Joel Williams is a Creative Director, Art Director, and sometimes Designer living in Atlanta and working wherever he needs to be. He has 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 has honed his skills in 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 laid-back and open-minded about just about anything, but Joel absolutely loathes writing about himself in the third person. However, he’s always willing to take one for the team if it gets the job done.

AGENCIES

Creative Director GSD&M Austin 2014-PRESENT

Creative Director Ampersand Austin 2012-2-14

Senior Art Director Schematic / Possible Worldwide Austin 2010-2012

Art Director Gardner Nelson + Partners New York 2009-2010

Associate Creative Director GSD&M Austin 2006-2009

Art Director Publicis Dallas 2002-2006

RECOGNITION

EDUCATION

Art Direction     Creative Circus     Atlanta, Georgia     2000 - 2002

BA Advertising     University of Georgia     Athens, Georgia     1995 - 2000