Damien Girardi // Design Director
Team leader and designer dedicated to creating thoughtful and impactful work. 20+ years helping clients through design and ideas–with the last 15 focused on digital products and experiences.
Client Experience
Alliance Bernstein
American Express
Cisco
Dannon
Diageo
Enterprise Holdings
Gevalia
General Motors
Haleon
Honda Powersports
IMAX
Intel
JP Morgan Chase
Leading Hotels of the World
Lovesac
Metlife
Nickelodeon
Royal Caribbean
VFC Corp.
Wells Fargo
Wyndham
Zildjian
Zwilling J.A. Henkels
Group Design Director — Dentsu Creative
Leading a diverse squad of talented creatives on an array of projects and pitches: design systems, activations, digital rebrands, websites, apps, e-comm—whatever comes our way. Most recently tasked with redesigning the digital properties for Leading Hotels of the World—a hub containing over 400 independent luxury hotels from across the globe.
2021 - Present
CD — Isobar, 2015 — ‘21
Websites, design systems, e-commerce, campaigns, interactive experiences. Designed and built lots of interesting things using new tech. Got to stay at the Peninsula in Hong Kong. Merger soup.
ACD — Rosetta, 2009 — ‘15
Highlighted the importance of design and conceptual thinking to a legacy consultancy. Helped win a giant Chase pitch. Made a virtual tongue tracking snowflake catcher.
SR AD — DraftFCB, 2006 — ‘09
Made lots of ads and web things. Met the best writing partner (Chuck) and my wife (Cristen). Survived banking apocalypse.
AD — FCB, 2000 — ‘06
Entrance to the advertising industry right before the .com bust. Worked on lots of direct mail and ad campaigns. Intro to web and interactive.
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