Joe Najib

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Malaysia

Account Director

Advertising / Marketing / PR

Joe Najib was born into a family of writers, where language proficiency in the household was a no-nonsense matter. Perhaps this was to be his saving grace, when later in his teenage years, he didn't excel academically. The spotlight was never far though, as he represented his school in bowling tournaments and English debates, and was suspended one too many times for playing truant. He joined the One Academy of Communication Design, one of Malaysia's premier art institutions, in 1996. Just when he finally had an academic momentum going, the Asian financial meltdown in '98 took a toll on his mother's PR business, and Joe pulled out of college to ease her burden. He worked odd jobs, from ..