• Cypress of Raleigh
    A shift in strategy brings senior living to life
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  • Fifth Third Mortgage
    Leveraging all customers builds mortgage lending
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  • Ellouise Abbott
    A refreshed brand puts the chic back into a Texas institution
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  • Clarus
    Clients see wealth management more clearly with a new brand
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  • Western Alliance
    A campaign that makes six bank divisions matter
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  • Alice Cottrell
    A brand that lets elegant interiors do the talking
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CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT LARGE

Award winning art director, copywriter, and creative director • Client wrangler and new business prospector • Experience with breadth and depth – from pharma to financial, beauty to boats • New Yorker, Londoner, and Texan • Instigator, inspirer, mentor, leader, teacher, and always teachable.

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I’m hoping to offer the depth and breadth of my experience – seventeen years spent in NYC and London in global healthcare agencies and thirteen in Houston with my own consumer shop – to my next position or project.

I am an art director by trade who has written copy for decades. I am a creative director who has been an account executive and a director of new business development. I have done research, strategy development, branding workshops and brand identity development. I’ve created everything from all digital campaigns to outdoor boards and everything in between. I am an instigator, inspirer, mentor, leader, teacher and strive to always remain teachable.

I hope in this, the next phase of my career, to be able to combine my creative skills as an art director, copywriter and creative director with my love and knowledge of art, pop culture, design, media and fashion. I’d like my next gig to be a reflection of who I truly am – creative, intelligent, experienced, engaged, chic and fun!

I look forward to talking with you about what we might achieve together.
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Russell Brightwell
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From wrinkle cream to retail electricity, thoughtful strategy engenders impactful creative to move companies, products, and ultimately, people.