Katie Willis, Age 8 - at the start of her advertising career
about katie willis
I am a creative director and art director.
My work in advertising has taken many forms: YouTube documentaries, music videos, video games, TikTok stunts, a children’s book, tiny homes with Italian grandmas inside, a brand of pre-crushed potato chips, a Reddit AMA. My work has been #1 trending on YouTube twice, been upvoted to the front page of reddit, named #1 of 100 Brilliant Ideas by Entrepreneur Magazine and been recognized by all the big dog award shows.
(→ 🏆 full awards list here)
As a side quest, my husband and I revived Welsbro Watch Company — a heritage American watch brand with a small cult following.
After a decade of bouncing between New York, Portland, and Los Angeles, we have retired in Richmond, Virginia— where we are full time wranglers of a wild son and a feral boxer named Frank.
✨ WHERE I’VE BEEN
Freelance
2022 - now
Apple, Google, Coinbase, Martin Agency, Wieden + Kennedy PDX, Wieden + Kennedy NY and more
Wieden + Kennedy (Portland)
2018 - 2022
Clash of Clans, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Samsung, Converse, Travel Oregon, Impossible Foods
Droga5
2015 - 2018
MailChimp, Google, Johnsonville Sausage Dos Equis, Quilted Northern
VCU Brandcenter
Art Direction
University of Virginia
Theater, Urban Planning
💅 currently
I am available for:
✿ Freelance art direction or creative direction
✿ Campaign concepting
✿ Social-first ideas
✿ Scriptwriting
✿ Other stuff that art directors do