MIKE PILATO
CREATIVE DIRECTOR/ART DIRECTOR

AGENCIES

Pilato Creative,
Freelance Creative Director / Art Director

  • Go-to creative for new business pitches, creative concepting and branding across all media

  • Agencies include: Hill Holliday, Arnold Worldwide Boston, Arnold Worldwide New York, Full Contact, Digitas, Mullen, Havas Edge, MMB,
    Partners + Simons, MERGE, Forge Worldwide, Element Productions, Conover Tuttle Pace, Small Army, Lehman Millet, PrecisionEffect, Element Productions, PJA, Liberty Mutual (in-house agency), Timberland (in-house agency)


PrecisionEffect,
VP Creative Director / Art, Special Ops

  • Principal new business creative director with exceptional win rate. Fixer and pinch hitter for in-line accounts.

  • Integral role in pitches totaling over $30 million in new business.

  • Creatively led the $6 million Biogen Spinraza business across all media.

  • Developed and nurtured strategically driven branding and marketing campaigns for clients in Boston, Los Angeles, and London offices.

  • Clients include: Takeda, Biogen, Merck, Exact Sciences, Ferring, J&J, Scholar Rock, Oyster Point, Kaléo, Avellino Labs

Viewpoint Creative
Creative Director / Art

  • Led a diverse creative team of copywriters, art directors, animators, motion designers and editors.

  • Guided and oversaw projects through development, client presentation and production including TV, digital, social.

  • Creative directed rebranding campaign for Honey Dew Donuts including TV, radio, digital, social, in-store POP.

  • Clients included: HBO, TBS, Epix, Investigation Discovery, Britta

Forge Worldwide,
Creative Director / Art

  • Recruited and mentored team of copywriters, art directors and designers to build a kick-ass creative department.

  • Created and shepherded award-winning work across multiple clients and channels.

  • Clients included: Nuance Communications, Partners Healthcare, Cisco, Uno, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Curtis Blake Learning Services, Privateer Rum, Kaspersky Internet Security

Arnold Worldwide,
Associate Creative Director / Art

  • Concepted, designed and produced creative for Vonage, Tyson Foods, Progressive and Fidelity.

  • Oversaw First Marblehead account, mentored junior teams.

ISM Advertising (now Connelly Partners),
Senior Art Director

Greenberg Seronick O’Leary & Partners,
Art Director

Hill Holliday,
Art Director

AWARDS


Clio Health

Communication Arts

D&AD

Hatch

Massachusetts Soccer State Champions (under 16)
 


Some BRANDS i've worked on