Seyoan Vela, is the chief creative officer and a partner, at creative communications agency Livingroom ( LR DXB ) in Dubai. Seyoan began his career in London at Lowes working on famous brands including Smirnoff and Heineken before moving to Chiat/Day and then becoming a founding partner of St.Lukes. In over 8 years there he created famous campaigns for clients at varied as Radio 1, Eurostar, HSBC and the UK government. Work that included award winning short films, websites, cocktail books, and activations as well as films. After working on Evian and Peugeot at Havas London, Seyoan became part of the famous Grey revival as lead of Grey Amsterdam. His next move was to become ECD of JWT Dubai and work across the region on Nike, HSBC ( again) and other famous brands before joining a tech start up.

Seyoan first gained an Economics degree from UCL before studying Graphic Design. He has always embraced non-traditional communications solutions but is a lover of craft especially in design and film. Seyoan has been a guest lecturer at the National Film and Television School, a UN representative in Ghana and has both judged and won at every major awards festival including D&AD and Cannes.