SAM MAZUR
CREATIVE DIRECTOR + COPYWRITER
20+ years.
100+ awards.
Ready to roll.
I like simple ideas, brave clients, and making things that haven’t been done before.
Good scripts. Unusual stunts. Content that sticks. Brand campaigns from the ground up.
Tech, CPG, B2B, food, beverage, cruising, finance, health, entertainment, insurance, nonprofits, I've done the rounds.
Where I've been
I was a key member of the creative team at Terri & Sandy (Ad Age Small Agency of the Year), SS+K (now M+C Saatchi), and Ogilvy, while they were doing some of their best work. For five years a piece.
I've also had stints at Wieden+Kennedy, TBWA\Chiat\Day, M+C Saatchi, VaynerX, Translation, Bully Pulpit, Hook, T&P, Said Differently, VML, VCCP, and Hill Holliday.
Highlights
Paired a talking baby with a singing cat for E*TRADE
Tested America's honesty for Honest Tea
Built the world's first interactive cinema crowd game for MSNBC.com
Helped 100+ year-old IBM look and act cool on social.
Created a viral map of safe spaces that became a Fast Company World Changing Idea
Made a New York City rat famous
The receipts
CANNES LIONS — 2x Gold, 1x Silver, 2x Bronze, 4x Shortlist
ONE SHOW — 2x Gold, 1x Bronze, 12x Merit, 2x Shortlist
WEBBY AWARDS — 4x Winners, 6x Nominees, 2x Honorees
CLIO AWARDS — 3x Silver, 2x Bronze, 2x Shortlist
EFFIE AWARDS — 1x Gold, 2x Silver, 4x Bronze, 4x Finalists
COMMUNICATION ARTS — 6x Wins
D&AD — 1x Wood Pencil, 1x Shortlist
FAST COMPANY WORLD CHANGING IDEAS — Winner, Finalist
Based in New York.
But I grew up in one of America's strangest towns: Good ol' Danvers, Massachusetts. Home of the Salem Witch Trials hysteria. Site of the infamous Danvers State Lunatic Asylum. And a secret launch spot for Cold War nuclear missiles. You know, normal childhood stuff.
As the black sheep in a family of accountants, maybe there was something in the water that led me to advertising. Either way, my brain naturally tilts toward solving problems in creative, offbeat ways.
Got a project, a killer role, or a hometown as bizarre as mine? I'd love to hear about it.
sammazur@gmail.com
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What people say
“There aren’t enough superlatives to describe the talent of Sam Mazur. Behind Sam’s calm, steady demeanor is a conceptual force. Time and time again, he solved many of our toughest challenges with award-winning work. Sam was the consummate professional, calling in from vacation to steer a production or push a campaign forward. Did I mention young creatives respect the hell out of him?”
“Sam, you made your mark here. You hold a high place in the annals of the last few years.”
“I hired Sam because I thought he was a good copywriter with the potential to think beyond writing ads. What I got was a powerhouse of big non-traditional ideas. Digital ideas. Ambient ideas. Brand ideas. He was brilliant. He was tireless. He boldly went where he’d never been before. In advertising as in soccer, there are defenders and there are strikers. Sam is a striker of the first order. Hire him.”
“I am so grateful to have worked with Sam for all these years. He is a writer’s writer and never says no to any challenge. He helped us win countless pieces of business and literally helped us build the agency. Anyone who works with Sam is very fortunate indeed. He is one in a million.”