General info
Creative Director
Toronto, Canada
awards
2023 The Drum Global in-house Agency of the year
2023 Campaign Mag Global In-house Agency of the year - silver
TOP 22% of Creative directors 2021 Strategy Creative Report card
TOP 25% of Creative directors 2020 Strategy Creative Report card
#21 Art Director in Canada 2016 - Strategy Creative Report Card

mio Crash Coverage
2024 - ONE SHOW - TBD
2024 - WEBBY'S - Honouree - Digital Campaign
2024 - WEBBY'S - Nominee - Best Online Video


Delimex Feeding Gamers
2023 - ONE SHOW: Merit - Brand SIide
2023 - ONE SHOW: Shortlist - X3
2023 - NY FESTIVALS - Silver: Effectiveness (gaming)
2023 - NY FESTIVALS: Shortlist x5 - Finalist x2
2023 - COMMUNICATION ARTS - '23 Advertising Annual
2023 - ADCC: Bronze - Experiential
2023 - ADCC: Bronze - Direct Digital & Online
2023 - APPLIED ARTS - Advertising Annual
2023 - SHORTY AWRDS: Winner/Gold - Gamification
2023 - SHORTY AWARDS: People's Choice Award
2023 - MARKETING: Gold - gaming
2023 - MARKETING: Silver - direct
2024 - ATOMIC: Silver - Digital Brand Experience
2024 - ATOMIC: Bronze - Niche Targeting

KD Macsterpiece
2023 - ADCC: Bronze - Social Media

Nissan Pro Pilot Assist
2023 - LURZERS ARCHIVE

KD UNESCO
2023 - SHORTY AWARDS: Finalist
2023 - ACE awards: Finalist

NAC
2022 - National Advertising Awards: Gold
2020 - National Advertising Awards: Bronze

Save Our Libraries
2020 - ONE SHOW: GOLD PENCIL - Craft (radio)
2020 - ONE SHOW: BONZE PENCIL - Radio Campaign
2021 - CLIO: BRONZE - Radio "Yogurt in wonderland"
2021 - CLIO: Short List - Radio "wizards of comprehensive liability"
2020 - D&AD: Shortlist - Radio & Audio Campaigns
2019 - LIA - Silver: Radio Campaign Public Service / Social Awareness
2020 - Marketing - Bronze - Public Service Press Single "oliver twist"
2020 - Marketing - Bronze - Public Service Press Single "Rapunzel"
2020 - Marketing - Silver - Public Service Radio Campaign
2020 - Marketing - Bronze - Public Service Press Campaign
2019 - APPLIED ARTS: Radio Probono Campaign
2019 - ADCC: Gold: Public Service Print Ad: Campaign
2019 - ADCC: Silver: Public Service Print Ad, Single: Rapunzel
2019 - ADCC: Bronze: Radio Public Service: Campaign
2019 - ADCC: Bronze: The Michael O'Reilly Best Copywriting Award, Radio
2019 - ADCC: Bronze: Radio, Radio Campaign
2019 - ADCC: Bronze: Radio Single over 30: "nazodone & tinkerbell"
2019 - ADCC: Bronze: Radio Single over 30:"the two for one musketeers"
2019 - ADCC: Bronze: Public Service Radio, Single: "wizards of comprehensive liability"
2019 - Applied Arts: ProBono Series - in annual

New York Fries - Haute Dog
2020 - Marketing Bronze: Press Single "Burberry"
2020 - Marketing Merit: Press Single "Chanel"
2019 - ADCC: Bronze: Advertising Posters, Single: Embroidery
2019 - ADCC: Bronze: Advertising Posters, Single: Emblem
2019 - ADCC: Bronze: Advertising Best Art Direction: Campaign

Leons: Part Of The Family
2018 - CASSIES: Bronze: Building Brand Equity
2018 - CASSIES: Bronze: New Brand Positioning

Belair Direct: Accident forgiveness
2017 - APPLIED ARTS - Campaign

Toronto Raptors: Open Tryouts
2016 - Carte Blanche - Shortlist

Covenant House: How Old?
2016 - STRATEGY DIGITAL AGENCY OF THE YEAR:
Bronze (Taxi) one of the 3 key pieces.

