New York, NY - Con Williamson, Chief Creative
Officer of Saatchi & Saatchi New York, announces that Anthony DeCarolis is joining the agency as
Executive Creative Director (ECD). He
will be partnered with ECD Justin Ebert and work across a broad range of
assignments, including Saatchi & Saatchi NY’s newest client addition: Charter Communications. DeCarolis was most recently a Creative
Director at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.
Williamson notes: "We're
thrilled! Anthony is ace and he’ll be a great addition to our Creative ranks.”
DeCarolis
comments: “What attracted me most to Saatchi & Saatchi NY was the people. I
jumped at the opportunity to work with this team of incredibly smart, talented
and positive individuals."
About Anthony DeCarolis
Anthony is an art director /
creative director with 13 + years of agency experience. His work has won most
major awards, including Cannes, The One Show, The Clios, Communication Arts,
The Art Directors Club, and the MoMA’s AICP show. He also received an Emmy
nomination for is McDonald’s “Baby” commercial in 2011.
As a creative director at
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Anthony managed the Frito-Lay group,
launching integrated campaigns for Doritos and Cheetos. He also helped lead
other high-profile accounts such as TD Ameritrade and Nickelodeon.
Before heading to GS&P,
Anthony spent three years as an associate creative director at TBWA/Chiat/Day
NY where he created global, award-winning work for Jameson Irish Whiskey,
Skittles, Starburst, McDonald’s and Pepsi. His Pepsi “Refresh” anthem spot ran
during the Super Bowl and launched the Pepsi Refresh Project.
Anthony also worked at TAXI New
York and David & Goliath, Where he produced integrated campaigns for KIA
Motors, Bacardi, Versus Sports Network and the National Hockey League.
He began his advertising career
at DEVITO/VERDI New York, where he created the groundbreaking National
Thoroughbred Racing Association radio campaign. Running from 2002 to 2010, the
campaign won most major awards, including the Radio Mercury Grand Prize and the
first ever Cannes Gold Lion for radio.
Anthony graduated from the
School of Visual Arts in New York City with a B.F.A. in Graphic Design and
Advertising.