Anyone who has seen the 1988 Tom Hanks’ movie Big can appreciate the grandiose surroundings that those of us at Bozell New York enjoyed. A former department store, the interior boasted a towering atrium, sky-high Corinthian columns, a professional kitchen replete with a full-time chef, and several presentation theaters. Best of all the building was […]
The Wall Street Journal’s “Creative Leaders” Series is one of the best testimonial trade ad campaigns ever created. My boss says the one profiling Ron Anderson is his favorite. He shared the ad—and some personal observations—with his co-workers back in 1997. Yesterday he asked me to scan this page (from his self-published book) and KEYSTROKE THE […]
Q: Mr. Anderson, you have an impressive hiring record. Exactly what do you look for in a creative person? A: Five traits. Probably in this order: INSATIABLE CURIOSITY | The best creative people are aware. They have a need to know what’s going on. They want to know why it works. And how it works. They […]
It was Wichita, Kansas. It was my first job. And it was the first time I’d ever seen an award annual. This is that book. It turned out to be the first textbook in my post-graduate education in advertising. Because it provided me with the education, the inspiration, and the challenge that I could get […]
Ron Anderson is a quiet, tough-minded art director well-seasoned by over two decades in advertising. Tom McElligott is an impatient young man who began writing ad copy just eight years ago. Together, this creative team is producing some of the hardest-to-ignore advertising around. This is the story of how Ron and Tom “found one another.” […]
I found this captionless photo on page 3 of an 8-page newspaper titled Amazing Ad World News published on December 19, 2000 in Minneapolis. So I shared it with the Bozell Alumni Group on LinkedIn and asked, “Do you recognize anyone?” Thank you, Steve Centrillo, Jim Courtright, Gayle Dieck, Mike Gustafson, and Kurt Tausche for […]
Standing On the Shoulders of a Gentle Giant 