About        CV

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I'm a Creative Director with an art and design background who's spent the past 20+ years leading teams and assignments for some of the world's biggest brands: Microsoft, PayPal, American Express, DoorDash, and more.

I've worked across virtually every channel — television to social to websites to events — with scrappy budgets and generous budgets, on B2C, B2B, and B2B2C initiatives.

My curiosity and drive to explore new ideas, technologies, and trends has guided my career, from a foundation in traditional integrated work at McCann and FCB, to social and digital-led assignments with Digitas and R/GA, to the earned-first landscape of Edelman.

I started my career as a suit before making the leap to creative, working my way up from junior designer to leadership posts both in-house and agency side. B-school background, artist’s heart. The marriage of strategy and craft is what makes great work, and that’s always been my job.




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agencies:


McCann
FCB
Digitas
Edelman
R/GA
Razorfish
Fallon
Organic | BBDO
Vayner
D'Addario & Co. (in-house Creative Director)


clients:


tech & telecom:
Microsoft (Office, Windows, Dynamics)
Applied Materials Group
Hewlett Packard
Dash GPS
AT&T
Nortel
Sprint
Comcast


finance (banking & credit cards):
American Express
Paypal
Intuit
Bank of America
MasterCard
Delta Skymiles Card
Solomon Smith Barney/Citi


food and beverage (CPG & retail):
Nestle Spring Waters (Poland Spring, Zephyrhills, Arrowhead, Ozarka)
Barilla
Mondelez (Trident Gum, Chips Ahoy)
Anheuser Busch (Bud Light & Lime-a-Ritas)
ALDI
7-Eleven
Whole Foods
DoorDash 


healthcare:
Wyeth (Dimetapp Cold & Allergy, Anbesol, Prevnar)
Astra-Zeneca (LVNG with)

Pfizer (Xeljanz, Nurtec)
Duly Health and Care
Bayer


infrastructure (utilities and transport):
Pacific Gas & Electric (Energy Conservation Initiatives)
CSX Rail


music:
D'Addario (guitar strings)
Evans Drumheads
Promark Drumsticks
Planetwaves
Reserve (reeds and mouthpieces)
RICO
Kaplan (orchestral strings)


retail/entertainment:
Walmart
City Point


social cause:
Adopt USKids for AdCouncil - teen adoption from foster care
Greater Ground for Mars/Nutro - regenerative agriculture + soil health
Academy of Friends - HIV/AIDS care + education prevention


channels: 

tv, print, social (paid and organic), websites, banners, apps, emails, demos, content, logos, dm, radio, ooh, packaging, POP, events, experiential — paid and earned
© 2026 Sarah Bruns. The work in this portfolio was designed and produced for the brands represented and is protected under copyright law. It shall not be infringed upon, reproduced, or redistributed without consent. All rights reserved.