STEVE THOMPSON, MAKER

With the changing landscape of advertising, I decided to venture outside of the normal parameters of a traditional art director and become a maker. Turning to the skills from art school and developed throughout my career: Sculpting. Painting. Making props. Building sets. Shooting video, photography, stop motion, and editing projects for social content. Control freak? Not really. I just never want to stop creating the work with my hands. In whatever form it takes. That is where I find the most joy. “Love what you do and do what you love.” 

EXPERIENCE

Red Tettemer O’Connell + Partners  2013 - present
MAKER
Clients: Planet Fitness, Under Armour, Craftsman, Stanley Tools, Dietz & Watson, Dockers, Dial For Men, TuB Gin, REYKA Vodka

Red Tettemer O’Connell + Partners
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Clients: Under Armour, TuB Gin, SEPTA, REYKA Vodka, Kajeet, Pennsylvania Tourism, Time Warner

Lehman Millet
SENIOR ART DIRECTOR
Clients: Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, Nikon, Abbott

Earle Palmer Brown
ART DIRECTOR
Clients: Helzberg Diamonds, DuPont, Dollar Rent-A-Car,  Careerbuilder.com, Cellular One, Philadelphia Tourism

The Brownstein Group
ART DIRECTOR
Clients: AND 1 Basketball Apparel, Flyers Hockey, Teardrop Golf, HersheyPark

EDUCATION

University of Delaware, Bachelor of Science
Visual Communications 

SKILLS

Sculpting, Woodworking, Metalwork, Photography, Video Editing, Adobe Premiere, Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and the ability to rebuild any 68-73 VW Beetle engine