A B O U T

Joel Williams is a Creative Director, Art Director and sometimes Designer living in Atlanta, Georgia. He has nearly two decades of experience solving problems for clients at giant global mega agencies, tiny local mom and pop shops and everything in between. In that time, he honed his skills creating integrated campaigns, big budget commercials, low budget PR stunts, social media content, digital ads, branded content, print, out-of-home, visual identities and now website bios. 

Joel loves leading teams, conceiving ideas, and most of all, making those ideas real. He is pretty chill and open minded, but Joel absolutely loathes writing about himself in the third person. However, he’s willing to take one for the team if it gets the job done. 

E X P E R I E N C E

Creative Director    GSD&M      Austin, Texas  2014-Present

Universal Studios, Pizza Hut, Popeyes, Dodge, Walgreens, Alfa Romeo, PetSmart, Chrysler, Radio Shack, Hilton, Ram Trucks

AD/CD     Nom de Guerre     Austin, Texas     2014-Present

Select freelance and personal projects

Creative Director     Ampersand     Austin, Texas     2012 - 2014

Cavender's, Michael Angelo's Frozen Entreés, Texas A&M, Generations Federal Credit Union, Treaty Oak Distilling

Senior Art Director     Possible Worldwide     Austin, Texas     2010 - 2012

Dell, Alienware, Dow Chemical

Art Director     Gardner Nelson + Partners     New York, New York     2009 - 2010

Thomson Reuters, National Grid, Cablevision

Art Director     GSD&M     Austin, Texas     2006 - 2009

Southwest Airlines, BMW, Compass Bank, Kohler, Legacy, LL Bean, Popeyes

Art Director     Publicis     Dallas, Texas     2002 - 2006

BMW, Champion, Denny's, Powerbar, Hot Pockets, Heineken

E D U C A T I O N

Art Direction     Creative Circus     Atlanta, Georgia     2000 - 2002

BA Advertising     University of Georgia     Athens, Georgia     1995 - 2000

R E C O G N I T I O N

Cannes Lions, The One Show, Clio Awards, The Advertising Club of New York, Communication Arts, AICP, The American Advertising Awards, Archive Magazine, The Advertising Women of New York, The Art Directors Club of New York

CONTACT

joelwilliams1@gmail.com

404.285.5577