freelance art director
Creative Director, Art Director,
Brand Consultant, Educator.
Inside-Job.com: Creative & Production partnership.
School of Visual Arts Continuing Ed: Adjunct Professor,
Online Advertising Portfolio Course, Integrated Advertising.
1996-2012
Saatchi & Saatchi
Senior Vice President, Creative Director.
Brands: Cheerios, Tide, Iams, Progresso, Yoplait, Go-Gurt, Pillsbury, Chase Bank, Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, Novartis, Old Spice.
School of Visual Arts, NYC
Adjunct Professor, Instructor: Integrated Advertising. BFA curriculum and summer pre-college advertising workshops.
DDB
Art Director/Art Supervisor
Brands: Volkswagen, Porsche+Audi, IBM, Bermuda Dept. of Tourism, Seagrams.
Education
School of Visual Arts, NYC
BFA with Honors, Advertising & Design
Awards:
One Show, Art Director's Club, Clios, Effies, Ad Club of NY, Mobius, Adweek Media Plan of the Year.
Featured work:
Archive, Adweek, Ad Age, Creativity.
Contact:
212.804.8650 neil@neilraphan.com
A track record of creatively solving difficult advertising and marketing problems.
Using a diverse set of creative marketing skills and disciplines I’ve helped launch new brands
to $140 million dollars in sales, revitalized old brands, and won new business pitches.
The key for me is collaboration, understanding the client's business, focusing on the
brand and consumer insights, and finding the best creative way to motivate the target and make a sale.
It’s an approach that has worked over and over and I never stop until I nail it.
The work ranges from Fortune 500 companies to companies with just 5 people.
Awards: One Show, Art Director's Club, Clios, Effies, Ad Club of NY, Mobius, Adweek Media Plan of the Year.
Published: Archive, Adweek, Ad Age, Creativity.
Clients/Brands: General Mills: Cheerios, Progresso Soup, Yoplait, Go-Gurt, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks.
Procter & Gamble: Tide, Iams Pet Food, Old Spice, Folgers. Chase Bank, Volkswagen.