Matt Fischvogt / Executive Creative Director / Copywriter

Creative portfolio: www.mattfischvogt.com -- Password: Strummer76
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-fischvogt
Contact: mattfischvogt@gmail.com / 301.335.5362 

An award-winning, hands-on Creative Leader who builds embedded, in-house agencies and has extensive agency experience. Creating advertising for brands at the speed of culture. Expert at social-first thinking, traditional advertising, and bringing effective ideas to life.

Top Skills
o    Concepting and leading effective award-winning work across channels – social to traditional
o    Building and leading an In-House agency
o    Establishing and working with a “Newsroom” model to create social-first content and creative
o    Strong collaborator between agency departments, with outside/partner agencies and client
o    Bringing a strong strategic foundation to creative work
o    Executive level presentation skills
o    Motivating and mentorship for teams and agency

Career Highlights
o    VOLT – Founding lead of VOLT, Molson Coors’ in-house ad agency – “Agency of the Year” winner - In-House Agency Awards
     https://www.mattfischvogt.com/volt
o    VOLT - Simply Spiked - Day Ones Effie award winning social campaign
     https://www.mattfischvogt.com/#/simply-spiked-day-ones/
o    Crispin Porter Bogusky – Led the creative for the Coke Zero Campaign
     https://www.mattfischvogt.com/agencywork#/coke-zero-and/    
o    Mullen – Boston Bruins TV campaign / Award winning campaign
     https://www.mattfischvogt.com/agencywork#/bruins/
o    McKinney – Audi / The Art of the Heist Campaign- Cannes, One Show awarded and Voted Campaign of the Decade by Campaign Magazine
     https://www.mattfischvogt.com/agencywork#/audi-art-of-the-heist/

Experience 


INSIDE IDEAS Group / VOLT – Molson Coors In-House Agency – 2020 - Present

Executive Creative Director - VOLT a Molson Coors Studio / Green Thumb Industries / BabyBel

Founding lead of VOLT Molson Coors’ first in-house ad agency – Named the “Agency of the Year” by ANA In-House Agency Awards

Grew VOLT from 4 people, 6 brands to overseeing 50 people 30+ brands across United States and Canada.

Responsible for all of Molson Coors Social Channels, digital work as well as traditional advertising and partnering with outside agencies.

Stood up and led OLIVER’s in-house agencies’ creative at Green Thumb Industries and Baby Bel

                  Brands: MolsonCoors, Green Thumb Industries, BabyBel

Mekanism – Advertising Agency – 2017-2020

Creative Director/Head of Creative, Chicago Office

Brands: MolsonCoors, Kohl’s, Under Armour, Talenti, Tasty Bite

Freelance Creative Director – 2015-2017

Freelanced with large advertising agencies around the country

Crispin Porter + Bogusky – Advertising Agency – 2010 – 2015

VP / Creative Director

Brands: Coke Zero, Fruit of the Loom, Burger King, Microsoft

Mullen – Advertising Agency – 2008 - 2010

VP / Creative Director of Integration & Innovation

Brands: Timberland, Boston Bruins, New England Aquarium

McKinney – Advertising Agency – 2004 - 2008

SVP / Copywriter / Associate Creative Director

Brands: Audi, Virgin Atlantic, Sony

Arnika – Advertising Agency -- 2001-2004

Founding Partner - Started an ad agency out of ad school with fellow grads and won a One Show Pencil for the first work we created.

The Baltimore Orioles

Full-Time Member of the Grounds Crew - I cut patterns in the outfield of Camden Yards for a season before going to ad school.

Awards / Recognition

Cannes Lions 

One Show 

Effies 

ANA – In-house Agency Awards – “In-house Agency of the Year”
Creativity – Campaign of the Year 
Creativity – Interactive Campaign of the Year 
Webby Awards
ANDYs 

Communication Arts 

DRUM Awards
London International Awards
NY Art Directors Club 
Shorty Awards
Time Magazine
New York Times

Education 


Virginia Commonwealth University -- The Brandcenter - Master’s Degree – Advertising/Copywriting