Phil Van Buren

Creative Director / Writer

Phil Van Buren is a Creative Director and storyteller who wrote this blurb in the third person.
He’s not entirely sure why people do this, but it seemed apropos.
He chose that word because it’s one of his favorites.

Interested in working together?
Let’s chat: Fylvanburen@gmail.com

RESUME:

Argonaut: 2021 - Present

Creative Director:
I manage and mentor 15+ Creatives and Creative Directors. On an ongoing basis, I ensure 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

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