Doug is currently Head of Production at Cutwater an independent, bi-coastal, full service advertising agency with offices in New York and San Francisco. Doug is based on the east coast, but oversees integrated production for Cutwater across both its New York and San Francisco offices and works with creative teams in San Francisco, New York, Austin, and Chicago.
Doug is an Award-Winning Executive Producer/Head of Production with extensive experience overseeing the creative development, planning, production, and delivery across multiple mediums, including Broadcast TV, Streaming, Social, Digital, Radio, Print and Experiential for some of the worlds largest brands including Facebook, Samsung, The Coca-Cola Company, HBO, Playstation, Anheuser-Busch, Unilever, Nestle, Mondelez, Target and FedEx.
After starting as a copywriter, he found his way to production and he has been an agency producer at a number of agencies including, Cutwater, Publicis, R/GA, BBH, Mother, TBWA/Chiat/Day, JWT, Huge, and BBDO. He worked on the client side at Meta (Facebook and Instagram), The Coca-Cola Company, Starwood Hotels and NBC Universal.
In addition, he was Executive Producer at award-winning production company, Untitled, Inc. whose directorial roster includes Grant Heslov, Phedon Papamichael, Jillian Martin and Tate Donovan. While at Untitled, Doug helped launch Titled Content, a creative collective which featured a roster of creators that could concept, shoot and edit lower-budget "non-traditional" content.
He has worked with celebrity talent including Taylor Swift, Lebron James, Andra Day, Nas, Ty Dolla $ign, Jonathan Mannion, Winnie Harlow, Lil Yachty, DRAM, Metro Boomin, Wale, Vince Staples, Vic Mensa, Kamaiyah, Kap G, Missy Franklin, Megan Rapinoe, Danica Patrick, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Ryan Newman and Austin Dillon among others.
Doug is also a frequent collaborator with Director/Screenwriter, Stirling McLaughlin and Writer, Ben Butler via their creative collective, We Will Be Here All Week. They have been collaborating for 15+ years to create amusing and memorable content. We work directly with Brands, Agencies, Start-Ups and Production Companies to make things that move mountains. If you’ve got a warehouse full of mountains you’re looking to unload, give us a call.
Work he has produced has won awards at the Cannes Lions, AICE, AICP,The One Show, D&AD, Clios, Webby’s and The FWA/ mFWA and has been covered in media publications including Esquire Magazine, DigiDay, Creativity Magazine, Communication Arts, Contagious, Ad Age, Ad Week, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and Mashable.
Read about Doug's Thoughts on the future of production here.