Monday, April 29, 2024

Kerri Soukup

Executive Creative Director | EVP :: Leo Burnett, Chicago

“True Character :: Modern Makers 7.0 @ HWC”

Design Competition & Award Presentation

This competition has been established by Kerri Soukup in 2018 for DMD students, currently enrolled in HWC DMD 299 Portfolio Seminar. Kerri Soukup will donate her Visiting Artist honorarium ($ 250.00) to a student whose submitted work demonstrates excellence in design, creativity, and conceptual development. Projects in Computer Art, Graphic Design and Web/Multimedia Design will be considered for this competition. On April 29, Kerri will announce the award recipient and will provide detailed feedback on all submitted projects.

Submission requirements: Project files (1-3 files in .pdf or .jpg format not exceeding 5 mb in total size), project description (a Word document) should be emailed to Galina Shevchenko, by 12:00pm (noon) on Monday, April 22 to gshevchenko@ccc.edu.

I am a creative, a leader and I strive to be an advocate. I have built and maintained a variety of iconic brands that focus largely on non-traditional media and reinventing what relationship marketing can be in the one-to-one space. I have been at the helm of creating an integrated team and practice that includes, most notably, the launch and continued development of one of the largest CPG, permission-based websites in the world. I have creatively led the redefinition and identity of loyalty for Kellogg’s brands and contribute to multiple other brands and new business across the agency. I believe in the importance of culture – creating and leading teams that collaborate with respect and integrity, so a unique range of talent can bring their best selves to the work.

I often find myself at the intersection of empathy and creativity, collaborating to develop programs that not only energize me, but contribute to the greater good of the community around me.