George Tannenbaum Print

I STARTED MY CAREER WHEN COPYWRITERS STILL WORKED ON IBM

SELECTRICS. I PLIED MY FIRST AT LOWE & PARTNERS FROM 1984 TO

1988 ON THE CITIBANK, MONY AND BEAULEAU WINES ACCOUNTS. I

THEN WENT TO WORK FOR CREATIVE HALL OF FAMERS ROSENFELD &

SIROWITZ WHERE I WAS A COPYWRITER ON CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,

SMITH-CORONA TYPEWRITERS, DELTA FAUCETS AND MORE. I WON A

FEW CLIOS WHILE I WAS THERE, STAYING UNTIL 1990 WHEN I WENT TO

WORK FOR CREATIVE HALL OF FAMERS MIKE TESCH AND AMIL

GARGANO AT ALLY & GARGANO. I STAYED THERE FOR FIVE YEARS,

RISING TO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GROUP CREATIVE DIRECTOR,

RUNNING THEIR SECOND LARGEST ACCOUNT, THE BANK OF NEW

YORK.WHILE THERE I ALSO WORKED ON DUNKIN’ DONUTS WITH FRED

THE BAKER AND A VARIETY OF OTHER ACCOUNTS. IN 1995, I WENT TO

FCB TO BE CREATIVE DIRECTOR ON THEIR NEWLY WON AT&T

ACCOUNT. AFTER EIGHTEEN MONTHS, IN LATE 1996, I LEAPT BACK TO

LOWE WHERE I HELPED RUN THE AWARD-WINNING MERCEDES-BENZ

BUSINESS AND WROTE ONE OF MERCEDES’ FIRST WEB-SITES. FROM

THERE I JUMPED TO OGILVY & MATHER AS A SVP, GROUP CREATIVE

DIRECTOR, WHERE I HELPED LAUNCH INTERNET-SENSATION PEOPLE

PC. I ALSO BECAME LED MAJOR PORTIONS OF IBM ACROSS ALL MEDIA.

WHILE AT OGILVY, I WON A STAGGERING NUMBER OF AWARDS,

INCLUDING A GRAND EFFIE AND THREE OTHER EFFIES. AFTER FIVE

YEARS, I WENT OUT TO SAN FRANCISCO TO WORK FOR KIRK SOUDER

AT PUBLICIS & HAL RINEY ON THE HP ACCOUNT. FROM SF I TRAVELED

EAST TO DIGITAS/BOSTON WHERE I WORKED AS EXECUTIVE CREATIVE

DIRECTOR/CO-HEAD OF OFFICE FOR TWO YEARS, 2005-2007. I THEN

RETURNED HOME TO NEW YORK WHERE I WORKED AS EXECUTIVE

CREATIVE DIRECTOR/CO-HEAD OF OFFICE WORKING FOR JEFF WEISS

AT MOMENTUM WORLDWIDE, WITH THE AMERICAN EXPRESS ACCOUNT

BEING MY PRIMARY FOCUS. IN NOVEMBER 2009, 25-YEARS AFTER I

BEGAN MY CAREER ON A TYPEWRITER, I JOINED R/GA, ADWEEK’S

DIGITAL AGENCY OF THE DECADE, AS AN EXECUTIVE CREATIVE

DIRECTOR RUNNING THE AGENCY’S FIRST 360o ACCOUNT, AMERIPRISE.

MY NAME IS GEORGE TANNENBAUM I HAVE WON MANY MAJOR

AWARDS FOR BOTH CREATIVITY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN FOUR

DIFFERENT MEDIA CHANNELS. YOU CAN REACH ME ANYTIME ON MY

CELL AT 646-823-7165 OR AT GEORGE@GEORGETANNENBAUM.COM. I’M

QUITE HAPPY TO FURNISH REFERENCES FROM TALENTS LIKE STEVE

HAYDEN, TORE CLAESSON AND JEROEN BOURS IF YOU ASK FOR THEM.

THANKS FOR CONSIDERING ME. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.