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Icons & Rock Stars – Jayanta Jenkins!
Jayanta Jenkins is the Global Group Creative Director at Twitter, where he leads the #Studio team to conceptualize global brand campaigns for Twitter. Prior to this role, he served as global creative director of advertising with Apple/Beats by Dre. A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in fashion art advertising, Jayanta began his…
Read MoreWhy Less is More For the ANDY Awards
Originally appeared on SHOTS Gina Grillo, president and CEO, The Advertising Club of New York/International ANDY Awards, discusses this year’s ANDYs and why change is good… The ANDYs has altered its approach this year by paring back the categories to just five; do you think the breadth of categories in many awards shows has got…
Read MoreIcons and Rock Stars- Vida Cornelious!
Just a quick look at the career of Vida Cornelious and you can see why she has been touted as a creative leader that “develops insightful connections to humanize brands, ultimately, making them ones consumers willfully choose to love.” Sounds fancy…but really, she is just a passionate storyteller. Currently, she’s telling stories and making marketing…
Read MoreIcons & Rock Stars – Kinney Edwards!
Kinney joined Tribal Worldwide in 2007 and currently acts as Executive Creative Director of Tribal New York. He has led creative teams at Tribal on high-profile brands including 3 Musketeers, IAMS, Milky Way, National Football League, Advil, Wounded Warrior Project, Nickelodeon, The Lunchbox Fund, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Pepsi, Alcon, Diageo, Philips, UNICEF and Neutrogena.…
Read MoreIcons and Rock Stars – Danny Robinson!
Danny Robinson SVP/Group Creative Director The Martin Agency Remember when Oprah gave away 276 Pontiac G6s? Danny was a part of that brand integration that made marketing history. But then again, Danny has always thought big — maybe in part because he’s a creative director with an MBA. Danny cofounded Vigilante, at a time when…
Read MoreIcons and Rock Stars – Shanteka Sigers!
Shanteka Sigers is senior vice president and executive creative director at Sanders\Wingo. She designs brand stories. Business Insider lists her as one of the Most Creative Women In Advertising. Black Enterprise has twice named her one of the Top Women Executives in Advertising and Marketing. Complex Magazine called her one of the Top Creative Innovators.…
Read MoreIcons & Rock Stars – Piper Hickman!
Piper Hickman is a Group Creative Director in New York City. A born and raised Midwesterner, her most memorable childhood career aspiration was to be in the water ski show at Sea World in nearby Aurora, Ohio. Despite learning to slalom at the young age of nine, she eventually decided to pursue writing instead of…
Read MoreIcons & Rock Stars – Lewis Williams!
Lewis is a passionate, award winning creative leader and storyteller with extensive experience in total, ethnic and multicultural marketing. As a thinker across all platforms, digital and traditional, he thrives for both breakthrough and effective solutions. During his career he has created work for major brands such as McDonald’s, Toyota, American Airlines, Budweiser, Walt Disney…
Read MoreIcons & Rock Stars – Angela Walker Campbell!
For over 25 years, Angela has developed and driven organizational and creative excellence in advertising and marketing communications. She is a creative problem solver with proven results conceiving and executing successful brand initiatives for various advertising agencies (the UniWorld Group, McCann Erickson, Havas Worldwide, Spike DDB, Prime Access, and others) across a range of industries…
Read MoreIcons & Rock Stars – Dabo Che!
Dabo Ché is a creative and business leader with a passion for developing trans-media storytelling. He thrives on the challenge of leading a diverse team of talents. Whether traditional, digital, social or experiential – developing brilliant ideas that are firmly rooted in strategic truths. He is honored to receive such awards as the Webby, Clio, Sports Clio, and the Telly.…
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