Heather Barnes - Chicago, IL - Download PDF Resume
VP Creative Director | Group Creative Director | Art Director
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BRAND EXPERIENCE
I have a wide range of experience on big brands and little brands, stretching from traditional broadcast, digital, social, to PR. 
Constellation Brands 
Modelo Beer, Kim Crawford, Meiomi, Svedka, Corona Premier, Ballast Point, High West Whiskey, Apothic, Corona Refresca 
Ferrara Candy 
Brach's, SweeTARTS 
QSR 
KFC, Taco Bell, McDonalds 
KraftHeinz 
Cool Whip, Jell-O, A-1 Steak Sauce, DiGiorno, Lunchables, Velveeta, Claussen, Easy Mac, Breakstone, Ritz, Hillshire Farm 
SC Johnson 
Glade, Scrubbing Bubbles 
Telecom 
COX, Qwest 
Retail 
Sam's Club, Dick's Sporting Goods, Sierra 
Non Profit 
TheShelterPetProject.org, Human Rights Campaign 
More 
ACE, Chicago Cubs, Sharpie, Nivea, Embassy Suites, DePaul University
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
People's Choice Award - DraftFCB Impact Awards 
"Sandbox" was selected by my peers as agency's best commercial of the year.
Bronze Clio - The Shelter Pet Project 
3 Bronze Addys - The Shelter Pet Project 
USA Today Cannes International Young Lions Winner – Team USA – Press 
The One Show – Student Merit Winner 
Photographer’s Forum Magazine Finalist
10 Creative Circus Student Show awards – including Best Art Direction and Best Copywriting 
Voted "Most Likely to Run Their Own Agency" by my fellow Creative Circus graduates 
EDUCATION
The Creative Circus / 2006 (Art Direction/Copywriting )
Middle Tennessee State University / 2001
B.S. Mass Communications – Concentration in Photography, Minors in Fine Art & Psychology

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