Garry McKinley

TENURE AT AGENCY/ADVERTISING INDUSTRY:
Garry came to Ryan Drossman/MARC USA in 1995. Garry has been in the advertising industry for 20 years.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTS/PROJECTS/INDUSTRIES:
Prior to working at RDM, McKinley was employed at Rosenfeld, Sirowitz, Humphrey & Strauss, where he served as Vice President, Associate Creative Director. There he was responsible for Bain de Soleil, Jirmack Shampoo, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Reily Foods, Smith Corona and Frederick Wildman. At Wells Rich Greene, he worked on York Peppermint Pattie, Prell Shampoo, Max Factor, Pringles, Spic & Span, Purina Cat Chow, Chex Cereals, Atari and Purolater Courier.

As an Art Director at Young & Rubicam, McKinley worked on Eastern Airlines, Dr. Pepper, Sanka Coffee, Johnson & Johnson, Gainesburgers, Tang, Right Guard (not Gean Upshaw, but the deodorant).

EDUCATION/TRAINING:
McKinley received a BA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. McKinley chose to attend the Art Center College because it is near two golf courses. Wherever McKinley is, golf is always nearby. In fact, he decided to work at RDM because a golf range opened at nearby Chelsea Piers.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Art Direction, Copywriting

AWARDS/HONORS:
One Show, Creativity, Art Director?s Annual

IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU IF YOU KNEW THAT:
I?ve never seen CATS.