Phil Van Buren
Creative Director / Writer
Hi, I’m Phil, a Creative Director who's spent my career helping Fortune 500s, startups, and everything in between find stories to tell.
I create work that’s culturally sharp, strategically sound, and actually fun to make.
Need a brand platform? A launch campaign? Something social and scrappy tomorrow? I’ve done it all—from CPG to cars to consumer tech. I leave the ego at the door and like to work fast, sweat the details and have fun in the process. Tough on work. Kind to people. That’s my whole deal.
Need a brand platform? A launch campaign? Something social and scrappy tomorrow? I’ve done it all—from CPG to cars to consumer tech. I leave the ego at the door and like to work fast, sweat the details and have fun in the process. Tough on work. Kind to people. That’s my whole deal.
Interested in working together?
Let’s chat: Fylvanburen@gmail.com
Let’s chat: Fylvanburen@gmail.com
RESUME:
Available For Freelance / Full Time
Argonaut: 2021 - 2025
Creative Director:
I managed and mentored 15+ Creatives and Creative Directors. I ensured collaboration between Strategy, Comms Planning, Account and Production to oversee assignments ranging from $5K social campaigns to $1 million+ commercial productions.
Heat / Deloitte Studios: 2016 - 2020
Associate Creative Director:
With the support of the agency, I founded Let’s Get Consensual, a pro-bono project to spread consent awareness. My partner, Austin O’ Connor and I, managed and mentored 15+ Creatives to create activations at Coachella, Lollapalooza, Cannes, and The United Nations.
On client work, we created award-winning campaigns for Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (in partnership with Mountain Dew), Words With Friends, the Westworld mobile game and Hotwire.
Butler Shine Stern & Partners: 2012 - 2016
MINI Cooper, Tres Agaves Tequila, El Pollo Loco, Mill Valley Film Festival and others.
TDA_Boulder: 2009 - 2012
FirstBank, Ace Scholarships, Outdoor Research, and others.
Bachelor of Science - Advertising
University of Colorado at Boulder
Available For Freelance / Full Time
Argonaut: 2021 - 2025
Creative Director:
I managed and mentored 15+ Creatives and Creative Directors. I ensured collaboration between Strategy, Comms Planning, Account and Production to oversee assignments ranging from $5K social campaigns to $1 million+ commercial productions.
Heat / Deloitte Studios: 2016 - 2020
Associate Creative Director:
With the support of the agency, I founded Let’s Get Consensual, a pro-bono project to spread consent awareness. My partner, Austin O’ Connor and I, managed and mentored 15+ Creatives to create activations at Coachella, Lollapalooza, Cannes, and The United Nations.
On client work, we created award-winning campaigns for Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (in partnership with Mountain Dew), Words With Friends, the Westworld mobile game and Hotwire.
Butler Shine Stern & Partners: 2012 - 2016
MINI Cooper, Tres Agaves Tequila, El Pollo Loco, Mill Valley Film Festival and others.
TDA_Boulder: 2009 - 2012
FirstBank, Ace Scholarships, Outdoor Research, and others.
Bachelor of Science - Advertising
University of Colorado at Boulder
ACCOLADES:
Addy Awards
Cannes Young Lions
CLIO Awards
CLIO Entertainment
CLIO Rx Awards
Communication Arts
D&AD
OBIE Awards
One Show
Promax Awards
Webby Awards
Addy Awards
Cannes Young Lions
CLIO Awards
CLIO Entertainment
CLIO Rx Awards
Communication Arts
D&AD
OBIE Awards
One Show
Promax Awards
Webby Awards
SELECTED CLIENTS:
Activision
Disney
Código 1530 Tequila
Halo Top
HBO
Hotwire
Levi’s
Lollapalooza
MINI Cooper
Pixar
Pepsi
Sunrun
Tres Agaves Tequila
Warner Bros.
United Nations
Zynga
Activision
Disney
Código 1530 Tequila
Halo Top
HBO
Hotwire
Levi’s
Lollapalooza
MINI Cooper
Pixar
Pepsi
Sunrun
Tres Agaves Tequila
Warner Bros.
United Nations
Zynga