Thirty years, ten agencies, and a few hundred campaigns. A handful of them I'd still defend.
I don't lead with this any more. It's the foundation rather than the building. But it's where I learned the only thing I know how to teach: what holds when the tools change, and what was never the point to begin with.
2002 - Present Ron Arnold Creative Services — founder. Retained by Saatchi, JWT, Y&R, FCB, Ogilvy, Grey. American Express, MasterCard, Kodak, UPS, Miller, Rolex, Johnson & Johnson, De Beers, Merrill Lynch, Citibank, Ford.
2008–2012 Combe Inc — SVP, associate creative director. Vagisil, Just For Men, Cepacol.
2005–2007 oneseven — co-founder, creative director. UNICEF, BusinessWeek, D&B.
2002–2005 Saatchi & Saatchi — EVP, executive creative director worldwide. General Mills, Procter & Gamble, Kodak, Beck's. 1995–
1988–1995 Lord, Dentsu & Partners — partner, executive creative director. AT&T, Dannon, Peugeot, Orangina, Colgate-Palmolive, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Earth Day USA.
1986–1988 Chiat/Day — SVP, associate creative director. Drexel Burnham Lambert, Sara Lee, Reebok, Ricoh.
1981–1986 Ally & Gargano — VP, art supervisor. Saab, Dunkin' Donuts, MCI, Scandinavian Airlines, Polaroid, Commodore. 1979–1981 Della Femina Travisano — art supervisor. WABC Eyewitness News, Chemical Bank, Meow Mix, Inc Magazine.
1977–1979 Scali McCabe Sloves — senior art director. Waldenbooks, Olivetti, GAF.
1974–1977 Doyle Dane Bernbach — art director. Mobil, Volkswagen, American Tourister, Avis, Bayer, Sony, Clairol, Chivas Regal.
