MAKE A CONTACT LIST | USE IT WISELY
When I was trying to find my first truly good advertising job, back in 2002, I knew I had to take it into my own hands. One of the key things I did was create my own contact list. From this, I would send regular correspondence via snailmail. What I would send had to be good too. In fact it had to be great. But regardless of what I would send, the contact list itself was a key. It was my own database (though I never used that word). And it kept me going. If someone I knew suggested another decent (ideally GREAT) place or CD I should contact, I’d simply add it to my list. Then once I had what I thought was a great idea of something to send to this list, I’d simply sit down and address a big mailing, using this list. It kept me sane and it kept me going. Because more than anything it gave me a tiny bit of control in a process that creatives largely cannot control. You can’t control if they’re going to see your mail (electronic or analog), respond to your mail or your call, care about your correspondence, like what you send, think it’s funny or brilliant. You can’t control if the place is looking to hire, you can’t control the buddy-hire phenonmenon, you can’t control internal politics, nada. But with a list like this, you can control the organization of your attack. And give yourself an easy way to get out there whatever idea you might come up with. If I were doing this today I might add other media streams. Twitter handles, Fax #s, email addresses. But the point is the same. I’ve included below and verbatim the list I used back in 2002. I just found it while cleaning out my Yahoo!mail drafts folder (and man is it interesting to see how much has changed in the last 8 years). It inspired this post and who knows, maybe it’ll inspire a young creative or an established creative looking to break out into a new spot (which was the case for me at the time). I’ve also included some stills of the postcards I sent via this list – the same weekly postcards that I spoke about in the Junior interview ( http://lifeatthebottom.com/2010/01/20/the-interview-series-28/ ), the same postcards that got me a lot of freelance, a lot of phonecalls from killer people saying “don’t give up, I can’t hire you right now but these things are making me smile every week,” and the very same postcards that led to Alex calling and finally giving me my shot at CP+B. Which led me here. To a position where you might even be listening to me. Or scoffing at me. Whichever. CONTINUIING CONTACTS FOR PHOTOCARDS – 11/05/02 Linda Harless
Goodby Silverstein & Partners
720 California St.
SF, CA 94108
415.392.0669 (gen) Linda dir = 296.1673 Paul Venables
Venables Bell & Partners
717 California St.
SF, CA 94108
415. 288.3300 Geordie Stephens
Odiorne Wilde Narraway + Partners
1000 Sansome
SF, CA 94111
415.365.4973 (dir) 658.2800 (gen) Brian Bacino
FCB SF
600 Battery St.
SF, CA 94111
415.820.8000 Vince Engle
Leagas Delaney
840 Battery ST.
SF, Ca 94111
439.5800 (gen) 677.1354 (matt dir) Chuck McBride – North America Creative Director
TBWA/Chiat/Day / SF
55 Union Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
415.315.4100 Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Nick Cohen / Deacon Webster
1717 17th St
SF, CA 94103
415.437.1371 (gen) 487.6974? (deacon dir.) Steve Stone
Black Rocket
Pier 33 South
SF, CA 94111
415.477.1999 Brit Kyle
McCann Erickson SF
135 Main St.
SF, CA 94105
415.348.5100(gen) 348.5419 9(brit kyle dir.) Whitty Hannell & Partners
Tim Hannell
655 Commercial
SF / CA 94111
415.374.8202 BBDO West
Jim Lesser - ECD
637 Commercial (twixt mont/keany, clay/sac)
SF, CA 94111
274.6200 Mike Shine / John Butler
Butler Shine & Stern
10 Liberty Ship Way #4118
Sausalito / CA 94965
415.331.6049 Brann SF
Paige Wheeler
100 California St. #900
SF / CA 94111
415.901.3300 Leo Burnett
Debbie Bougdanos – VP, Manager of Creative Recruitment
35 West Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL 60601
312.220.5959
312.220.6652 Fallon
David Lubars
50 S. 6th St. Suite 2500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612.758.2727 (dir) 888.321.2345 (gen)
david.lubars@fallon.com Carmichael Lynch
Kathy Umland (creative recruiter)
800 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612.334.6000 Ground Zero
Court Crandall
4235 redwood ave
LA, CA 90066
310.881.8000 WongDoody - LA
Mike Boychuk
9570 W. Pico Blvd. Suite 300
LA, CA 90035
310.285.0181 Crispin Porter + Bogusky LA
Sally Hogshead
515 boccaccio st.
Venice, CA 90291
310.822.3063 David and Goliath
David Angelo / Carolyn is his assistant
11755 wilshire blvd suite 2000
LA, CA 90025
310.445.5200 Siltanen / Keehn
Rob Siltanen – Emil Wilson
898 Sepulveda 5th Floor
El Segundo / CA 90245
310. 321.5200 (gen) Emil: 310.321.5233 Frank
Dave Karstad / Susan Parker
49 Pier Ave
Hermosa Beach / CA 90254
310.798.9794 (hm) 310.650.3977(davecell) Publicis Seattle
Marcella Estes
424 2nd Ave. W.
