Art directors club new york
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Craig Ward
Craig Ward is a British born typographer and art director currently based in New York. He formally founded The Words are Pictures Studio in 2011 after leaving his role as Senior Designer at Grey, New York. Prior to that he worked as a designer and art director for a handful of agencies in London following his graduation in 2003.
A former ADC Young Gun, TEDx speaker and contributor to several industry journals including Creative Review and Computer Arts, his work straddles the disciplines of photography, illustration, typography and the sciences and has been featured in every major design publication still in print. In January 2013 he published his first self authored book, ‘Popular Lies About Graphic Design’ which became an Amazon best seller across the USA and Europe.
Over the last 10 years he has been fortunate enough to work with some the highest profile clients across the advertising, publishing, music and fashion industries and he continues to explore the notion of word as image; constantly exploring new ways to create type and to bring words to li
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EXPERIENCE
Creative Director — Accenture Song/Droga 5
2024-Present
Independent Creative Director / Art Director — New York
2017-Present
Founding Partner, Creative Director — Rise New York & Partners
2017-2023
ACD / Senior Art Director — Wieden+Kennedy NY
2014-2017
Senior Art Director — Razorfish NY
2013-2014
Senior Designer — R/GA NY
2012-2013
Senior Designer — Syrup NY
2011-2012
Art Director — J. Walter Thompson
2008-2011
Designer — Mediaweb
2006-2008
RECOGNITION The Art Directors Club Hall of Fame was established in 1971, by the Art Directors Club of New York, a professional organization in the design and creative industries. The Art Directors Club selects its honorees from those "who have made significant contributions to art direction and visual communications, and whose lifetime achievements represent the highest standards of creative excellence."[1] In addition to designers usually notable within the communities of design and advertising, the honorees include more popular artists who have affected the broader field of visual culture, including, for example, Issey Miyake, Jim Henson and Andy Warhol. On its website,[1] the Art Directors Club maintains a biography of each of the Hall of Fame honorees. In a video shown at the 2010 Hall of Fame gala, George Lois speaks a little bit about the award and its history.[2] In the video, Lois calls the Hall of Fame honors "the Oscars of the advertising business."[2] The 2012 Hall of Fam
2022 - Project "Inumeráveis" — Shortlist, Social & Influencer, Cannes
2022 - AdAge Small Agency Awards — Campaign of the Year, Gold
2021 - MediaPost: "Industry Veterans Announce Rise Agency"
2017 - Diagrama.co — PodCast Interview (PT-BR)
2016 - The FWA — Interview
2016 - Clinique Play With Pop — Shortlist, Entertainment, Cannes
2016 - Clinique Play With Pop — Shortlist, Mobile, Cannes
2016 - Clinique Play With Pop — Shortlist, Cyber, Cannes
2015 - DreamingWithJeff.com — Bronze, Clio Awards
2015 - DreamingWithJeff.com — Shortlist, Brand •
Art Directors Club Hall of Fame
2010s
2012
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