Paul Meates

Paul Meates is an Executive Creative Director who has spent the last 10 years working at Droga5 NY - named both Adage and Adweek Agency of the Decade in 2020. During that time he helmed multi-award winning campaigns for Meta, Ancestry, Prudential, Chase, Biofreeze, Facebook, CNBC, Allstate and Coca-Cola, including a Grand Prix, Best in Show and an Emmy Nomination.

In addition, Paul’s work was exhibited in “The Coca-Cola Bottle: An American Icon at 100” at the High Museum in Atlanta, his three films for Meta were accepted into the MoMA archives in New York, and in 2022, he was listed among Campaign US’s 40 over 40.

Paul was also a co-founder of The Great Brain Cell Sacrifice, a company that donated a book for every bottle of wine sold. The company launched three critically-acclaimed wines and donated enough books to fill 7 libraries in America’s most under-funded schools.