RESUME
Chief Creative Officer
Doremus
Sept. 2019 -
Partnering with great clients and Omnicom agencies to change the B2B landscape with bold strategies and fresh ideas.
Creative Director / Consultant
Freelance
Sept. 2018 - Aug. 2019
Creative at large. Helping agencies and brands with projects, pitches and other troublesome assignments.
Executive Creative Director
Havas Chicago
Feb. 2017 - Aug. 2018
Co-Founder, Creative Director
Division of Labor
2010 - 2017
Senior Vice-President, Executive Creative Director
McCannSF
2008 - 2010
Executive Vice-President, Group Creative Director
Leo Burnett
2003 - 2008
Art Director / Creative Director
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
1996 - 2002
Awards & Honors
References available upon request
Contact
paul.hirsch@me.com
c - 773.965.8989
Doremus
Sept. 2019 -
Partnering with great clients and Omnicom agencies to change the B2B landscape with bold strategies and fresh ideas.
Creative Director / Consultant
Freelance
Sept. 2018 - Aug. 2019
Creative at large. Helping agencies and brands with projects, pitches and other troublesome assignments.
Executive Creative Director
Havas Chicago
Feb. 2017 - Aug. 2018
- Member of the Havas Chicago executive team.
- Helped lead and mentor an 80+ person creative department that included a diverse group of writers, art directors, designers, producers and content creators.
- Responsible for day-to-day leadership across a diverse portfolio of brands including Hefty, Reynolds Kitchen, Cracker Barrel, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, AutoZone and Moen.
- Partnered across disciplines to achieve key creative, account and finanical benchmarks.
Co-Founder, Creative Director
Division of Labor
2010 - 2017
- Two-time winner of Advertising Age’s Small Agency of Year.
- Responsible for day-to-day leadership and co-executive creative direction of traditional, digital and social media campaigns and content.
- Directed successful pitches for AOR and projects for Ford, Nike, CamelBak, Live Nation, TBS, Prezi, SunPower, Dropbox, Roku, Benefit Cosmetics, Visa and The San Jose Sharks.
- Collaborated with Chronicle Books on “The New Rules of Work”, a humorous take on the modern office which was seen on Amazon’s business charts and sold out at Urban Outfitters.
Senior Vice-President, Executive Creative Director
McCannSF
2008 - 2010
- Supervised and created integrated campaigns for parts of Microsoft’s $100M business.
- Partnered with B2C and B2B product managers across a wide range of offerings, including Office, Search and Government Responsibility.
- Pitched and won iShares $35M account.
- Collaborated with and mentored a diverse group of art directors, writers, developers and UX designers.
Executive Vice-President, Group Creative Director
Leo Burnett
2003 - 2008
- Led new business pitches and integrated work for Coke, Cadillac, Chef Boyardee, Healthy Choice, Butterball, ComEd and the now defunct Washington Mutual.
- Served on Leo Burnett’s leadership committee.
- Oversaw multidisciplinary teams across the company’s diverse portfolio of businesses.
Art Director / Creative Director
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
1996 - 2002
- Managed and produced award-winning work for Nike, Porsche, Cracker Jack, Doritos, Vail Resorts, Discover Card, Specialized Bikes and more.
- Contributed to a culture that was named Advertising Age’s Agency of the Year.
Awards & Honors
- Advertising Age’s Best Small Agency 2015 & 2013
- 17 One Show Pencils / 4 time One Show Judge
- 6 D&AD Pencils
- 3 Art Directors Club of NY Cubes
- 2 Cannes Lions
- 1 Emmy, 3 Emmy Nominations
- Numerous Effies, Obies, Andys, Clios and Addys
- Marget Larsen Award for Best Art Director in SF
- Inclusion in the permanent collection of MoMA
References available upon request
Contact
paul.hirsch@me.com
c - 773.965.8989