I CHOSE AVERIA AS MY HEADLINE TYPEFACE after falling in love with its origin story. Its designer, Dan Sayers, created it by ‘averaging’ all his existing fonts. This perfectly represents how I’m the product of the people I’ve worked with. From CEOs to interns, I’m blessed to have met so many who’ve taught me so much. Now you can meet them too.



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Agency Heads



CBH | BBDO

The single greatest leader I’ve ever worked with.
Merlee | DM9

She built a place where you could do the best work of your life.
Jasel | Oliver, ex-AKQA

Showed me how leaders create instant impact and turn things around.
John | ex-BBH

Showed me how good people do great things.



Mentors



Fred | FF Founder

Fred entrusted me to lead his agency, but I ended up learning from everyone else. My most transformative career experience.
Tim | ZAK, ex-Droga5

Tim had always been my greatest creative model. So it was always been humbling that he would hire and mentor me years later. Sometimes, you should meet your heroes.
Al | Flowershop, ex-WK

I’ve always been—and will likely always be—more of a Fine Arts writer. It was Al who made me an advertising copywriter. (FWIW, I think Al is the greatest of the WK writers)
Andrew | Petch&

The biggest break of my career was when Andrew—an early Droga protegé—became my ECD. Over 4 years, he taught me everything I know.



Partners



Ricard | Chiat

The single greatest creative and creative director I’ve ever met. Taught me how to ECD.
Bastien | LVMH, ex-Droga5

The greatest Art Director I’ve ever worked with.

Carlos | Droga5

The greatest craftsman and maker I’ve ever worked with.
Rowson | Chiat

We partnered on three projects, which is all it took to radically upgrade and update my creative sensibility.



Creatives



Marybeth | Droga5

I like being me, but I’d love to be MB. When we’d build decks, I would just follow her anonymous animal from slide to slide, marveling at all her creative choices.
Jason | Droga5

I’d never seen anyone elevate an idea with sheer art direction to the heights Jason did.
Ted | Droga5

What happens when an Iowa MFA caliber-writer deigns to work in adland.
Inna | WK, ex-Droga5

True story: Every week, I visit her portfolio to be inspired.
Alex | BBDO

Let it be said: I knew Alex + Avi were brilliant years before CeraVe.
Avi | BBDO

Noone realizes the full potential of their idea in production like them.
Pete | Ogilvy

Pete and Jon’s work recalls the early aughts ofJL: culture and craft and effortless cool.
Moni | Ogilvy

Moni and Laura are the kind of team you first hire when starting an agency.
Mackenzie | Le Pub

Mack and Helen remain one of the smartest teams I’ve ever met.
Helen | Le Pub

A perfect calibration of correct, crazy, and crafted.
Pete | Ogilvy

The purest, truest adman you’ll ever meet.
Woojae | Ogilvy

Always identifies the exact art direction an idea needs.
JB | FF

Strange, beautiful, provocative, visionary ideas.
Joe | AKQA

I always love working with ad creatives who want to create Art with a capital A.
Tom | ex-PARTY

The OG internet artist.
Marjorie | JL

Immaculate French craft.




Jason | Nike

One of the smartest people I’ve ever met.
Pierrick | ex-FF

Timeless French taste meets hypermodern sensibilities.
Pete | BBDO, ex-FF

Classic Thai flavor with a modern twist.
Sarah | Leo Burnett

Most gifted single-visual thinker I ever worked with.


Denise | BBH

Always brought unexpected, but utterly perfect references.
Kara | BBH

Led Hyper Court writing despite never having followed basketball. 👑
Gaston | BBH

Textbook definition of a “CD / AD.”


Zac | MAL

Years later, Zac is still up there among the best ‘makers’ I’ve ever worked with.
Chelsea | MAL

Youngest I ever managed, but among those who taught me the most about digital.
Alli | Mischief, ex Droga5

I love Alli because her work isn’t just ad-funny, but funny-funny.
Pedro | Le Pub

Head of Art in the making.



Belen | BBDO, ex-Chiat

Most talented intern ever.
Grace | BBH

My proudest moment was seeing Grace + Jereek—both 18 then—fearlessly take on the massive project that was Hypercourt.

Jereek | BBH

My second proudest moment was when they won their first D&AD Pencils for it.

Sam | TBWA

Simple, pure ideas. No surprise he’s already won Yellow Pencil. 



Client Service



Sid | BBH

My partner on Nike. The GOAT. If client service were a sport, he’s the generational talent who has it all—will, skill, smarts, savvy, leadership, and disdain for anything less than a championship.
Kate | ex-AKQA

No one knows money like Kate. In a year, we grew Budweiser to the agency’s second largest account.
Guillaume | ex-FF

Partnering with Guillaume made me more tasteful and cultured just by sheer osmosis.
Junnis | RGA, ex-Saatchi

Reader, I married her. She was my Account Director on P&G, and I’ve never seen anyone go about things with as much grace, class, and poise.



Strategy



Maggie | Ogilvy

The ultimate creative co-conspirator.
Lindsey | Ogilvy

Made strategy feel beautiful. Her briefs did 99% of the work for you.
Rui | 72&Sunny

I knew I’d love working with Rui when one of his slides had a Proust quote.
Brenna | 8Bar

Made B2B / IBM briefs feel creatively rewarding.


Production



Joel | ︎, ex-AKQA

Anyone wondering what a “Delivery Director” does has to meet Joel.
Karim | BETC, ex-FF

Initiated me into the world of big, beautiful film production.
Sam | BBH

Never met another producer who lived up to the title like Sam. She just produced.
Aurora | FF

Still don’t know how Aurora never said no, yet always delivered working builds on time and within budget.

Aaron | ex-Droga5

Sometimes the purest creatives aren’t writers or art directors or creative directors.
Marisa | BBDO, ex-Chiat

Makes producing the idea feel as exciting as first coming up with the idea.
Cooler | Chiat

The best EP partner an ECD could ask for. Inspiring energy.
Sam | Aisle Rocket

Made producing spots about enterprise-grade AI feel fulfiling.