Seattle, WA 98119
206.285.2222 (gen) 301.4304 (stiker dir) 270.4558 (marcella dir) Cole & Weber / Red Cell
Guy Seese
308 Occidental AVE South
Seattle, WA 98104
206.447.9595 WongDoody
Tracy Wong
83 South King St. Suite 814
Seattle, WA 98104
206.624.5325 Hill / Holiday
Kelly Fallon
200 Clarendon St.
Boston, MA 02116
617.437.1600 Mullen
Edward Boches
36 Essex St.
Wenham, MA 01984 -1799
978.468.1155 Alex Bogusky
Crispin Porter + Bogusky
2699 S. Bayshore Drive
Miami, FL 33133
305.859.2070 The Martin Agency Inc
Kerry Z. Feuerman (vice chairman/ Group Creative Dir.)
One Shockoe Plaza
Richmond, VA 23219-4132
804.698.8000 Dan Wieden
Wieden & Kennedy
224 NW 13th Ave.
Portland, OR 97209
503.937.7000 Ogilvy & Mather NY (212.237.4000)
Pam Reeve / ***Bill Oberlander CD 686-1440
Worldwide Plaza – 8th Floor
309 W. 49th St.
NY, NY 10019
212.237.XXXX (pam dir) 518.568.XXXX (pam cell) Wieden & Kennedy - NY
Ty Montague
150 Varick St. 7th Floor
NY, NY 10013
917.661.5500 Cliff Freeman & Partners
Eric Silver
375 Hudson Street
NY, NY 10014
212.463.3200 Fuel NA
James Cheung
345 Hudson St
NY / NY 10014
212.886.4100 TBWA/Chiat/Day NY
Dallas Itzen/ Patrick O’Neill - ECDs
488 Madison Ave
NY NY 10022
212.804.1000 BBDO Worldwide
***Monica Buchanan (creative recruiter)
1285 Avenue of the Americas
NY NY 10019
212.459.5000 Berlin Cameron / Red Cell
Izzy Debellis - CD
1370 Broadway NYC 10018
212.824.2000 Lowe
Betsy Yamazaki (creative recruiter)
1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
NY, NY 10017
212.605.8000 Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Mikal Reich / Dave Cook
126 Fifth Avenue – 12th floor
NY NY 10011
212.675.6116 Deutsch NY
Elise Triola
111 8th Ave.
NY NY 10011
212.981.7600 Merkley Newman Harty and Partners
***Kyle Daley recruiter 366-3522
200 Varick St.
NY / NY 10014
212.366.3500 J.Walter Thompson
Send to: Bill Hamilton (CD)
Recruiter: “can’t give out names…”
466 Lexington Ave.
New York, / N.Y. 10017
(212) 210-7000 Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising
Paul Schulman
375 Hudson St.
New York, / N.Y. 10014
(212) 463-2000 FCB Worldwide
Nancee Martin
150 E. 42nd St.
New York, / N.Y. 10017
(212) 885-3000 DDB Worldwide
Michael Guarini
437 Madison Ave.
New York, / N.Y. 10022
(212) 415-2000 D'Arcy
Peter Angelos
1675 Broadway
New York / NY 10019
(212) 468-3622 Clarity Coverdale Fury
Jerry Fury
120 S. Sixth St. #1300
Minneapolis / MN 55402
612.339.3902 Modernista!
Lance Jensen
109 Kingston St. 2nd floor
Boston / MA 02111
617.451.1110 Lambesis
Chad Farmer
2800 Roosevelt St.
Carlsbad, CA 92008
760.547.2333 Arnold Worldwide
Amy Lieberman
101 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02199
617.587.8000 Lisa Coris
KBPWest
1596 Howard St.
SF./ CA 94103 New Places As of 11.5.02 Eric Stangel
Late Show
The Ed Sullivan Theater
1697 Broadway
NY / NY 10019 Dennis McNicholas
NBC Studios
SNL
30 Rockerfeller Plaza
NY / NY 10112 Ben Karlin
The Daily Show
Daily Show Studios
513 W. 54th St.
NY / NY 10019 Kevin Dorff
NBC Studios
Late Night with Conan O’Brien
30 Rockerfeller Plaza
NY / NY 10112 Tim Brown
IDEO
100 Forest Ave.
Palo Alto / CA 94301 David Kelly
IDEO
100 Forest Ave.
Palo Alto / CA 94301 Patrizia Magni
Kendall / Tarrant
479 Tehama St.
SF / CA 94103 Terry Kattleman
Creativity Magazine
711 3rd Ave
NY / NY 10017 Creative Director
Lunch
1417 2nd St.
