Awards

My work has been recognized with 100+ advertising and design awards.

Cannes Gold Lion / IBM Art with Watson / Data Visualization
Cannes Lions Shortlist / IBM Art with Watson / Use of Design Craft / Illustration
Cannes Lions Shortlist / IBM Art with Watson/ Design Lions - Data Visualization
Cannes Lions Shortlist / IBM The World’s First Cognitive Dress / Media Lions - Corporate Image
Cannes Lion Shortlist / IBM Man with Machine / Design and promo activation
Cannes Lions Shortlist / Philips – Seduction by Light
Cannes Lions Shortlist / Philips – A Simple Switch

One Show Merit / IBM Art with Watson / Posters - Series
One Show Merit / IBM Art with Watson / Innovation in Design / Print Design
One Show Merit IBM The World’s First Cognitive Dress / Innovation in Branded Entertainment
One Show Merit Award / Philips – Seduction by Light
One Show Merit Award / Philips – A Simple Switch
One Show Interactive / Hewlett-Packard – Designjet

Effie Most Effective Brands / IBM
Effie Gold / IBM Outthink / B2B
Effie Silver / IBM Outthink / Corporate Reputation
Effie Silver / IBM “Made with IBM” / Corporate Reputation
Effie Silver / IBM “Made with IBM” / B2B
Effie Bronze / IBM The World’s First Cognitive Dress / Youth Marketing - Teens & Young Adults
Effie Bronze / IBM “Made with IBM” / Media Innovation
Effie Bronze IBM Watson x The Oscars / Seasonal Marketing
Effie Bronze IBM Outthink / Software & Apps
Effie Bronze / IBM Hello My Name Is Watson / Sustained Success
Effies 5 for 50 Winner / IBM & Ogilvy named one of the most effective brands of the past 50 years
Effie Most Effective Brands / IBM
Effie Finalist / IBM OUTAGE / Brand Experience: Virtual/360
Effie Finalist / IBM OUTAGE/ Internet/Telecom
Effie Finalist / IBM Mobile World Congress / Media Innovation – New Channel Creation  
Effie Finalist / IBM Mobile World Congress  / Business-To-Business 
Effie Finalist / IBM Mobile World Congress / Brand Experience  
Effie Finalist / Daybreaker / Brand Experience Live category
Effie Finalist / MWC Gaudi / Carpe Diem - Services

The World’s First Cognitive Dress is part of the permanent collection of  the Henry Ford Museum

Fast Company Innovation by Design Award / IBM The World’s First Cognitive Dress

Communication Arts 56th Design Annual Winner / IBM Man with Machine 2015

CLIO Award / The Andy Warhol Museum – One Stop Warhol Shop
CLIO Award Nominee / IBM Mobile World Congress / Public Relations
CLIO Award Nominee / IBM Mobile World Congress / Business-to-Business
CLIO Award Nominee / IBM Mobile World Congress / Brand Development
CLIO Shortlist Award / Philips – Seduction by Light

ECHO Gold / IBM Mobile World Congress 2014 / Ambient / Guerilla Marketing  
ECHO Bronze / IBM The World’s First Cognitive Dress | Business Products and Services
ECHO Bronze / IBM Gaudi Creates with Watson / Business Products and Services

The Webby Award / Philips – Seduction by Light / Best Consumer Electronics
The Webby Award / Philips – Seduction by Light / Best Visual Design
The Webby Award / Best Visual Design / Philips – A Simple Switch
The Webby Award / Sprint – Youth Website
The Webby Award Honoree / Art with Watson / Advertising, Media, & PR - Best Use of AI
The Webby Award Honoree / IBM The World's First Cognitive Dress / Advertising, Media & PR
The Webby Award Honoree / IBM Mobile World Congress / Best Visual Design | Function

New York Festivals Silver Award / Philips – Seduction by Light / Best Visual Design
New York Festivals Finalist / Philips – Seduction by Light
New York Festivals Finalist / Philips – Seduction by Light
New York Festivals Finalist / Philips – A Simple Switch
New York Festivals Finalist / Philips – Resolution Builder
New York Festivals Finalist / Clean & Clear – Secret Message
New York Festivals Finalist / Hewlett-Packard – Designjet
New York Festivals Finalist / The Andy Warhol Museum – One Stop Warhol Shop

