Carmichael Lynch Expands Creative Department with Three New Hires

Carmichael Lynch continues to grow its creative department with the addition of Creative Directors Brian Lambert and Tom Sebanc and Associate Creative Director Christine Gault.

“I’m so happy Brian, Tom and Chris all made the decision to join us here at Carmichael Lynch,” said Carmichael Lynch CCO Marty Senn. “There’s so much new work here, and these are three fresh, innovative thinkers and leaders that really help build on our capabilities as a department and as an agency. That’s what’s fun about this business, when you get to bring on huge talents that are also incredibly nice, good people.”

The agency has made a series of high-level hires this year, including the recent addition of industry veteran Lachlan Badenoch as Chief Strategy Officer, as well as the promotions of Marty Senn and Julie Batliner to Managing Partners, among others.

Brian Lambert, Creative Director 

Brian joins Carmichael Lynch as a creative director from Minneapolis agency mono, where he worked as a senior art director on Sperry, TNT, Target Pharmacy and Quaker.

Brian has lent his creative talents to a variety of agencies, including Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners, and Barrie D’Rozario Murphy, creating work for top brands such as Dominos, Google, Burger King, United Airlines, Windows Phone 7, and many others. He started his career as a designer at Minneapolis agency Space150

Brian’s work has been recognized in top industry awards, including Cannes Lions, The One Show, Effies, Communications Arts, and others. His work is also included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. 

Tom Sebanc, Creative Director 

Tom joins Carmichael Lynch as a creative director from Portland, Oregon, after working three years as a freelance associate creative director for companies such as Apple, GS&P, Martin Agency, 72andSunny and 180LA.

Tom began his career in Minneapolis working on Holiday Inn and Travelers Insurance at Fallon. After Fallon, he went on to create award-winning work at J. Walter Thompson New York and McKinney before joining Wieden + Kennedy in 2011 as a senior copywriter on the Target, Nike and Sony accounts.

Tom’s work has earned accolades from the One Show, Cannes, AICP, Communication Arts and the Effies, and one of his Holiday Inn commercials was named among AdWeek’s “10 Funniest Commercials of All Time.” 

Christine Gault, Associate Creative Director 

Chris joins the agency as an associate creative director from Minneapolis agency Colle + McVoy. There, she worked as senior copywriter and associate creative director on accounts including Hershey, Target, Purina, Duluth Trading Company and Caribou Coffee.

Prior to Colle + McVoy, Chris served as a copywriter at Martin Williams where she created work for L.L. Bean, Payless, Donatos Pizza, Finnegans Irish Amber and The Minnesota Timberwolves. Her work has been recognized by Communication Arts, ARCHIVE and The Show, Minneapolis.