Tim Hortons - The Tims Next Door
2017 - WARC 100 most effective campaigns in the world. Tims Next Door (#89)
2015 - NEW YORK FESTIVALS: Bronze - Outdoor Best Use of Medium - Ambient
2015 - NEW YORK FESTIVALS: Bronze - Outdoor Ambient: Restaurants
2015 - ADCC: Silver - Promo - Single
2015 - ADCC: Silver - Media Innovation - Single
2015 - ADCC: Silver - Experiential - Single
2015 - CMAs: Silver - Experiential and Innovative Media
2015 - CMAs: Bronze - Promotion/Shopper Marketing
2015 - MARKETING AWARDS: Silver - OOH Non-standard
2015 - MARKETING AWARDS: Silver - OOH Large-scale Ambient
2015 - APPLIED ARTS ADVERTISING: Experiential/Event Single - In Book
2015 - APPLIED ARTS ADVERTISING: Advertising/Non-Traditional Single - In Book
2015 - ATOMIC AWARDS: Bronze - ATOMIC Idea
2015 - ATOMIC AWARDS: Bronze - Best Experiential Engagement
2015 - ATOMIC AWARDS: Bronze - Best Niche
2015 - PROMO AWARDS: Gold - Best Idea or Concept
2015 - PROMO AWARDS: Gold - Best Pop-up Activation
2015 - SHOPPER INNOVATION AWARDS: Gold - In-store Engagement
2015 - SHOPPER INNOVATION AWARDS: Gold - Out of the Box Retail
2015 - SHOPPER INNOVATION AWARDS: Silver - Original Idea Targeting
2015 - GLOBES: Gold - Retail (Tims Next Door)
2015 - GLOBES: Silver - Short Term (Tims Next Door)

Hyundai: Guardian Angel
2014 - BEST CAMPAIGN: Voted best Global campaign by Hyundai Global

Hyundai: Country Drive
2013 - APPLIED ARTS Advertising Annual: In Book

Hyundai: Live Smart
2011 - COMMUNICATION ARTS ADVERTISING
2011 - WEBBY AWARDS: Honouree - green websites
2011 - MARKETING AWARDS: Bronze - Overall Brand Creativity
2011 - GRAPHIS Advertising Annual: In Book
2010 - APPLIED ARTS INTERACTIVE: In Book

2009 - NATIONAL ADVERTISING AWARDS: Merit Interactive

Moosehead Light: Moose Calls Website
2009 - WMAs: outstanding website

Youthography PING quarterly report
2008 - COUPE MAGAZINE International Design Annual: In Book

Personal Identity
2007 - 100 BRANDS OF INTEREST: featured 100 top designer identities from around the world

Multiple "Best of the week:" Best Ads on TV

Press:
Buzzfeed, Ad Age, Adweek, Creativity, Engadget, Fast Company, Under the influence with Terry O'Reilly, Little Black Book, Design TAXI, Directory UK, Huffington Post, InfoPresse, CBC news, CTV news, National Post, Toronto Star, Stimulant, AutoBlog, Sasquatch Evidence, Sir Martin Sorrel personal shoutout.
I have worked in boutique design agencies, digital hot shops, multi-national ad agencies, and companies trying to be all three. My work has been recognized locally and internationally, but is always first recognized by my father-in-law as “Damon’s ad” on the evening TV. I have ranked in the top 25 art directors in Canada, created one of the 100 most effective campaigns on earth, earned clients Marketer of the Year Awards, and had one campaign parodied by Rick Mercer and dubbed “the most Canadian thing ever” by Buzzfeed.

I've been lucky enough to have my work featured on Engadget, Fast Company, design TAXI, AdWeek, Huffington Post, national news broadcasts, as well as the foremost online Bigfoot authority: Sasquatch Evidence. I broke a million views on YouTube back when that was still kind of a crazy thing, and may soon break the million-pair-of-sneakers mark if my wife doesn’t kill me first.
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