Andy Benson
Creative Animal - ACD - Art Director
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2003 - 05 - Miami Ad School (Art Direction)
2003 - 05 - Florida International University (MS, Communications)
1996 - 2000 - Savannah College of Art and Design (BFA, Photography)
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2011 - Present - Freelance - East Coast, USofA - Decided to take the creative mercenary route for a little bit. Working on a bunch of different things, but open to any great opportunities.
2010 - 2011 - Neiman - Philadelphia, PA - Worked on branding and advertising projects for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Sunoco, First Energy, Philadelphia Distilling, Moleskine Notebooks, Paws Up Resort and First Energy.
2006 - 2010 - Tierney - Philadelphia, PA - Worked on branding and advertising projects for Teuscher Chocolate, Bayer Environmental, Yuengling, PECO, TD Bank, Philadelphia Phillies as well as rebranding the agency itself.
2006 - DraftFCB - New York, NY - Worked on Citi pitch.
2006 - Stick & Move - Philadelphia, PA - Worked on pitching project work for Adidas.
2005 - 2006 - Zimmerman - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - AD on advertising and branding projects for clients like Sam Goody, Bank Atlantic and Graze. Justifying creative work to a bank is harder than it would seem.
2004 - Mark/BBDO (Internship) - Prague, CZ - I worked as an AD with another student partner producing work for clients like Wrigley’s, GE, Ivax, Staropramen and Corona. Sometimes creativity doesn’t need a translator.
2001 - 03 - Del Val Publishing Inc. - Weston, FL - Here I learned pretty much everything about production and what makes getting the job done more easily. I also learned that everyone waits until the last minute and that if you’re nice you get a lot more accomplished.
2000 - 2001 - Asman Custom Photo - Washington, DC - No jokes about the name. Heard them all. Here I printed lots of photos for the Library of Congress and the White House along with the Bush Presidential portrait. It was fun, but I’m done being in the dark for a living. I looked like Nasferatau.
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Bronze - From Art Directors Club of the Czech Republic at Louskacek.
Which is pronounced Loose-Ka-Check (I think).
Featured in 2006 Graphis New Talent Design Annual
5 Gold Addy’s, 2007 Philadelphia Addy Awards
1 Gold Addy, 2008 Philadelphia Addy Awards
Best of Show Radio, 5 Gold Addy's, 2011 Philadelphia Addy Awards
Silver Regional Addy, 2011 Northeastern Addy Awards