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CREATIVE DIRECTOR | ART
CAROLYN Gargano
SVP Creative Director at Area 23 New York.
I'm particularly drawn to creative supporting social good and well-being for all.
Honours from shows and festivals including Graphis, Communication Arts, Shorty Awards, Shorty Social Good Awards, The Care Awards, the Clio Health Awards, The Global Awards, Cannes Lions, Lions Health, The One Screen, ACT Awards, MM&M Awards, The Creative Floor Healthcare Awards, The New York Festivals, The Webby Awards and the ACT Responsible at Cannes Lions.
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Experience
SR ART DIRECTOR
I had to join this fearless entrepreneurial agency. Everything about them was about elevating the work for our clients. I produced quite a bit of work, but the campaign for Student Travel I'm most proud of.
DIRTY WATER
2000 - 2001
FREELANCE | ACD | ART
Before joining the team full-time, I freelanced with Saatchi on a wonderful project with Acorda Therapeutics creating the I Walk Because campaign. This campaign for MS continues today.
SAATCHI WELLNESS
2007 - 2008
ACD | ART
With the Deutsch team I worked on a wide range of campaigns including: PNC Bank, Novartis, Bronx Zoo, and a underage drinking project with SAMHSA and the Ad Council.
DEUTSCH
2008 - 2010
2010 - 2017
VP ACD/CD | ART
The agency that fosters well being for all. Projects included a mix of wellness and social good. From nutrition drinks, animal health, gun violence, hunger, homelessness, and children's PI diseases. My role was flexible to work as ACD with day-to-day clients, and as Creative Director on our social campaigns.
SAATCHI WELLNESS
ART DIRECTOR
A stellar agency that rewarded doing great work with bigger opportunities. Nabisco, AT&T, Gottex Swimwear, JAMAICA, British Virgin Islands, FILA, and Citibank.
FCB
1998 - 2000
ACD | ART
CCA was my introduction to the power of PR. I was hired to help build their hybrid advertising group, and the years with these talented creatives changed how I work.
A wide range of health projects from HIV to a National preventative health program.
CHANDLER CHICCO AGENCY
2001 - 2007
SVP CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Joined the team of a life saving force
of nature that is like no other.
AREA 23
2017 - present