Tom Christmann

Creative Leader, Found Content Evangelist, Tiny Partner.

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About

Tom Christmann is a strategic thinker and creative leader who has been in love with advertising since the 1990s. Along the way, he has helped produce iconic communications for some of the most famous brands in the world.

Tom's Budweiser SuperBowl spot "Heroes Welcome" was nominated for an Emmy award. He has also won Cannes Lions, One Show Pencils, D&AD Pencils, Effies, Clios, an FWA and several games of Words With Friends.

Tom is the creator and host of The A-List Podcast, which gathers the origin stories of the industry's creative leaders. He is also co-dean of Adhouse Advertising School. And he was co-founder and commissioner of the legendary Madmen Bowling League.

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Experience

  • catch&release Graphic

    ECD/Found Content Evangelist

    catch&release

    - Present 2 years 3 months

    New York City Metropolitan Area

    I use Found Content to make things at the speed of culture, powered by the curation of the Catch+Release team. Host of the podcast Lost In Found. Want to make stuff together? Hit me up. #FoundContentIsEverything

  • TiNY Graphic

    Partner

    TiNY

    - Present 2 years 1 month

    New York, New York, United States

  • Adhouse Advertising School Graphic

    Co-Dean & Teacher

    Adhouse Advertising School

    - Present 4 years 8 months

    New York, New York

  • On Air Host

    The A-List Podcast

    - Present 7 years 5 months

    New York, New York

    It started as a way of getting attention and students for my friend Lauren Slaff and her ad school, AdHouse. But it's become my personal favorite thing to do. Does it get better than hearing the origin story of an advertising legend? Guests have included Rob Reilly, Linda Kaplan Thaler, Kash Sree, David Baldwin, Paul Caiozzo and Justin Gignac.

  • Creative Director Copy

    Freelance

    - 8 months

  • VaynerMedia Graphic

    Executive Creative Director

    VaynerMedia

    - 6 months

    New York, New York, United States

  • Founder, Creative Director

    Mongo Industries

    - 10 years 2 months

    Greater New York City Area

  • DiMassimo Goldstein Graphic

    Partner/Chief Creative Officer

    DiMassimo Goldstein

    - 5 years 10 months

    New York City

    Inspiring Action in clients and coworkers. Building the creative team and winning business like a boss.

  • Commisioner

    Mad Men Bowling League

    - 8 years 1 month

    Wednesday nights at Pier Sixty where a who's who of hundreds of ad geniuses would bowl, drink beers and eat chicken wings. It was mythic experience that only those who were there can attest to. iykyk. Someday, we will roll again.

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    Freelance Creative Director

    Anomaly

    - 11 months

    Greater New York City Area

    Making things for a little beer company called Budweiser, including the #3 commercial on the USA TODAY Super Bowl Ad Meter in Super Bowl 48 (or XLVII, as the Romans pronounce it), "A Hero's Welcome".

  • JWT Graphic

    Executive Creative Director

    JWT

    - 2 years 6 months

    ECD of Cadbury and Bloomberg. Worked alongside Ty Montague and learned the art of leading teams to do things nobody thought they could do.

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    Executive Creative Director

    Cliff Freeman & Partners

    - 1 year 6 months

    Working for and with Cliff Freeman was a dream come true. Thanks, Cliff.

  • TAXI NEW YORK Graphic

    Creative Director

    TAXI NEW YORK

    - 1 year 5 months

    Anything is possible. Paul Lavoie says it in French. It sounds cooler that way.

  • BBDO Graphic

    Creative Director

    BBDO

    - 3 years

    Hired by Gerry Graf. Worked for Eric Silver and Greg Hahn. Worked closely with David Lubars on some key projects. This is where I relearned everything I thought I knew. And where I got to work on some amazing brands. FedEx. Guinness. Ebay (the "IT" campaign). BBDO is a machine and it was fun to be a part of it.

  • TBWA\Chiat\Day Graphic

    Associate Creative Director

    TBWA\Chiat\Day

    - 3 years

    Our Caramilk campaign for Cadbury is still used by the TBWA\Chiat\Day network to tout their connections capabilities. It was my first opportunity to do a big idea across many touchpoints, something I truly love doing.

  • KBS (kirshenbaum bond senecal + partners) Graphic

    Associate Creative Director

    KBS (kirshenbaum bond senecal + partners)

    - 6 years

    Six of the best years of my life. Helped Target stores break the New York market here. And helped create a campaign for freeagent.com that still makes me happy. Good times...

  • Ogilvy & Mather Direct Graphic

    Copywriter

    Ogilvy & Mather Direct

    - 2 years

    Direct was the interactive of its time. If you can write a four page letter that begins "Dear Cardmember", you can pretty much write anything.

Education

  • Fashion Institute of Technology Graphic

    Fashion Institute of Technology

    Bachelor of Arts Advertising Design

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    Activities and Societies: Art Director's Club

    BFA Advertising Design

  • School of Visual Arts Graphic

    School of Visual Arts

    Continuing Education Making Independent Comics

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    Indy Comic Book Workshop

  • Union High School

    Graduate High school

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    Activities and Societies: Communications Design Focus

    Graphic Design, English, History & Gym. I was tracked into Advertising!

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