Brian Lightbody
Creative Director / Art Director leading traditional, interactive and social media campaigns and creative content for global brands and nonprofits.
Change the Script
The “Change the Script” campaign shows how challenges LGBTQ teens face can be conquered with the help of a supportive creative community. The campaign was featured in Upworthy, Mashable, Adweek and Creativity.
The Encyclical
To get people excited about a historic environmental message from the Pope we created an over-the-top spoof summer movie trailer with Pope Francis in an epic battle against special interests to combat climate change.
Work History
Freelance Creative Director / Art Director
Anomaly, Big Spaceship, Fineas Media.
2015 — Current
Rabbit, Rabbit & Partners
Founder / Executive Creative Director
2016 — Current
Purpose
Creative Director
2015 — 2016
Engine
Group Creative Director
2014 — 2015
Noise
VP / Creative Director
2008 — 2014
JWT
Art Director
2006 — 2008
Freelance Art Director / Designer
BBH, Hill Holiday, Ogilvy & Mather
2003 — 2006
Illustrator
Paper Magazine, WSJ, NYT
2003 — 2006
Publications
Work featured in: Advertising Age, Adweek, Ads of the World, Art Director’s Club, Creativity, Funny or Die, Inc, Mashable, Msnbc, Mtv, NBC Nightly News, Good, Forbes, Graphis New Talent Annual, The Guardian, Upworthy, People Magazine.
Hello
Recently worked freelance with ad agencies Anomaly, Big Spaceship, and Fineas Media as well as led campaigns through a self-founded social good consultancy Rabbit, Rabbit & Partners.
Prior to working freelance, I was a Creative Director at Purpose, leading creative campaigns to combat climate change. We collaborated with both non-profits and global brands. Our work was featured in The New York Times, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, Mtv, and Funny or Die.
I Previously worked with digital / social agency, noise. In five years, we grew from a small boutique start-up to a bi-coastal agency working with global brands. I led as a VP and Group Creative Director of noise’s portfolio of Unilever brands.
Previous ad agency stops at BBH, Hill Holiday, Ogilvy & Mather, and JWT.
A School of Visual Arts graduate, I've worked as a studio assistant to design legend James Victore, and contributed illustrations to publications such as Paper Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Rizolli Press.
I grew up in Jersey with family that embellishes the cultural stereotypes of the region. Currently living in Brooklyn with my wife and daughter. Every now and then I create ambient space rock pressed on colored vinyl. I identify as a long suffering Mets fan and connoisseur of the outer-borough language arts that can only be found in local sports talk radio.
Awards & Highlights
• The Typography Idea Book, Rock the Vote, 2017
• Creativity, Editors Pick, Change the Script, 2016
• The Webby Awards, Honoree, #ISurvivedEbola, 2016
• The Shorty Awards, Honoree #ClimateChangeIsReal, 2016
• President Barack Obama participates in #ClimateChangeIsReal campaign, 2015
• Webby Awards, Honoree, Tresemmé, 2012
• Facebook Studio Award. Silver, Intel, 2011
• Featured App, What's Hot, Staff Pics, Top 10 Apps Itunes store,
Falling Stars, Trident, 2011
• 15 Million downloads Itunes store, Falling Stars, 2011 - 2014
• W3, Gold, Falling Stars, 2011
• Lovie, Silver, noisey.com, 2011
• Forbes, Best all-time social media campaigns, Vitaminwater, 2010
• Mercury Radio Awards, Finalist, Rock the Vote, 2008
• Advertising Age, new talent, 2005
• Graphis new talent annual 2005 (5 campaigns)
• Print, regional design annual, 2004
• Step Inside Design magazine New talent, 2004
• Art Directors Club scholarship winner, 2003