Damien Girardi – Design Director. Designer, team rallier, and persistent seeker of the bright side. 20+ years helping brands realize their potential through design and ideas—the last 15 focused on digital experiences and products.
Group Design Director — Merkle + Dentsu Creative
Leading a diverse squad of talented creatives on an array of projects: design systems, activations, virtual show rooms, sites, apps, e-comm, pitches, in-store kiosks—whatever comes our way. Most recently tasked with telling the story of thriving 75 ft. tall AI-powered tomato plants in the Canadian tundra. Variety is the spice and our team is always evolving.
2021 - Present
CD, Isobar, 2015 - 2021
Websites, design systems, e-commerce, interactive experiences. Designed and built lots of interesting things using new tech. Lots of international work travel. Mergers abound.
ACD, Rosetta, 2009 - 2015
Highlighted the importance of design and conceptual thinking to a legacy consultancy. Helped win a giant Chase pitch. Made a virtual tongue tracking snowflake catcher.
SR AD, DraftFCB, 2006 - 2009
Made lots of ads. Met the best writing partner (Chuck) and my wife (Cristen). Survived banking apocalypse.
AD, FCB, 2000 - 2006
Entrance to the advertising industry right before the .com bust. Worked on lots of direct mail and ad campaigns. Intro to web and interactive.
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dgirardi@gmail.com
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