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Mikey

Creative Director | Brand Systems, Creative Operations, AI-Assisted Workflows & Performance-Driven S

About Me

Creative Director based in Brooklyn with 15+ years of experience leading brand systems, campaigns, digital experiences, creative operations, and multidisciplinary teams across consumer products, entertainment, healthcare, technology, ecommerce, and performance marketing. I help organizations turn complex products, services, and customer needs into clear creative systems that improve brand consistency, speed, storytelling, and business impact. My background includes agency and in-house leadership across Quill, Johnson Law Group, New Engen, Newhouse, Brigade, Leo Burnett, and Razorfish, with experience spanning brand transformation, visual identity, social and performance creative, video, motion, AI-assisted workflows, and executive presentations. I’m currently focused on senior creative leadership roles where brand, craft, systems, culture, and emerging technology come together.

Jurisdiction

United States

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience15-20 years
Current StatusActive
Creative DirectorJohnson Law Group
2025 - 2026

• Led a full-scale brand transformation, repositioning the firm from a behind-the-scenes mass tort practice into a consumer-facing personal injury brand. • Defined brand positioning, messaging architecture, visual identity systems, photography direction, typography, and creative standards. • Directed redesign of the company website, conversion-focused landing pages, paid media, content, and customer-facing digital experiences. • Managed a $1M+ advertising budget and presented strategic recommendations directly to executive leadership. • Led a team of 2 creatives and external partners while establishing clearer creative processes and scalable standards.

Creative DirectorQuill/Staples
2023 - 2025

• Transformed an internal creative organization from a production-focused service group into a strategic creative partner supporting marketing, merchandising, sales, analytics, and executive leadership. • Managed and mentored a team of 8 designers, copywriters, and creative specialists across brand, content, email, web, sales support, and customer experience channels. • Built scalable creative systems, workflows, governance frameworks, brand standards, and the company’s first scalable brand voice framework. • Implemented AI-assisted workflows that reduced development timelines by approximately 50% while improving consistency and output quality. • Delivered measurable business impact, including +385 BPS returning customer conversion, +33 BPS new customer conversion, and a 36.3% email conversion rate. Featured Initiative: Every Order Tells A Story • Created a customer storytelling platform highlighting entrepreneurs and small businesses using Quill’s Net 30 program to establish business credit and grow.

Associate Creative Director | Senior Art DirectorNew Engen
2020 - 2023

• Led creative strategy and development across digital, social, content, video, performance marketing, and customer experience channels for clients including Google, BET+, Cat Person, Form Health, Booking.com, Speedo, TB12, Milk Bar, Corkcicle, and SKYN. • Managed and mentored a team of 3 creatives while partnering with media, strategy, analytics, account, and production teams. • Presented creative concepts and strategic rationale to clients and stakeholders, using performance feedback and audience insights to refine creative direction. Selected Work • Cat Person: Audience research revealed customers prioritized ingredient quality and transparency over premium lifestyle imagery, informing a revised creative strategy focused on trust and product education. • Form Health: Supported creative initiatives for a telehealth company focused on medical weight loss and behavior change. • BET+: Developed social-first content strategies rooted in culture, community, creators, and audience engagement.

Director of ProductionNEWHOUSE
2021 - 2021

• Built production systems supporting streaming launches, branded content, and original digital series. • Managed contractors, editors, designers, motion specialists, and production partners across distributed teams. • Led production operations for the launch of the Hi-YAH! streaming platform and created scalable workflows for high-volume content delivery.

Creative Technology LeadBRIGADE MARKETING
2014 - 2019

• Developed digital campaigns, creative technology initiatives, and audience engagement experiences for Disney, Universal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., Paramount, Lionsgate, Fox, and A24. • Collaborated with designers, developers, editors, motion teams, producers, and strategists to translate cultural insight and audience behavior into campaign experiences. • Helped shape audience-focused creative strategies for major entertainment campaigns, including Get Out, balancing mainstream appeal with culturally resonant storytelling.

Creative TechnologistLEO BURNETT
2009 - 2014

• Created integrated campaigns, motion systems, digital experiences, and production-ready creative for Coca-Cola, Samsung, Intel, P&G, Purina, and Allstate. • Partnered with art directors, copywriters, producers, editors, developers, and production teams to translate campaign ideas into polished visual executions. • Recognition includes Cannes Shortlist, FWA, and ADDY Silver.

Education

Degree of Visual CommunicationsSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago
1998 - 2002

Certification

Total Certifications7

AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations

Anthropic

2026

Claude 101

Anthropic

2026

Claude Code 101

Anthropic

2026

Claude Code in Action

Anthropic

2026

Claude Platform 101

Anthropic

2026

Introduction to agent skills

Anthropic

2026

Introduction to Claude Cowork

Anthropic

2026

Skills

Core skills10
Interests0
Languages1

Skills

Creative Technology
Creative Operations
Brand Development
Team Leadership
Performance Marketing
Video Production
Motion Design
Creative Direction
Creative Strategy
Art Direction

Languages

English