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Experience
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Droga5/Accenture
Creative Director | 2020-2023
Clients: Facebook, Meta, CBRE
Kerrygold, Biofreeze, Chase
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GREY
ACD | 2017 - 2020
Clients: NFL, Gillette, Pringles, Downy
BBDO NY
Senior Writer | 2014 - 2017
Clients: AT&T, DIRECTV, Barbie
JWT
Copywriter | 2011 - 2014
Clients: Google, Macy’s, Smirnoff,
Litter Genie, Bloomberg, Nestle
GSD&M
Writer | 2010 - 2011
Clients: Southwest Airlines,
Hallmark, U.S. Air Force
Education
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VCU Brandcenter | 2010
Masters of Science in
Mass Communications
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Virginia Commonwealth University | 2008
B.S. Mass Communications,
Magna Cum Laude
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UCB | 2015
Intro To Sketch Writing
For over a decade David Canavan has worked as a copywriter and creative director in New York City. Coincidently he has spent the same amount of time looking for the perfect gyro sandwich in Queens.
His work has been recognized by the One Show, the Art Directors Club and has been written about in publications like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Communication Arts and discussed on numerous cable news shows. Over his career he’s written in a variety of voices and styles creating everything from Superbowl spots to social posts. He’s thought up creative solutions for tech brands (Google, Facebook, Amazon), consumer packaged goods (Pringles, Downy, Kerrygold, Gillette) financial service companies (Chase, CBRE) and many more.
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He is a graduated from the rigorous masters program, the VCU Brandcenter, and is currently based in New York as a creative director working with global agencies and in-house for fortune 500 brands. Outside of writing, he enjoys stylish socks, non-fiction, clean car interiors and anything timeless or obsolete.
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reach me at: david.j.canavan@gmail.com