Santa Monica / CA 90401
310.458.2000 Grant Richards & Scott Aal
Grant Scott & Hurley
451 Pacific
SF / CA 94133
415.989.2500 David Baldwin
McKinney & Silver
333 Corporate Plaza
Raleigh / NC 27601 Jamie Barrett
GSPSF
720 California St.
SF / CA 94108 Dick Sittig
Secret Weapon Marketing
1310 Montana Ave 2nd Floor
Santa Monica / CA 90403 Gee Lee
Saatchi & Saatchi NY
375 Hudson St
NY / NY 10014 Gregg Wasiak
The Concept Farm
43 W. 24th St. / 5th Floor
NY / NY 10010
212.463.9929 Todd Grant
Chiat / SF
55 Union St.
SF / CA 94111 Glenn Cole
Wieden Amsterdam
Keizersgracht 125-127
1015 CJ Amersterdam
The Netherlands Simon Needham
The Attik
445 Bush St. / 3rd Floor
SF / CA 94108
415.989.6401
Goodby Silverstein & Partners
720 California St.
SF, CA 94108
415.392.0669 (gen) Linda dir = 296.1673 Paul Venables
Venables Bell & Partners
717 California St.
SF, CA 94108
415. 288.3300 Geordie Stephens
Odiorne Wilde Narraway + Partners
1000 Sansome
SF, CA 94111
415.365.4973 (dir) 658.2800 (gen) Brian Bacino
FCB SF
600 Battery St.
SF, CA 94111
415.820.8000 Vince Engle
Leagas Delaney
840 Battery ST.
SF, Ca 94111
439.5800 (gen) 677.1354 (matt dir) Chuck McBride – North America Creative Director
TBWA/Chiat/Day / SF
55 Union Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
415.315.4100 Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Nick Cohen / Deacon Webster
1717 17th St
SF, CA 94103
415.437.1371 (gen) 487.6974? (deacon dir.) Steve Stone
Black Rocket
Pier 33 South
SF, CA 94111
415.477.1999 Brit Kyle
McCann Erickson SF
135 Main St.
SF, CA 94105
415.348.5100(gen) 348.5419 9(brit kyle dir.) Whitty Hannell & Partners
Tim Hannell
655 Commercial
SF / CA 94111
415.374.8202 BBDO West
Jim Lesser - ECD
637 Commercial (twixt mont/keany, clay/sac)
SF, CA 94111
274.6200 Mike Shine / John Butler
Butler Shine & Stern
10 Liberty Ship Way #4118
Sausalito / CA 94965
415.331.6049 Brann SF
Paige Wheeler
100 California St. #900
SF / CA 94111
415.901.3300 Leo Burnett
Debbie Bougdanos – VP, Manager of Creative Recruitment
35 West Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL 60601
312.220.5959
312.220.6652 Fallon
David Lubars
50 S. 6th St. Suite 2500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612.758.2727 (dir) 888.321.2345 (gen)
david.lubars@fallon.com Carmichael Lynch
Kathy Umland (creative recruiter)
800 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612.334.6000 Ground Zero
Court Crandall
4235 redwood ave
LA, CA 90066
310.881.8000 WongDoody - LA
Mike Boychuk
9570 W. Pico Blvd. Suite 300
LA, CA 90035
310.285.0181 Crispin Porter + Bogusky LA
Sally Hogshead
515 boccaccio st.
Venice, CA 90291
310.822.3063 David and Goliath
David Angelo / Carolyn is his assistant
11755 wilshire blvd suite 2000
LA, CA 90025
310.445.5200 Siltanen / Keehn
Rob Siltanen – Emil Wilson
898 Sepulveda 5th Floor
El Segundo / CA 90245
310. 321.5200 (gen) Emil: 310.321.5233 Frank
Dave Karstad / Susan Parker
49 Pier Ave
Hermosa Beach / CA 90254
310.798.9794 (hm) 310.650.3977(davecell) Publicis Seattle
Marcella Estes
424 2nd Ave. W.
Seattle, WA 98119
206.285.2222 (gen) 301.4304 (stiker dir) 270.4558 (marcella dir) Cole & Weber / Red Cell
Guy Seese
308 Occidental AVE South
Seattle, WA 98104
206.447.9595 WongDoody
Tracy Wong
83 South King St. Suite 814
Seattle, WA 98104
206.624.5325 Hill / Holiday
Kelly Fallon
200 Clarendon St.
Boston, MA 02116
617.437.1600 Mullen
Edward Boches
36 Essex St.
Wenham, MA 01984 -1799
978.468.1155 Alex Bogusky
Crispin Porter + Bogusky
2699 S. Bayshore Drive
Miami, FL 33133
305.859.2070 The Martin Agency Inc
Kerry Z. Feuerman (vice chairman/ Group Creative Dir.)
