CREATIVE DIRECTOR / WRITER
For more than 30 years, I’ve created influential advertising and design content at some of the hottest creative agencies in the U.S. and Europe. I’ve helped develop more than 190 brands, earning the top industry accolades, coverage in numerous pop culture publications, and features as leading examples of creativity in more than 16 books.
SEE THE PORTFOLIO
AWARDS / ACCOLADES
Effie • The One Club • D&AD • NY Art Directors • National Addys • The Creative Circle • British Television • Graphis • Communication Arts • Lurzer’s International Archive • Creativity • Print • ZOO • Creative Review • Shots • Eye • Campaign Screen • Adweek • AdAge • Best Spots on TV
AGENCIES
Full-time: Wieden+Kennedy (Portland), Creative Director, 2008-2009 • 86 the onions (LA), Founder/Creative Director, 2002-2007 • KesselsKramer (Amsterdam), Senior Creative, 2000-2002 • Mother (London), Senior Creative, 1998-2000 • The Richards Group/Pyro (Dallas), Copywriter, 1994-1998
Part-time: Mullen (Boston) • Crispin Porter + Bogusky (LA, Boulder) • david & goliath (LA) • Butler Shine Stern (SF) • Deutsch (LA) • Strawberry Frog (NYC) • StudioLo (Boulder) • Odysseus Arms (SF) • TBWA/Chiat Day (LA) • Saatchi & Saatchi (LA) • The Marketing Arm (Dallas) • enso collaborative (LA) • mono (Minneapolis) • McGarrah Jessee (Austin) • Preacher (Austin) • DIKO (Austin) • The Butler Bros. (Austin) • JDK (Portland, Burlington) • Creature (Seattle) • nemo (Portland) • Capital Goods (Denver) • Mandrake (Prague) • attik (SF) • Factory Labs (Denver) • dw+h (LA) • MEplusYOU (Dallas) • mkg (NYC) • Sedgwick Rd. (Seattle) • sandymontana (Portland) • Climate Reality Project (Boulder) • Curious Beast (Portland) • DoubleStandards (Berlin) •
AS FEATURED IN…
Advertising Today / Punk Marketing: Get Off Your Ass And Join The Revolution / I Like It. What Is It? / Advertising Graphics With Impact / Consumer Behavior: Buyer, Having, Being (7th Edition) / A Hundred And One Things To Do / 200% Cotton: New T-Shirt Graphics / Touch This: Graphic Design That Feels Good / Dos Logos / Introducing: Designs For Making A First Impression / 2 Kilo Of KesselsKramer / World Business Cards Today / Letterhead & Logo Design 9 / All Access: The Making Of Thirty Extraordinary Graphic Designers / Sustainable Graphic Design: Tools, Systems And Strategies For Innovative Print Design / Shovel It: Kick-Ass Advice To Turn Life’s Crap Into The Peace And Happiness You Deserve
SELECT BRANDS
• 20th Century Fox • 50 Bleu Vodka • 55DSL • Airtable • Activision • Acura • Adidas • Almaxx • American Express • American Standard • Aspen Heights Partners • Aquafina • Art Center College of Design • Bacardi • Barefoot Wines • Beats by Dr. Dre • Beautiful / Decay • Beefeater Restaurants • Beingwell • Ben / T-Mobile • Ben & Jerry's • Big Magazine • Big Future • Blik Wall Graphics • Blood Sweat & Tears Vodka • Booking.com • Borders • Bravo TV UK • BTC Elements • Buca Di Beppo • Callaway Golf • Canvas • Climate Reality Project • Coca-Cola • Colt 45 • Compaq • Continental Airlines • Corona • Chrysler • Current TV • D&AD • Daihatsu • Dazed & Confused • Diesel • Do • Dockers • Dodge • Dove • Dr. Martens • DreamWorks Interactive • Drinks That Work • Duffs • Dutch Magazine • East Side Mario’s • Eidos Entertainment • ESPN X Games • Essential Living Foods • Ethos Water • Etnies • Evo.com • Eyemasters • Fastly • Fiat • Field Day • Footlocker • Fuel TV • Getty Images • G.O.D. Games • G4 TV • Gamecock Media • Global Inheritance • Google • Gotham Games • GU Energy Gel • GT Interactive • Hans Brinker Budget Hotel • Harvey Nichols • Hessenmob Skateboarding • Het Parool • High West Whiskey • Home Depot • Hotel Tonight • House of Marley • Hum Music • Hummer • ID Software • Ion Storm • ITKO Software • Jacksons Stores • Jeep • KISS FM • KPMG • Lake Trust Credit Union • Le Eco • Lemishine • Lightning Audio • Live Earth • Lowe’s • Lululemon • Malibu Grand Prix • Marmalade • Mervyn's • Midnight Oil Group • Midway Games • Mitsubishi • Mopar • Motel 6 • Motorola • Mountain Dew • Mountain Health Coop • MSNBC • MTV UK • MTV Switch.org • Muratec • Dallas Mavericks • NEC Japan • Nestle Waters • New Belgium Brewing • Nike • Nintendo • Nissan • Nude Beer • Oakley • Omidyar Network • Oxfam • Oxygen Inline Skates • Partnership for a Drug-Free America • Pepsi-Co • Piperlime.com • Playing for Change • Putman Redesign • Radioactive Clown • Radioshack • Remy Cointreau • Res Media Group • Rockford Fosgate • Rockstar Games • Roland Music Instruments • Royal Opera House • Rumpl • Samsung • Schlafly Beer • Scion • Sega • Sierra Mist • Silvercar • Smithsonian Bird Friendly • Soapnet • SoBe Beverages • Sony Crackle • Spike TV • Spyder • St. Louis Microbrew and Blues Festival • Seattle’s Best Coffee • Starbucks • Sunward • Sylvie & J • T-Post • Taco Bell • Take 2 Interactive • Target • The Alliance for Climate Protection • The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Ted Baker • Tervis • Toneel Groep Amsterdam • Tony Chachere's Famous Creole Seasoning • Toyota • Trebor Bassett Mighty Mints • Triumph Motorcycles • TrueCar • Turkcell • Ubisoft Entertainment • USA Film Festival • Vestas • VHI • Virgin Interactive • Virgin Records • Westfield Corporation • Whitbread Beer Company • Whataburger • Winchester • WIBV 1260 • World Vision International
