JESSE PACKERA creative director crafting, championing, and evolving the work, and the teams behind it.
This site is an archive of commercial projects, photography, experiments, and a perpetual work in progress.
Seasoned, strategic, technically savvy creative executive, and a skilled designer, art director, and photographer with experience spanning agencies, design and branding studios, production companies, internal creative departments, startups, and reportage photography assignments.
My background provides an intuitive, unique, and medium-agnostic appreciation for how work is made, from inception thru launch. With broad category expertise ranging from finance, to CPG, technology to healthcare, I’m equally adept in pitch war rooms, executive suites, on location, and leading cross-functional creative groups.
A graduate and former visiting instructor at Pratt Institue, in my spare time, I escape up mountains, behind a camera, and serve as Jaxon’s butler and documentarian.
Presently → SVP, Group Creative Director at Neon/IPG
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"Jesse is a unique breed of creative talent... smart, savvy beyond his years, passionate and cares about the craft."
LYNN POWER
CEO, JWT New York"Jesse is an enormously hard working, talented art director. He creates beautiful things but then works out every detail so they are executed flawlessly... the most organized, meticulous and far-thinking art director on my team."
DANNY GREGORY
Managing Partner & ECD, mcgarrybowen"...a rare combination of creativity and pragmatism, fresh-thinking and maturity, traditional and integrated capabilities, all wrapped up in a very personable and complete package."
JOHN STAFFEN
CCO, Arnold Worldwide"There are those that learn the craft of advertising and those that have an innate talent and ability to create amazing advertising. Jesse is a quick learner, but much more impressive are his unparalleled instincts for creating great advertising that is both moving and extremely effective."
PHIL GAUGHRAN
Global Head of Brand & Communications, Dentsu"He focused on the brief, brought a superior design aesthetic, and listened very well to feedback in order to create work that made an impact. His work stood out in market, and he demonstrated strong leadership skills."
BILL BORRELLE
CMO, Pitney Bowes"…one of the brightest and most talented art directors I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside with… has great depth of understanding of strategy, writing and what it takes to produce great work."
JOLENE DELISILE
Partner, The Working AssemblyMore of the same → LinkedIn
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// SHAMELESS SEO PLAYPAST LIVES → 140 (Verizon) / 1stAveMachine / Arnold Worldwide (HAVAS) / BurnsGroup / Chevron / Collins / Evoke Group / Ghost Robot / Glover Park Group / Hudson Rouge / JPMorgan / Juniper Jones (LVLY Studios) / Wunderman Thompson (J. Walter Thompson) / LIGHT+CO / mcgarrybowen (Dentsu) / motive / Neon (IPG) / Night After Night (Phear Creative) / PayPal / Pratt Institute / Pitney Bowes / SpecialGuest / Strikeforce / SUNY / T3 / TBWA\Chiat\Day / Tea & Water Ltd. / Tribal DDB / Untitled Worldwide / The Vault / Victors & Spoils (RIP) / The Working Assembly
EXPERTISE → Creative Direction / Art Direction / Design / Photography / Directing / Management / Mentorship / Branding / Concept Development / Operations / Experience Design (XD) / User Experience (UX) / New Business / Film (Broadcast, Content, Documentary, etc.) / Animation / Augmented Reality / Podcasts / Game Design / Experiential / Photo Journalism / Teaching
CATEGORIES → Automotive / B2B / Beauty / Beer / Beverage / CPG / Education / Energy / Entertainment / Fashion / Finance / Gaming / Healthcare (HCP, DTC. Patient Support, Oncology, Hematology, Ophthalmology, Neurology, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Pediatrics, Dermatology and Rare Disease) / Lifestyle / Luxury / Music / Non-Profit / Retail / Real Estate / Software / Sports / Technology / Travel / Tourism / Wine & Spirits
Brand experience
// WELL ROUNDED
