Circus Blog Category: In The Media

• Circus Alumni Super Bowl Commercials 2019 – SimpliSafe

  Agency: Preacher

  #CircusAlumSuperBowlAds Every year The Super Bowl features ads from Circus Alumni & this year some of the top Super Bowl Ads were done by Creative Circus Alumni! Client: SimpliSafe Agency: Preacher This is a first look at what’s to come from SimpliSafe and creative agency, Preacher, in both companies’ inaugural 30-second Super Bowl commercial. SimpliSafe’s new Super Bowl ad teaser pokes fun at a well-known neighborhood type: the social media fear-monger. Stacie…   Read More →
• #InTheNews Shutterstock & FYRE Festival

  Creative Circus Alumni Paul Fix & Chris Martin

  #CreativeCircusAlumni Creative Circus alumni work on some of the best ads in the industry. Stay up to date on who is working on what for whom. Paul Fix – Creative Director at DiMassimo Goldstein Creative Circus Alumnus – Art Direction Chris Martin – ACD at DiMassimo Goldstein Creative Circus Alumnus – Art Direction Agency: DiMassimo Goldstein Client: Shutterstock In many ways, the Fyre Festival disaster still feels like a collective fever dream. Were scores of…   Read More →
• #InTheNews O’keefe

  Creative Circus Alumni Madison Jackson & Danae Belanger

  #CreativeCircusAlumni Creative Circus alumni work on some of the best ads in the industry. Stay up to date on who is working on what for whom. This holiday season, give them what they wish for and with a little luck, so much more. Agency: O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul Client: Illinois Lottery Madison Jackson – ACD at O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul Creative Circus Alumna – Copywriting (2013) Danae Belanger – ACD at O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul…   Read More →
• #InTheNews AdAge 40 Under 40 List

  Creative Circus Alumni Brandon Rochon

  #CreativeCircusAlumni The Creative Circus alumni work on some of the best ads in the industry. Stay up to date on who is working on what for whom. Brandon Rochon Managing Chief Creative Officer at Kastner & Partners Founder Chief Creative Officer at SNKR INC Creative Circus Alumnus – Art Direction Congratulations to Brandon Rochon for being nominated for Ad Age‘s 40 Under 40 List. They’re among the up-and-coming executives that cracked this year’s Ad…   Read More →
• #InTheNews McCann & National Geographic

  Creative Circus Alumni Rick Cohen

  #CreativeCircusAlumni The Creative Circus alumni work on some of the best ads in the industry. Stay up to date on who is working on what for whom. Rick Cohen: Freelance Creative Director / Art Director Creative Circus Alumnus – Art Direction Agency: McCann Client: National Geographic National Geographic approached McCann with an opportunity to launch their new show One Strange Rock. As the Aronofsky created show centered around the world as…   Read More →
• #InTheNews Ad Agency Preacher & The Container Store Copy

  Creative Circus Alumni Stacie Larsen & Mark Donnelly

  Agency: Preacher Client: The Container Store Stacie Larsen – Art Director at Preacher Creative Circus Alumna – Art Direction (2017) Mark Donnelly – Copywriter at Preacher Creative Circus Alumnus – Copywriting (2016) The Container Store is, er, “celebrating” the chaos of clutter in a new brand campaign from Austin-based Preacher. Four new commercials feature in the campaign, with a space-themed opening in each to set up the premise, and hit three…   Read More →
• #InTheNews Ad Agency Preacher & The Container Store

  Creative Circus Alumni Stacie Larsen & Mark Donnelly

  Agency: Preacher Client: The Container Store Stacie Larsen – Art Director at Preacher Creative Circus Alumna – Art Direction (2017) Mark Donnelly – Copywriter at Preacher Creative Circus Alumnus – Copywriting (2016) The Container Store is, er, “celebrating” the chaos of clutter in a new brand campaign from Austin-based Preacher. Four new commercials feature in the campaign, with a space-themed opening in each to set up the premise, and hit three…   Read More →

• So You Want to Be a Copywriter at an Ad Agency. Now What?

  Maxx Delaney - Senior Copywriter at Preacher

  Maxx Delaney – Senior Copywriter at Preacher Creative Circus Alumnus – Copywriting (2014) Adweek asked some experts in the field how they got where they are and what their advice would be for anyone looking to break into the industry. Delaney attended the Creative Circus portfolio school in Georgia and moved straight into agency copywriting at Mother New York. School can be fairly self-selective, as “the inherent test of a two-year, full-time program…   Read More →
• #InTheNews McCann Cannes 2018

  Rick Cohen - Senior Art Director at McCann

  Today we will be highlighting Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Winners from Creative Circus Alumni. Agency: McCann Client: National Geographic Cannes Silver Lion – Mobile – Innovative use of Technology Cannes Bronze Lion – Mobile – Technology > VR Cannes Bronze Lion – Brand Experience & Activation Cannes Bronze Lion – Media > Use of Technology Cannes Bronze Lion – PR – Sectors > Media / Entertainment Rick Cohen – Freelance Creative /…   Read More →
• #InTheNews BBDO Worldwide

  Rick Williams - Creative Director at BBDO

  Today we will be highlighting 2018 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Winners from Creative Circus Alumni. Agency: BBDO Worldwide Client: P&G Second Film Grand Prix Rick Williams – Creative Director at BBDO Creative Circus Alumnus – Copywriting (2007) Another P&G ad – “The Talk” from BBDO, New York for P&G’s “My Black Is Beautiful” program – that came as more of a surprise, winning the second Film Grand Prix. Unlike many…   Read More →
• #InTheNews FCB Chicago

  Sarah Latz

  Sarah Latz – Senior Copywriter at FCB Chicago Creative Circus Alumna – Copywriting (2011) Sarah Latz, senior copywriter at Chicago advertising agency FCB, chose to break the mold when she challenged her employer to choose a parent as this year’s Cannes correspondent. They rose to the challenge, and sent Sarah and her son Henry to Cannes as FCB’s first working parent correspondent. Having kids shouldn’t hold parents back. So many women are…   Read More →

• #InTheNews Saatchi & Saatchi

  Chelsea Oz

  Chelsea Oz – Art Director at Saatchi & Saatchi LA Creative Circus Alumna – Art Direction (2014) Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles Campaign: Start Your Impossible Client: Toyota USA Saatchi LA had great success across different pieces of work for their Toyota Olympics campaigns. ‘Start Your Impossible’ won a Gold Lion & @SeeLikeMenna won a Silver and 2 Bronze Lions. #CircusAlumni