NICE THINGS THEY’VE SAID
“Working with Chad is a spiritual experience. He is a shaman who guides us through the creative process that clients will euphorically pay for.”— Kiyoshi Kodama, Liquid Air Entertainment
“I can only recommend a handful of like-minded marketing partners that consistently push the limits of smart, accessible design and innovation, and Chad is certainly one of them.”— Simon Campbell, Target
“Chad is a dream to work with. He is driven to be unique and uber out-of-the-box in his creative. That kind of talent does not grow on trees but if it did, Chad’s tree would be the best one by a long shot.”— Stacy Conde, Virgin Records
“On more than one occasion, Chad has delivered beyond our creative expectations. Every opportunity that I have to hire someone from the creative world, he is the person that I go to first and the one that brings something entirely new to the table.”— Ian Votteri, ESPN X Games
“Chad is both a creative genius and strategic thinker. He has the business acumen, integrity and talent that we all look for in people — and rarely find. He’s great to work with and does what he says he’s going to do.”— Jake Munsey, FUEL TV / FOX Cable Networks
“I trust Chad to come up with an approach that works and gets attention. I can only afford to pay for results and I wouldn’t be using him if the results didn’t follow.”— Brian Lovejoy, Drinks That Work / Upshot
“Chad made me proud to go to work every day. And he made customers drop by in droves. Our sales nearly tripled. We got the biggest bang for any buck I ever spent. ”— Jed Cohen, Sylvie & J
“Unexpected, innovative, compelling, and effective. If you want breakout creative with a purpose, call Chad.”— C.J. Olivares, FUEL TV / FOX Cable Networks
“Chad can translate the perennial unseen idiosyncrasies of every day living into simple yet really, really effective communication with us normal(ish) human beings.”— Don Brown, Etnies footwear and apparel
“Chad is at the top of my creative list because his out-of-the-box thinking can be applied to everything from advertising to the concept, design, and branding of an entire 27-acre shopping village.”— Todd Putman, Westfield Corp.“
Chad is what the future of creative communications are all about: strategically-driven; idea-centric; creatively fresh; all media approach; truly collaborative; and getting rid of all the layers and getting down to what matters - creating powerful ideas that connect with consumers and move brands.”— Jeff Cha, Redscout
“Not only did they continue to surprise us with the number and variety of creative approaches and solutions, they were extremely professional, reliable, and great to deal with. They were tenacious under pressure and obviously driven to satisfy us as a client.”— Allen Adler, Ubisoft Entertainment
“More than any other agency I’ve worked with, they are incredibly creative with a solid understanding and appreciation for the marketing side of things. They always blow me away with their strategic and tactical ideas, and never once have they disappointed me.”— Jim Bloom, Radioactive Clown
“We were looking for a fun, creative approach to consumer promotion, and Chad provided us with a unique concept that broke through the clutter in an innovative way.”— Mike Joyce, SOBE beverages / Pepsico
“Chad showed tremendous versatility by looking at a market he knew little about. Their ideas were fresh and created buzz within a traditionally dry product space. You cannot ask for a better combination of fun with professional results.”— Ruston Vickers, ITKO Software
“Within minutes, Chad completely understood who we were, where we should head and soon after developed product concepts and a tagline that summed up our essence perfectly. They blew us away. A brand new product and he got it right out of the gate. We wouldn’t trust our brand to anyone else.”— Scott Flora, blik
“It is rare that someone somewhat professionally detached from the sport can create something that could just as well have come from a skateboarder. Chad gets it. What more could you ask for?”— Christian Roth, Hessenmob skateboarding