One Shockoe Plaza
Richmond, VA 23219-4132
804.698.8000 Dan Wieden
Wieden & Kennedy
224 NW 13th Ave.
Portland, OR 97209
503.937.7000 Ogilvy & Mather NY (212.237.4000)
Pam Reeve / ***Bill Oberlander CD 686-1440
Worldwide Plaza – 8th Floor
309 W. 49th St.
NY, NY 10019
212.237.XXXX (pam dir) 518.568.XXXX (pam cell) Wieden & Kennedy - NY
Ty Montague
150 Varick St. 7th Floor
NY, NY 10013
917.661.5500 Cliff Freeman & Partners
Eric Silver
375 Hudson Street
NY, NY 10014
212.463.3200 Fuel NA
James Cheung
345 Hudson St
NY / NY 10014
212.886.4100 TBWA/Chiat/Day NY
Dallas Itzen/ Patrick O’Neill - ECDs
488 Madison Ave
NY NY 10022
212.804.1000 BBDO Worldwide
***Monica Buchanan (creative recruiter)
1285 Avenue of the Americas
NY NY 10019
212.459.5000 Berlin Cameron / Red Cell
Izzy Debellis - CD
1370 Broadway NYC 10018
212.824.2000 Lowe
Betsy Yamazaki (creative recruiter)
1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
NY, NY 10017
212.605.8000 Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Mikal Reich / Dave Cook
126 Fifth Avenue – 12th floor
NY NY 10011
212.675.6116 Deutsch NY
Elise Triola
111 8th Ave.
NY NY 10011
212.981.7600 Merkley Newman Harty and Partners
***Kyle Daley recruiter 366-3522
200 Varick St.
NY / NY 10014
212.366.3500 J.Walter Thompson
Send to: Bill Hamilton (CD)
Recruiter: “can’t give out names…”
466 Lexington Ave.
New York, / N.Y. 10017
(212) 210-7000 Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising
Paul Schulman
375 Hudson St.
New York, / N.Y. 10014
(212) 463-2000 FCB Worldwide
Nancee Martin
150 E. 42nd St.
New York, / N.Y. 10017
(212) 885-3000 DDB Worldwide
Michael Guarini
437 Madison Ave.
New York, / N.Y. 10022
(212) 415-2000 D'Arcy
Peter Angelos
1675 Broadway
New York / NY 10019
(212) 468-3622 Clarity Coverdale Fury
Jerry Fury
120 S. Sixth St. #1300
Minneapolis / MN 55402
612.339.3902 Modernista!
Lance Jensen
109 Kingston St. 2nd floor
Boston / MA 02111
617.451.1110 Lambesis
Chad Farmer
2800 Roosevelt St.
Carlsbad, CA 92008
760.547.2333 Arnold Worldwide
Amy Lieberman
101 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02199
617.587.8000 Lisa Coris
KBPWest
1596 Howard St.
SF./ CA 94103 New Places As of 11.5.02 Eric Stangel
Late Show
The Ed Sullivan Theater
1697 Broadway
NY / NY 10019 Dennis McNicholas
NBC Studios
SNL
30 Rockerfeller Plaza
NY / NY 10112 Ben Karlin
The Daily Show
Daily Show Studios
513 W. 54th St.
NY / NY 10019 Kevin Dorff
NBC Studios
Late Night with Conan O’Brien
30 Rockerfeller Plaza
NY / NY 10112 Tim Brown
IDEO
100 Forest Ave.
Palo Alto / CA 94301 David Kelly
IDEO
100 Forest Ave.
Palo Alto / CA 94301 Patrizia Magni
Kendall / Tarrant
479 Tehama St.
SF / CA 94103 Terry Kattleman
Creativity Magazine
711 3rd Ave
NY / NY 10017 Creative Director
Lunch
1417 2nd St.
Santa Monica / CA 90401
310.458.2000 Grant Richards & Scott Aal
Grant Scott & Hurley
451 Pacific
SF / CA 94133
415.989.2500 David Baldwin
McKinney & Silver
333 Corporate Plaza
Raleigh / NC 27601 Jamie Barrett
GSPSF
720 California St.
SF / CA 94108 Dick Sittig
Secret Weapon Marketing
1310 Montana Ave 2nd Floor
Santa Monica / CA 90403 Gee Lee
Saatchi & Saatchi NY
375 Hudson St
NY / NY 10014 Gregg Wasiak
The Concept Farm
43 W. 24th St. / 5th Floor
NY / NY 10010
212.463.9929 Todd Grant
Chiat / SF
55 Union St.
SF / CA 94111 Glenn Cole
Wieden Amsterdam
Keizersgracht 125-127
1015 CJ Amersterdam
The Netherlands Simon Needham
The Attik
445 Bush St. / 3rd Floor
SF / CA 94108
415.989.6401
