Olivia Ugwuowo
Founder & Creative Director
About
Built for the new era of advertising.
Ad Lantern is an AI-native creative studio helping DTC, ecommerce, and growing brands produce high-converting ad creative at a volume and speed traditional production simply can't match.
Our story
World-class ad creative, without the overhead.
Ad Lantern was founded to put world-class advertising creative within reach of any ambitious brand — without the overhead of crews, talent, and long timelines.
We saw two things happening at once: media costs were climbing, and creative was the variable that decided whether paid spend worked or didn't. The brands winning were the ones shipping more, testing more, and iterating faster.
AI made that pace possible — but only with real creative direction behind it. So we built a studio where senior strategists and art directors lead, and AI accelerates. Lean, fast, and built for international brands from day one.
Our mission
To give every ambitious brand an endless supply of high-performing ad creative — powered by AI, guided by human creative taste.
Our approach
AI pipeline. Human creative direction. On every asset.
Senior, lean, AI-powered
A senior team of strategists, art directors, and producers — multiplied by an AI production pipeline tuned for advertising.
Human QC on every frame
AI generates; humans direct, edit, and approve. No asset ships without creative review.
Built for international brands
We work asynchronously across timezones with brands in the US, UK, EU, and beyond.
The team
Strategists, art directors, AI producers.
Jeff Obianuo
Co-Founder: AD Lantern & AI 9ja Studios
Daniel James
Performance Strategist
Jun Park
Head of Creative Strategy
Ready to see what we'd make for you?
Send us your offer and we'll produce a free sample reel. No commitment.