ABOUT

Hi, I’m Patrick.

I’ve been a creative in advertising + branding + design for longer than I’ll admit, and a working artist for longer than I can remember.

For more than 15 years, I’ve developed ideas and led them all the way into the real world, from scrappy, shoestring productions to global campaigns. I’ve spent plenty of time behind the scenes, behind the camera, and occasionally behind the eight-ball, figuring out how to make ambitious ideas happen with whatever we have.

I love the part where an idea starts becoming real. I’ve led creative teams, directed shoots, presented to clients, sold ideas, shaped visual language, and worked through the thousand decisions between a great concept and a finished piece of work. I’ve also had the opportunity to direct a number of times, which remains one of my favorite things to do.

I’m equally comfortable in a pitch room, on a film set, in front of a client, or making something with my hands. That range is probably a product of being an artist first. Advertising happens to be where I’ve spent my career, but making things has always been the bigger picture.

Outside of advertising, I draw and paint, practice photography and bonsai, build things, make murals, produce and direct short films, and occasionally write novels. I even finished a full-length sci-fi novel, which I will talk at length about to anyone willing to listen.

Odds are, if it’s creative, I’ve tried it at least once.

And I’m usually excited to try it again.

— Patrick Dougherty