Publications

NY Magazine / The Masters and the Machine / The First Cognitive Dress
Wired / Watson Helped Design Karolina Kurkova’s Light-Up Dress for the Met Gala
Refinery / This Amazing Met Gala Dress was Designed By a Computer (Sort Of)
Fast Company / IBM”s Watson helps Design LED-Filled Dress For the Met Gala
Cosmopolitan / Cognitive Dress most on-theme at the MetGala
Creativity / IBM’s gripping interactive film lets you step into the shoes of an engineer in a blackout
Little Black Book / Brad Turner Unites with Ogilvy on IBM Mobile’s Interactive Film “Outage”
The Los Angeles Egoist / The Power Is In Your Hands: Merman & Director Brad Turner Unite with Ogilvy on IBM Mobile’s Interactive Film Outage
Hypeworld / Mobile technology’s impact on humanity comes to life in IBM Mobile’s “Outage” an interactive thriller created in partnership with Merman and directed by Brad Turner for agency Ogilvy
Creative Pool / The Power Is In Your Hands: Merman & Director Brad Turner Unite with Ogilvy on IBM Mobile’s Interactive Film “Outage”
NY Magazine / How Artists With IBM Watson Turned Data Into Unusually Insightful Portraits
Fast Company / How artificial intelligence was the muse for this art exhibit
Engadget / IBM's Watson looked into my soul and 'drew' my portrait
Forbes / Augmenting Art: Could IBM's Machine Learning Bring Back Gaudi and DaVinci?
Architect Magazine / Utilizing Computational Tools for Design Conception
Business Insider / Here are the craziest things we saw at Mobile World Congress 2017
Design Milk / A Gaudi-Inspired, Thinking Sculpture Designed with the Help of IBM’s Watson
Dutch Financial Times / Dansen met IBM's Watson als de zon opkomt
DesignNews / IBM Watson Helps Create Sculpture Inspired by Gaudi
Design Boom / SOFTlab + IBM develop Gaudi-inspired sculpture with the help of supercomputer
La Vanguardia / IBM artificial intelligence creates a sculpture inspired by Gaudí 
Sozcu / IBM Watson's artificial intelligence raises Gaudi's art
Casa Vicens Gaudi / Gaudí i la inteligencia artificial El Mundo / Derecho universal a elegir realidad:
ID Magazine / IBM Watson is the first AI to curate a dance party
Communication Arts 56th Design Annual Winner / IBM Man with Machine 2015
GOOD Magazine / IBM Smarter Buildings / Infographics
Creativity Magazine / Philips – Seduction by Light
Creative Review Annual / Philips – Seduction by Light
Art Directors Club Annual / Philips –  A Simple Switch
Creativity Magazine / Philips –  A Simple Switch
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / The Andy Warhol Museum – One Stop Warhol Shop
The Museum of Contemporary Art, LA / The Andy Warhol Museum – One Stop Warhol Shop
How Design Magazine / The Andy Warhol Museum – One Stop Warhol Shop
Entertainment Weekly / The Andy Warhol Museum – One Stop Warhol Shop

Experience

Freelance
Creative Director
2021 - Present

Ogilvy New York
Creative Director
Nov 2011 - Jan 2021
Client: IBM

Razorfish / Dentsu / Digitas
Creative Director (Contract)
Feb 2011 – Nov 2011
Clients: Chase Bank, Reebok, Mercedes-Benz, Odwalla

DDB / Tribal Worldwide New York
Associate Creative Director
2005 – 2011
Clients: Philips, NBC Universal, Spike Lee,
Clean & Clear, NY Lottery, Ketel One, Jose Cuervo

AKQA / Organic / McCann San Francisco
Associate Creative Director (Contract)
2003 – 2005
Clients: XBox, T-Mobile, 20th Century Fox, Microsoft

Publicis San Francisco
Senior Art Director / 1999 - 2002
Clients: Sony PlayStation, HP, Intel, The Andy Warhol Museum