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.
LAURA SAMPEDRO Creative Director, Wieden + Kennedy
The door behind her is closed, but being on this list will certainly open others.
RONALD WOHLMAN Chief Creative Officer, Lowe and Partners
He’s a Wohlman among Wohlboys.
SCOTT JACOBSON Account Supervisor, Ogilvy & Mather
A founding member of “One Direction” who left the band shortly before they garnered worldwide notoriety.
JORDAN MCDANIEL Digital and Social Media Manager, Hilldrup Companies
As far as we know, digital media wasn’t around 500 years ago. So if she was alive then, we guess she would have planned something else, like how to take down the Ottoman empire.
LAUREN WARR Business Development Communication Designer, Edelman
Warr. What is it good for? Absolutely everything.
LAUREN COFFIN Art Director, Phenomenon
Some 500-year-olds find themselves in her last name.
JARED EL-MOFTY Associate Creative Director, Tom, Dick & Harry Advertising
Actually won the 2004 election, but lost because of a technicality in Florida.
KELLY MCCLELLAND Senior Account Executive, MRM // McCann
With so much already written about her, what is there left to say?
KEVIN MCCARTHY Creative Director, Quigley-Simpson
In his high school yearbook, he was amazingly voted “most likely to be a creative director at Quigley-Simpson.”
