Welcome to the first annual 500 under 500, a list of 500 people in advertising under 500 years old. They’re storytellers, disrupters, visionaries and dreamers – but most importantly, they have yet to turn 500 – so they’re just getting started.
WHITNEY HALDEMAN Social Media Supervisor, Crispin Porter + Bogusky
We’re impressed by her work and impressed by the fact she’s not allergic to the stuff behind her. We’d be sneezing, a lot.
ANDREW LINCOLN VP/Creative Director, Crispin Porter + Bogusky
The critically acclaimed film “Lincoln” was actually based on his life.
EVAN ATHERTON Permanently Frozen In This Pose, 360i
Amazing the great work he’s been able to accomplish while stuck like that.
ALEXANDER RATAJCZYK Account Executive, 33Across, Inc
The brand challenges he’s able to overcome on a daily basis are as a difficult as his last name is to pronounce.
PHYLLIS ROBINSON Advertising Executive
Her Wikipedia page says she was inducted into the Creative Hall of Fame and is one of the 100 most influential figures in the history of advertising. But for some reason, neglects to mention this list, time to do some updating.
FARRAH MCGUIRE Director of Culture, Sullivan Higdon & Sink
More than 10 spots ahead of J. Walter Thompson himself.
ALEX BRUBACHER Junior Art Director/Designer, Publicis
Crime in New York City just went up slightly, because it’s a crime he’s not higher on this list.
TIMOTHY BEATON Associate Copywriter, AMP Agency
Weird he’s wearing a turtleneck, because he consistently sticks his neck out for great work.
JULIE MOLLER Junior Communications Manager, Havas Worldwide
We can’t communicate just how great she is at managing communications.
BRADLEY DANIELY Copywriter, Publicis
With two names that both end in “y” we’re just wondering “y” we didn’t hear about this rising star sooner.
LEE CLOW Beard Grower/Thinker, TBWA\Chiat\Day
He’s famous for the famous commercial “1984” which inspired everyone and has also inspired our next list: 1984 under 1984.
PATRICK ALMAGUER Creative Director, Freelance
Men want to be him, women want to be with him, we want to know how to pronounce his last name.
JO COOMBS Managing Director, OgilvyOne London
Imagine what she’ll do in the next 470 years (assuming Global Warming is really made up by the liberal media and it doesn’t wipe out our planet well before then)
DANIEL BONNER Global Chief Creative Officer, Razorfish
People at his local barbershop have started coming in and asking for the “Bonner.”
RAY ALLEN DAVID Creative/Senior Designer, Tool
Our grandma always told us to never trust anybody with three names, but she was drunk most of the time.
CROIX GAGNON Art Director, Freelance
His work is fun to look at and his name is fun to say.
VALERIA VANZULLI Art Director, TBWA\Chiat\Day
At this point in this list, we’re kind of running out of things to say. But Valeria never runs out of great ideas.
MICHAEL HAGOS & SAM DOLPHIN Art Director & Copywriter, Barton F. Graf 9000
We apologize to the dog to the right for cutting most of it out.
HOWARD LUCK GOSSAGE Advertising Executive
We can’t find his portfolio online, but we’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.
AISSATOU MARIE BALDE Operations Director, Saatchi & Saatchi New York
We were never very good at the game Operation,” but she’s a master at the game of directing Operations.
ERIC KALLMAN Executive Creative Director/Partner, Goodby Silverstein & Partners
His book is even better than Harry Potter.
ELLIOT DARVICK Senior Strategist, Spark44
Despite growing pressure from industry peers, he’s resisted temptation to grow a man bun.
BILL WRIGHT & JAMES DAWSON-HOLLIS Global Executive Creative Directors, McCann Worldwide
Great leaders and inspiring creatives, but honestly, came down to a coin toss whether or not they were going to be ahead of Bradley Daniely.
LAUREN FINK Social Media Strategist, Preston Kelly
