WHEN YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT YOU DO, YOU GET REALLY GOOD.
I'M VERY PASSIONATE

KEN WENTZ     |      Creative Mercenary

 

Over the years I've had the privilege of working on local, regional, and national accounts. My creative no-holds-barred thinking has filled seats on planes, patios with beer, driveways with cars, Canadian’s closets with clothes and turned lottery tickets into dreams.

My command of Art Direction and Writing was sharpened in the trenches of retail, which quickened the necessary skillsets to work within tight budgets and time. This real time hands on knowledge soon elevated my view when success moved him into Creative Director roles. My ability to successfully see things at a higher view, has lead accounts to unseen insights that have turned into financial success.

 

EDUCATION

B.A. University of Lethbridge

Degree in Visual Communications AUArts ( Formerly ACAD )

 

RECENT AGENCY EXPERIENCE

Head of Strategy/Founder, Velvettheory, Calgary

Creative Director, TAG Advertising, Calgary

Creative Director/Owner, Watermark Advertising & Design, Calgary

Creative Director, Young & Rubicam, Calgary & Toronto

 

Currently, and for the last 7 years, a Sessional Instructor at AUArts ( Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary.) teaching Advertising & Marketing.

 

SOME HIGHLIGHTS

• Creative and strategic lead for Mark’s (Retail Stores), leading their Brand and growing with them from 50 to over 350 stores, while increasing comp stores sales by double digits year over year.

• Celebrated a new regional lottery ticket introduction with $9 Million in sales in two days

• Successfully branded Canada’s largest Wholesale Building Products distributor to their largest profits, ever.

• Raised the national and international profile of the Alberta Beef industry with one simple strategy, “If it ain’t Alberta, it ain’t beef.”