Laurence Klinger

Bilingual Copywriter and Creative Director

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LAURENCE KLINGER Professional Experience 2018 - Current Freelancer. Project-based Creative Direction, Strategic Planning, Copywriting work for top agencies worldwide and their clients in the areas of electronics, mobile telephone services, bev- erages, hospitality, education, banking. 2001 - 2017 Leo Burnett Co., Chicago Headquarters Executive Vice President, Chief Creative Officer. Additional activities during the same period: President of the Creative Circle of U.S. multicultural agencies. Member of the Creative Board of the Partnership for a Drug Free America. Member - Council of El Sol Awards, Bilbao, Spain. Head of Lapiz, the multicultural agency of the Leo Burnett Group, and member of the North America Creative Board of Leo Burnett’s Creative Committee. Lead a creative team of 60 professionals in the areas of Strategic Planning, Copywriting, Art Di- rection, Broadcast, and Digital creative development and production. Clients: Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, J.P. Morgan Chase, Wrigley, Mexico Tourism Board, Allstate, Chicago Latino Film Festival, Purina, Re/Max, Nintendo, Samsung, Kellogg’s, Mujeres Latinas en Acción. GM, H&R Block, United Airlines, Heinz. Industry Recognition: Under Laurence’s creative leadership, Lapiz became the most awarded agency in the history of multicultural advertising in the United States, with over 230 major International awards.Accolades include top honors at the Cannes Creativity Festival, Clios, New York Festivals, Lon- don Festival, FIAP, Ojo de Iberoamerica, Radio Mercury Awards, Effies, - Laurence Klinger creative director of the year in 2011, 2013 and 2015 Other accomplishments Official Judge at all the major award shows worldwide, and President of the Jury at the Wave Festival in Rio 2015, and Idea Awards in Miami, 2014. Lectures at the Miami Ad School, The American Academy of Advertising, AHAA Conference, among others Contributed to Dr. Jean Grow’s (Professor of Strategic Communications at Marquette University) books on Advertising Creative - Sage Publications Inc. Coo