WOOD

  • Freelance Creative Director | Art & Design
  • JACKSON, MS

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I'm a Mississippi-based maker and a musician in a past life (Tooth & Nail Records, 20 year reunions yall).

You might have seen my work for NASA, Disney, Warner Bros., or the Truth campaign. I help brands build worlds that feel well worn and human.

Along the way I've picked up a few Cannes Lions, a Clio, a Webby, a One Show, and a Shorty, plus a spot on AdAge's Top 15 Campaigns of the Century.

I've led creative for NASA, Google, Collins, and Meta, helped start creative at Giant Spoon, and rebuilt in-house at Boulevard, after cutting my teeth at Arnold Worldwide and TBWA\Media Arts Lab. Giant Spoon was named Adweek's Breakout Agency of the Year and made AdAge's A-List while I was there.

I'm equally at home leading a team and in the pixels. I just try to make work I'm proud of, and the good stuff almost always comes from good people. If that sounds like you, let's geek.

When I'm not working, I'm outside watching backyard birds, thinking about the future of humankind, or losing hours to a video game in a headset on the moon.

Seen at woodsimmons.com — reached at woodsimmons@gmail.com

Experience

Freelance Creative at Various

March 2024 Remote

Disney | Samsung | Ubisoft | Adobe | Zoom

Senior Art Director at Boulevard

June 2022 – March 2024 Remote

In House

Founder at Abbo

March 2019 – June 2022 Nashville, TN

NASA | Collins | Google | Meta

Senior Art Director at Giant Spoon

December 2017 – February 2019 Los Angeles, CA

HP | Warner Bros. | Activision Blizzard | HBO

Creative at Hyperloop

October 2016 – July 2017 Los Angeles, CA

In House

Freelance Creative at TBWA/Media Arts Lab

September 2014 – October 2016 Los Angeles, CA

TBWA/MAL | Eleven | Truth | XQ

Jr. Art Director at Arnold Worldwide

May 2013 – February 2014 Boston, MA

Jack Daniel's | Truth

Musician at Tooth and Nail Records

April 2009 – April 2011 Seattle, WA

Musician

Clients

TBWA\Media Arts Lab, Apple, HP, NASA, Hyperloop, Virgin America, Coca Cola, Truth, Activision Blizzard, Toms, XQ, Grey, Havas, space.camp, Hecho, Confidant, Humanaut, Zambezi, Meta, Google, Orvis, Destiny, Mortal Kombat, Overwatch, Collins, McGarrah Jessee, redpepper, Eleven, Arnold, Giant Spoon, Ready Player One, Mississippi Tourism, Sheetz, Sun Edison, Benefit, Lazyeye, Tooth & Nail, Equal Vision, Nashville Film Festival, Oakley, Audi, Dignity Health, TVA, Suja, The Fall of Troy, 7Horse, Anduril, Kuiu, Jack Daniel's, Bungie, Ubisoft, Riot Games, CBOE, Samsung, Disney, Oculus, Boulevard, Genexa, DTS, Sanuk, Aria, AAA, Norton, Metromile, Sony, TaylorMade, Epitaph, Zoom, Canva, Warner Bros., Adobe, Gravity Well, Northshore, Live Oaks, Cathead, Hal & Mals, Maren Morris

Awards

AdAge A-List #3, AdAge

Experiential Agency Of The Year, Adweek

Breakout Agency of the Year, Adweek

AdAge Top 15 Campaigns of the Century, AdAge

Cannes Lion, Virgin

The One Show, Virgin

Shorty, Virgin

Cannes Lion, Truth

Clio, Truth

Webby, Truth

Best Image, The Center Ring Show

Best In Show, The Center Ring Show

Best Design, The Center Ring Show

Best Copy, The Center Ring Show