica (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 shortlist)
6 x 100-wattaren (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze, 3 shortlist)
5 x Eurobest (1 bronze, 4 shortlist)
3 x Clio Awards (1 bronze, 2 shortlist)
9 x Guldnyckeln (2 grand prix, 4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
9 x Svenska Designpriset (3 gold, 3 silver, 3 shortlist)
4 x Roygalan (1 gold, 3 shortlist)
2 x Cresta Awards (1 bronze, 1 shortlist)
7 x Caples Awards (1 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze)
2 x Echo Awards (1 gold, 1 silver)
6 x Pick of the Day, Creativity Online
30 x Resumé (11 gold, 12 silver, 7 bronze)