Jarrod Ballou

Jarrod Ballou

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Head of Brand Creative
San Francisco, California, United States

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  • SurveyMonkey
    Senior Director, Brand Creative
    SurveyMonkey
    Feb 2023 - Current (3 years 8 months)
    I lead a multidisciplinary team spanning design, video, motion graphics, copywriting, and creative operations. Our mandate is to build brand creative as a strategic function — not a production service. That means being in the room early, owning the brief before the asset, and connecting creative decisions to business outcomes. We work across brand identity, campaigns, OOH, video production, web, and internal brand initiatives, partnering closely with Growth, Product Marketing, and Lifecycle to make sure the brand shows up consistently across every touchpoint.

    Currently focused on building a creative performance data infrastructure — defining the metrics, establishing the tracking, and creating a reporting cadence. That foundatio
  • Branching Minds
    Advisor
    Branching Minds
    Jun 2013 - Current (13 years 4 months)
  • SurveyMonkey
    Creative Director, Brand Design
    SurveyMonkey
    Mar 2021 - Feb 2023 (2 years)
    Momentive, the maker of SurveyMonkey and GetFeedback, is an agile experience management company built for what’s next. We deliver intuitive, people-centric solutions that help industry leaders quickly and confidently make important decisions, take action, and achieve tangible results. We’re proud to work with decision-makers at 345,000 organizations globally.
  • Cisco Meraki
    Creative Director, Creative Studio
    Cisco Meraki
    Dec 2016 - Feb 2021 (4 years 3 months)
  • True North Inc
    Creative Director
    True North Inc
    Feb 2012 - Dec 2016 (4 years 11 months)
    As CD of the SF office my duties included reviewing and approving the work of the Creative (Design + Copy) Team, mentoring and developing their progress as creative professionals, and maintaining a high level of aesthetic quality consistent with our clients' brands, while also hitting the goals of the projects set forth by the clients.
  • True North Inc
    Senior Art Director
    True North Inc
    May 2010 - Feb 2012 (1 year 10 months)
  • True North Inc
    Art Director
    True North Inc
    Jul 2008 - May 2010 (1 year 11 months)
  • True North Inc
    Designer
    True North Inc
    Jul 2006 - Jul 2008 (2 years 1 month)
  • True North Inc
    Production Designer
    True North Inc
    Aug 2005 - Jul 2006 (1 year)
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    Designer
    nGravis
    Feb 2005 - Aug 2005 (7 months)
    As designer at nGravis, I worked directly with the Creative Director to execute all creative projects, consisting of front-end web development, print advertising, video editing, and branding.
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    Freelance Web Design
    NA
    May 2003 - Feb 2005 (1 year 10 months)
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  • University of Pennsylvania
    BA, Fine Arts / Communications
    University of Pennsylvania
    Jan 1999 - Jan 2003 (4 years 1 month)
  • Collegiate School
    High School
    Collegiate School
    Jan 1987 - Jan 1999 (12 years 1 month)
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    Awards verified_user 0% verified
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      W3 Awards, Gold
      Academy of Interactive Visual Arts
      W3 Awards (Gold Winner)
      Online Video Nonprofit
      Client: Doctors Without Borders
      Title: That's Where We Operate
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      Gold Reggie Award, B2B
      ANA Reggie Awards
      Business-to-Business Marketing

      Give The People What They Want
      Client: SurveyMonkey
      Agency: PMG
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