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