Bio
Lawrence Melilli is an Art and Creative Director in Portland, Oregon where he spent 11 years at Wieden+Kennedy. In his time there he’s overseen and worked across brands like KFC, Supercell, Nike, Jordan Brand, Old Spice, the MLB, EA Sports, HBO, Trolli, Expedia, P&G, Ford and Fox Sports which had afforded him many strange, but moderately interesting life experiences that include but are not limited to-Being patched into a conference call with Michael Jordan, standing in a buffet line with Ice Cube, reanimating the corpse of Colonel Sanders, being one half of an awkward hug with the reigning NBA MVP, cowering in the corner of a hotel suite while the creators of Game of Thrones recounted having their hands broken by Aquaman, performing an epic troll job on 300 million gamers, and being sent to the last known whereabouts of El Chapo to shoot a deodorant commercial. He is now available for freelance, and his email address is predictably, lawrence.melilli@gmail.com(04 - 24)
CV
2024-present
Freelance
2019-2024
Wieden+Kennedy, Portland
2016-2019
Wieden+Kennedy, New York
2013-2016
Wieden+Kennedy, Portland
2010-2013
BBDO, New York
2005-2010
Mother, New York
024Nike:
The Final ‘90
Shiny Things
Emmy / Cannes Lion Grand Prix (2x) / Cannes Lion Gold / Cannes Lion Silver / Cannes Lion Bronze (3x) / Cannes Lions Titanium Shortlist / Cannes Lion Shortlist (8x) / One Show Best of Discipline: Gaming / One Show Gold (5x) / One Show Silver (3x) / One Show Bronze (4x) / One Show Penta Pencil Old Spice / D&AD Graphite (4x) / Webby Winner: Documentary / Webby Nominee (5x) / Grand Clio Film / Grand Entertainment Clio Gaming / Grand Entertainment Clio Original Content / Grand Entertainment Clio Television/Streaming: Branded Content / Clio Gold (2x) / Entertainment Clio Gold / Clio Silver / Sports Clio Silver (7x) / Creativity Best Campaigns of the Decade: KFC / Andy Gold (2x) / Andy Silver / Creativity Pick Of The Day (12x) / Fast Company Best Ads of 2022 / Fast Company Best Campaigns of 2022 / Adweek Ad Of The Day (5x) / New York Magazine Approval Matrix (2x) / The New Yorker Most Memorable Pop Music Moments of 2016 / and my work has contributed to multiple Agency of the Year awards including W+K Portland & W+K New York (9x), BBDO (1x) and Mother (1x).
(04 - 24)
Cultural Recognition
My work has been referenced, written about or featured in a number of cultural outposts including, but not limited to Saturday Night Live / Kim Kardashian’s Instagram / The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon / Late Night with Seth Meyers / The Atlantic / The New York Times / The New Yorker / New York Magazine / Good Morning America / People / Us Weekly / Entertainment Weekly / PBS / The Los Angeles Times / Vice / Variety / The Guardian / The Daily Mail / CNN / The Wall Street Journal / Elle / Entertainment Weekly / Paper / Time Magazine / Fast Company / ABC News / Sports Illustrated / ESPN / Esquire / Complex / Hypebeast / XXL