the magic of v13

finding one element of magic
no matter what

find the magic.

Directing creative is not about design or copy, it’s about magic. If it fails to connect with the viewer, all the craft behind anything does not matter. To get there it takes time, and iterations. After working on version 13 of a newsletter for a major IMC launch, it became clear that no matter the project, there is magic to be found.

Some magic is easy to see, and feels effortless, even with tight budgets and no real time like the spot I directed above.

Some magic, in things like newsletters, is harder to see. The news letters below sold in major programs that we needed to have buy in from 183 markets. No one falls in love in a filing cabinet of work, so we romanced the work in an email, and help sell product. 

Sometimes it’s as easy as remembering the magic of youth.

I co-creative directed the relaunch of Ecto Cooler with Lauren Childs. We nurtured the creative together, working with Sony Pictures and worked around a lot of marketing to kids rules, to make work that gained millions of impressions. From photos to POS we made sure the work found its magic, even under an insane amount of rules.