Jeff Benjamin

Jeff Benjamin

Chief Creative Officer, North America at J. Walter Thompson
New York, United States

About me

Jeff joined Barton F. Graf 228 days ago after working client-side with BarkBox.

Previously, Jeff led a reinvention at JWT. As their Chief Creative Officer for North America, he took one of the oldest and largest agencies in the world and helped it to rediscover its pioneering soul. Attracting creative talent and winning brands like Puma, Nokia, and Google.

Jeff joined JWT from Crispin Porter + Bogusky where he was a Partner and Co-Chief Creative Officer. In 2003 he joined CP+B as their first Interactive Creative Director and helped grow the agency by creating some of the most provocative and effective ideas in the world. During Jeff’s career at CP+B they were named Interactive Agency of the Year three times at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity, and Agency of the Decade by Advertising Age. Prior to CP+B, Jeff worked at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.

Creative Consultant
BARK
United States
May 2016 - February 2017 (9 months)
Chief Creative Officer, North America
New York, United States
March 2012 - August 2014 (2 years 5 months)
Partner, Chief Creative Officer
Boulder, United States
December 2003 - February 2012 (8 years 2 months)
Art Director
San Francisco, United States
June 1997 - December 2000 (3 years 6 months)
Intel, E*Trade, IBM, Excite, Compaq, John Hancock, GE, AT&T,
Unilever, GM, Toyota, 3Com, Citibank, and JCPenney

Education

Poli Sci, Econ, Psych

1993 - 1997 (4 years)

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