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
Shiny
Things
Emmy
Cannes Lion Grand Prix / Cannes Lion Grand Prix
Cannes Lion Gold
Cannes Lion Silver / Cannes Lion Silver
Cannes Lion Bronze / Cannes Lion Bronze / Cannes Lion Bronze/ Cannes Lion Bronze/
Cannes Lion Bronze
Cannes Lions Titanium Shortlist
Cannes Lion Shortlist (8x)
One Show Best of Discipline (Grand Prix)
One Show Gold / One Show Gold / One Show Gold / One Show Gold / One Show Gold
One Show Silver / One Show Silver / One Show Silver
One Show Bronze / One Show Bronze / One Show Bronze / One Show Bronze /
One Show Bronze
One Show Penta Pencil Old Spice
D&AD Graphite / D&AD Graphite / D&AD Graphite / D&AD Graphite
D&AD Wood
D&AD In Book
Ciclope Gold / Ciclope Gold
Ciclope Silver / Ciclope Silver
Ciclope Bronze
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 / Clio Gold
Entertainment Clio Gold
Clio Silver
Sports Clio Silver (7x)
Creativity Best Campaigns of the Decade: KFC
Andy Gold / Andy Gold
Andy Silver
Creativity Pick Of The Day (12x)
Adweek Ad Of The Day (5x)
and my work has contributed to multiple Agency of the Year awards including W+K Portland & W+K New York (9x), BBDO and Mother.
(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