Benjamin Fruehauf
Eden Prairie,MN
Summary
Skilled, performance-driven Creative Director/writer adept at supervising, mentoring, and coaching writers, designers, producers, and post-production to create awesome creative. Successfully collaborated with account service and strategy. No easy task! Excellent communicator, problem solver, and detail-oriented leader proficient in achieving agency and client objectives.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
VP, Group Creative Director
Marketing Architects
01.2018 - 10.2023
- Increased company revenue by creating successful performance-driven advertising that increased client spend. No small task.
- Established successful partnerships with my creative, client growth, and strategy teams along with clients and post-production partners. resulting in killer ad campaigns. As you'll soon see on my website.
- Led a creative team consisting of writers, art directors, designers, and producers. Ensured everything we did was great. I might be biased.
- Implemented cost-saving measures to keep production costs down. Can't always shoot multi-million dollar spots.
- Raised the level of creative and production values to attract bigger and better clients. Resulting in showcase work and awards.
- Clients- touch of modern, physicians mutual insurance, carparts, smartasset, gerber life insurance, simple habit, nectar mattresses, crutchfield, joybird.
Creative Director
Civilian
11.2012 - 01.2018
- Clients- la zoo, city vw, bank of internet, city of san jose, riverside mental health, north county transit, california earthquake authority, san jose international airporStreamlined creative processes for improved efficiency and team productivity.
VP Associate Creative Director
Campbell Mithun
01.1998 - 06.2012
- Clients- coffee mate, burger king, hostess, hefty, the hartford, minnesota public radio, jose ole, land o’lakes, parisian breads, fanball.com, minnesota dept of health homedics, dominos, good humor breyers, general mills, alberto culver.
Associate Creative Director
BBDO NY
01.1991 - 01.1999
- Clients- frito lay, pizza hut, visa, campbell’s m&m mars, pepsi co
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Advertising
Indiana University
Bloomington, INSkill and Abilities
- Completed the VCU brand center’s executive series for creative directors.
- Professional voice/on-air talent.
- Member SAG/AFTRA.
- Commercial direction and production.
Timeline
VP, Group Creative Director
Marketing Architects
01.2018 - 10.2023
Creative Director
Civilian
11.2012 - 01.2018
VP Associate Creative Director
Campbell Mithun
01.1998 - 06.2012
Associate Creative Director
BBDO NY
01.1991 - 01.1999
Bachelor of Arts - Advertising
Indiana University
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