”If we look at the top 5 holding agencies in the US (accounting for over 358k employees), there seems to only be about nine Black Executive Creative Directors. Seven of us met for the first time in person, to discuss the current state of the advertising space.” - Walt Geer
Walter Geer
Executive Creative Director, Experience Design, VMLY&R
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Andre Gray
Executive Creative Director, Grey Group
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Perry Fair
EVP, Global ECD, Global Director of Entertainment, McCann
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Sherman Winfield
Executive Creative Director, VMLY&R
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Kaleeta McDade
Global Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy
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Shannon Washington
SVP, ECD, Head of Creative, R/GA New York
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Patrick Bennett
Executive Creative Director, Momentum Worldwide
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ADDITIONAL acknowledgement
We recognize that there may be other Black ECDs, and will continue to update this list as we become aware of them. We appreciate and celebrate the following ECDs at the five major holding companies -
Robert Clifton Jr.
Mike Williams
Kristie Pope
Production CREDITS
Executive Producers: New York Festivals + David Sable
Producers: Walter Geer + Scott Rose
Director/Editor: Jon Fatigate
Director of Photography: Scott Rosenbaum
Camera Operator/Grip: Brian McAward
Sound Engineer: Steven Onopa
Intro Music: Swift Holiday
Photography: Kim Casamento
Graphics: Paul White
PA: John Ottinger
PA: Lauren Murray
NYF Video Intro Editor: CharlesJ.media
