A-LIST INSTRUCTORS

LUBNA ABU-OSBA

An Integrated Branding expert and Creative Director, Lubna spent two decades honing her strategic dexterity and keen eye at NYC’s leading agencies. She has created integrated branding campaigns for some of the world’s most recognized companies. Her work appeared in The New York Times, Graphis, Creativity, Archive, Ad Age, Adweek, and Print. She’s been awarded an ADC Global, NY Festivals, Global Health Awards, Ace Award, and an Addy.  Inspired by her heritage and passion for social justice, Lubna designs a fair-trade accessory and apparel brand, which employs Palestinian refugee women. www.lubnaabuosba.com

KRISTINA CAPPUCCILLI

Kristina Cappuccilli is a Creative Recruiter + Career Coach with a passion for people, conversation, and all things creative. She’s placed talent at agencies and in-house brands like R/GA, Conde Nast, Endeavor, HelloFresh, Digitas, Bombas, Group Nine Media, Razorfish, Comcast, Media Storm… you get the idea. She knows what these hiring managers are looking for and she’s ready to share that insider info with you. You can connect with her on Instagram (@thatcreativerecruiter) and learn more at her website, That Creative Recruiter.

PAUL FIX

Paul Fix has taught at Adhouse for 10+ years. He now runs the school with Tom Christmann. In his spare time, Paul is an award-winning ad creative who has written many of your favorite commercials. You can see his work at fixadvertisingnow.com

JOE KRIKAVA

Joe Krikava is a Creative Director/Art at HATCH The Agency—a small shop in Boston that believes in making creativity an accessible tool for brands. Before that, he did his time at other local agencies like: Arnold, Digitas, Brand Content, and Small Army. He's also an adjunct professor at Massachusetts College of Art & Design—where he went. Two truths and a lie: He bikes into the city year-round. He grew up in Prague. He does not have 4 kids. (in that order) You can check out Joe’s portfolio at Krikava.com.

MICHAEL STOOPACK & MIKE ROVNER

Stoopack + Rovner (AKA, Michael + Mike) have been colleagues and friends ever since they met at the boutique agency powerhouse, Margeotes Fertitta + Partners, back in the Paleozoic Era of advertising. Since then, Stoopack has risen to become one of the industry’s most accomplished Account Management leaders having run global accounts like Chase, ETRADE, Jet.com, ESPN and PwC at JWT, Translation, Dentsu mcgarrybowen, and R/GA. Rovner has been an award-winning Creative Director at BBDO, Dentsu mcgarrybowen, VaynerMedia and Known where he’s run accounts like AT&T, Subway, Pepsi, Capitol One and Mirror by Lululemon. On their own, they’ve collected all the industry awards that matter. Together, they’ve won just one championship out of the 25 years they’ve managed the Scrubby Dubby franchise in the Margeotes Fantasy Football League. They promise to show you not all Account Managers are stuffed suits and not all Creative Directors are evil, backstabbing, narcissist bastards. Just Stoopack and Rovner. Here’s Mike’s Portfolio. Here’s Michael’s LinkedIn profile.

RICH WAKEFIELD

Rich has been helping brands start and get into conversations for over 25 years. He's led creative teams from BBDO in the US to JWT in Cairo. He launched KIA in the US. And he’s won plenty of shiny trophies along the way. He is currently Group Creative Director at Digitas Health in Philadelphia. Check out his stuff at richwakefield.com.

TOM CHRISTMANN

Tom Christmann is a strategic thinker and creative leader who knows how to draw a crowd. He is the creator and host of The A-List, a podcast that gathers the origin stories of today’s creative leaders. He is co-dean (with fellow creative Paul Fix) of Adhouse Advertising School. And he was co-founder and commissioner of the legendary Madmen Bowling League. In his spare time, he has also produced iconic work at some of the best agencies in New York on some of the most famous brands in the world. He is currently ECD at Vayner Media in NYC. His portfoilo can be found at Tomchristmann.net.