ANTHONY T. O’NEILL
akaptony@gmail.com | 856‑577‑7267 (Text me)
EXPERIENCE
GOLIN — EVP, Executive Creative Director
2023–Present | Chicago
- Lead a 20+ person team to deliver award-winning, earned-first campaigns.
- Built systems like Shapes of Work, Social Lab, and The Messy Middle to modernize creative output.
- Launched production vetting and resourcing pipelines to scale big ideas on scrappy budgets.
GOODBY SILVERSTEIN & PARTNERS — Creative Director
2018–2023 | San Francisco
Led award winning campaigns across film, design, and culture with Courageous Conversations, BMW, Pepsi, Warriors, and more.
DDB CHICAGO — Creative Director
2017–2018
FCB CHICAGO — Associate Creative Director
2016–2017
COMMONGROUND/TEN35 — Sr. Art Director
2014–2016
HAVAS CHICAGO — Sr. Art Director
2012–2014
BURRELL COMMUNICATIONS — Art Director
2010–2012
EDUCATION
Chicago Portfolio School — Art Direction
Widener University — B.S. in Marketing & Advertising
Second City — Improv for Presenters
AWARDS
Cannes Lions — Silver & Bronze — Driving While Black
Webby Awards — 3x Winner — Driving While Black
Anthem Awards — Gold & Silver — Driving While Black
AdAge Creativity Awards — Finalist — Driving While Black
D&AD — Graphite, Shortlist — Driving While Black
Communication Arts — Winner — Driving While Black
Internet Advertising Competition — Best Non-Profit Website — Driving While Black
Addy Awards — Best of Show, Mosaic, Golds — Driving While Black
Art Directors Club — 3x Winner — Driving While Black
NY Festivals, Gerety, PHNX, OMMA, Drum, Shorty Impact, Digiday, AVA, LIA, Mosaic, W3 — Multiple Wins & Finalists — Driving While Black
Emmy Awards — Nominee — Driving While Black
SF Addy Awards — Best in Show, Special Judges Prize, Gold, Silver, Bronze — What If They Were Black, 400 Years at Half-Staff, Beyond28
One Show — Bronze, Merits, Shortlists — Not A Gun, BMW, Vote For Them, What If They Were Black, Juicio, Beyond28, Break Free TV, Driving While Black
Clio — Grand, Silver, Bronze — Not A Gun, BMW Calm Wash, Beyond28, Driving While Black
Andy — Gold — What If They Were Black, Vote For Them, Driving While Black; Finalist — Vote For Them
ADC — Gold, Silver, Bronze, Merit, Shortlists — Not A Gun, BMW, Vote For Them, What If They Were Black, Driving While Black
Ogilvy Awards — Grand, 2x Gold — Not A Gun
ANA Awards — Grand Prize, Gold — Not A Gun
AICP Next — Winner; AICP — Shortlist — Not A Gun, Driving While Black
CMA, OMMA — Finalists — Break Free TV, Driving While Black
Radio Mercury — Finalist — Beyond28
FWA Site of the Day — Only The Name Remains
Ad Age — 30 Best Ads of 2022
Fast Company World Changing Ideas Finalist
Fast Company — Honorable Mention — Driving While Black
HONORS
Cannes PR Jury (2025)
Ad Age 40 Under 40
Adweek Creative 100
ADCOLOR One Club Creative of the Year (2022)
Ad Age Creative Director of the Year Finalist (2021)
LIA PR Awardign judge (2024)
LIA Mentor (2025)
Brenda’s Son