Hi, I’m Tony. I’m a creative person with a vast collection of experience gathered from the big-, small- and in-between ad agencies and production companies of Chicago. 

An enemy to the expected and pursuer of the impossible, I am a craftsman on and off the clock, honing words, art and ephemera into award-winning ideas. I am a spirit guide to the creative soul, helping the curious-minded tap into the infinite creative cosmos that exists within us all.

​​I’m always up for thinking, making or tackling something I’ve never done before.

RESUME

2024 – today

Creative Lead/Writer/Director • Fungi

2022 – 2024

Writer/Creative Director/Strategist • Freelance

2014 – 2022

VP Group Creative Director • Y&R+Cavalry+VML

Creative lead for several brands

2013 – 2014

Creative Director • SapientNitro

Creative lead for Dodge, Abbott

2010 – 2013

Creative Director • Digital Kitchen

Hybrid thinker and maker

2001 – 2010

Copywriter>Creative Director • Leo Burnett 

2000 – 2001

Copywriter • Tom Reilly Advertising

AWARDS

CANNES

Gold, Silver

Integrated campaign, Film Craft

CLIO

Gold

Integrated Campaign

EFFIE

Silver

Integrated Campaign

ADDY

Gold, Silver, Bronze

Integrated campaign, Social Media, Copywriting, Websites

ONE SHOW

Short List

Integrated Campaign

IGN 

Greatest Commercials of All Time

Nintendo

EXPERIENCE

Entertainment

Nintendo, HBO, Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Museum of Science and Industry, Walt Disney World, Falling Skies 

Beverage

Corona, Coors, Kim Crawford, Woodbridge, Meiomi, Ruffino, SVEDKA, RMPS, Sierra Nevada

Consumer

Allstate, Altoids, Hallmark, Abbott, Butterball, Microsoft, Starbucks, Delta Faucets, Kraftmaid, Pinalen, Cloralen

Sports

Chicago White Sox, Arlington Racecourse, YMCA

Auto

Cadillac, Dodge, Tire Rack

Cause

US Public Libraries, American Freedom Foundation