HELLO
Freelance Creative Directors | Ex SVP’s BBDO New York, AKQA
Green Card Holders
We’ve been in the business together for over fifteen years, creating culturally relevant, award-winning work for some of the most influential brands in the world. We’re talking different genres, with different budgets, for different vibes, in different countries. We’ll own accounts, lead the work, win new biz, and mentor rising talent.
BLING
Some hardware we’ve collected along the way
Cannes Lions: Titanium, Silver, Bronze, Shortlist // Clio: Grand Prix, Gold, Silver, Bronze // Effie: Bronze // One Show: Bronze, Merit, Shortlist // ADC: Gold, Bronze // AICP: Best of Show // Webby: Winner, Shortlist // Campaign BIG: Arden Award // Eurobest: Silver // LIA: Bronze // FAB: Winner // Revolution Award: Winner // Kinsale Shark: Silver, Bronze // Lovie: Silver, Bronze // RAD: Winner // BIMA: Winner, Shortlist // Internet Advertising Bureau: Creative Showcase Winner // FWA Site of the Day // Awwwards Site of the Day // D&AD: New Blood Winner
HARD TIME
Where it all began
Joe began his career as a Flight Simulator Engineer before making the next logical leap into advertising. He cut his teeth at JWT London, moved on to AKQA, then crossed the Atlantic to their New York office before landing at BBDO NY. Now freelancing in the big ol’ concrete jungle where dreams are made of, Joe considers his greatest personal achievement resisting the urge to fill this bio with flying puns. He’s very proud of himself.
Ricky entered the creative world as a freelance illustrator before becoming a one-stop shop for Gumball 3000. For over three years, he art-directed, strategized, designed, illustrated, and did whatever else was required — all from the front seat of a Maserati. In 2012, he switched lanes from in-house to agency, joining AKQA. After eight years across London, Tokyo, and New York, he began the next chapter at BBDO New York. Now freelancing, Ricky can usually be found juggling briefs, building websites, begrudgingly designing friends’ wedding invitations, or flying his drone in places he probably shouldn’t.
CLIENTS
Some folks we’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with
We’ve been fortunate enough to serve up brand platform ideas, campaign launches, films, experiential and everything else in between – for pretty much every major industry – spanning automotive to tech and fashion to CPG.
