DAVE BOURLA www.davebourla.com ​ Creative Direction • Copywriting • Content Creation • Creative Strategy • Music Composition 310-270-3846 | [email protected] PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Freelance Creative Director / Copywriter February, 2011—Present WHERE WHAT 72andSunny TBWA\Chiat\Day Oscar Mayer Staples SONOS Saatchi & Saatchi 360i Citi Google Hardware YouTube R/GA McCann Erickson GE VICE News Aussie Razorfish Brand New School Planters Peanuts American Express The North Face SidLee The Bindery Samsung Emirates Airlines MetLife Big Spaceship Mekanism Activision Verizon Ford CO:Collective MRM/McCann Odwalla Crown Royal Facebook Los York DigitasLBi Oreo Fiber One Quiksilver MILK McGarryBowen Converse Cadillac GSK Translation Elephant Dyson DHL Optimum Fake Love Comedy Central PVH Chase Steinway Shilo Ogilvy Hong Kong ADT BrightStar Care Enfamil MullenLowe Hot Paper Lantern Carefree Mastercard USAA Google, Lead Writer (Contract) October 2017 – August 2018 ​ · Created lessons for Google Primer, a free app which teaches business skills to users in the U.S., Latin America, India, Indonesia, Brazil · Developed marketing material and social communication to support the app · Responsible for numerous elements for the app’s major 2017 refresh to support accessibility, as covered in CNET, Wired, etc. MRM/McCann, Creative Director (Freelance) November 2016 – May 2017 ​ · Created, produced, and launched Staples’ 4th brand campaign in 30 years (“It’s Pro Time”) Publicis, Creative Director (Freelance) September 2015 – November 2016 ​ · Crafted and oversaw a 4-person team in production of Citi’s 360 campaign for the 2016 Olympics The Engine Group, Interim Executive Creative Director May – August, 2015 ​ · Led digital/social creative across multiple Unilever brands · Responsible for creative solutions, staffing decisions, and day-to-day creative management Howcast, Staff Writer December 2009 – January 2011 ​ · Pitched, researched, and wrote online video content, totaling over 12 million views Nickelodeon, Staff Writer June 2007 – July 2008 ​ · Concepted and wrote on-air promos for episodic programing, movies, network specials, and series launches · Developed and wrote all on-air and online content for the interstitial special Nickelodeon's W.A.C.K. ​ TV SHOWS/BOOKS · Skunk Fu! — “The Art of Turtle Watching,” airing internationally on Cartoon Network, BBC, and Canal J ​ ​ · The Last Stand of Chuck Norris — Contributor to the fourth book in this New York Times best-selling series ​ ​ RECOGNITION Awards CLIO Awards, The One Show, Cannes Lions, Effie Awards, FAB Awards, SABRE Awards, Shorty Awards,Digiday Awards, Buzz Awards, Project ISAAC Awards, Creative Media Awards, New York Festivals Press The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Creativity, AdWeek, Business Insider, Gawker, Mashable, Google Creative Sandbox, PC Magazine, CNET, New York Magazine, Wired, Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me… ​ EDUCATION Yale University, BA with Honors in History 2000 – 2004 ​ · Thesis: Transition and Development in African American Situation Comedies of the 1970s and 1980s ​ MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Ikebe Shakedown, Percussionist/Songwriter 2008 – Present ​ · 90,000 monthly Spotify listeners · Live Performances include: Austin City Limits, Bonnaroo, Brooklyn Steel, Montreal Jazz Festival ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ · TV/Movie Placements include: Eastbound and Down, The Blacklist, Our Brand is Crisis, The New Normal ​.