Work (701) 255-3067 or Home (701) 255-3090 email: [email protected] Long and wavy hair, broad shoulders, piercing brown eyes and a silver tongue worth its weight in gold. And yes, we know why his eyes are brown. The adopted son of a carpenter (sound familiar?), Clayton T. Claymore has been riding the wild surf of advertising in style, panache and grace for over a decade. From owning and operating his own avant-garde freelance operations to steady paychecks as Art Director at a Fargo, North Dakota agency, this ambiverted creative is one of Kranzler Kingsley Communications' busiest and most valuable team members. Throughout the years, he has developed volumes of successful award-winning campaigns ranging from tourism, casinos, museums and banks to health clubs, bars and booking agencies for bands and exotic dancers. He prefers the exotic dancers. As KKC's Creative Director, Clay balances a superfluous but highly effective blend of psychology, poetry, humor, design and blatant capitalism. He wears out footwear faster than any other staffer due to his constant hopping from station to station and office to office. With the eyes of an eagle with contact lenses, the innovative mind of a caffeine-swilling Michelangelo, the auburn hair of a wild mustang, and the mediative skills of a hostage negotiator, Clay is a driving force of advertising agency excellence. And when he isn't creating award-winning copy and concepts, Clay enjoys writing, designing and maintaining incredible scenarios for the world renowned P.A.W. - Pit of Advertising Wonders, evolving his original hot sauce recipes, playing frisbee with foreign dignitaries, allowing supermodels to give him lengthy scalp massages, caring for wounded endangered species, and writing his own profiles. Serving clients in highly competitive environments. Kranzler Kingsley Communications, Ltd. - Bismarck, North Dakota Position: Creative Director February 1997 - Present Surprisingly progressive full-service advertising agency on the High Plains. Hired as a conceptual writer after a brief sabbatical. Promoted to Creative Director three months later. Changed the face of upper midwest advertising in under half a year, and continues to have a blast shaking up the region along with the help of the coolest cast of cohorts this side of the Cayman Islands. Specializing in corporate/brand image advertising. GLNess Advertising & Marketing - Fargo, North Dakota Position: Art Director, Writer, Producer December 1995 - December 1996 Traditional advertising agency with a revered creative director and $17.3 million in billings. Recruited from Grand Forks to help revitalize this regional powerhouse. Increased billings, customer base and quality of agency's work. Best of Show, Special Judges Award, Addy, Addy, Addy, etc. Mission accomplished. Lethal Advertising. Poison the Competition. The Nightshade Studio - Grand Forks, North Dakota The Choice is Clear. Get Blurred. Blurred Vision Image Enhancement - Grand Forks, North Dakota Position: Creative Director September 1989 - December 1995 Concurrent creative boutiques catering to the communications and entertainment fields. Started with nothing but a pad of paper, a pen, and a rental Mac at a nearby Kinko's. Evolved into a wickedly hot name, along with his upstart clients. Developed a limited run of hot pepper sauce, of which GLNess was one of the recipients. Guess what happened... University of North Dakota - Grand Forks, North Dakota Communications, Advertising Also dabbled in History, Psychology, Sociology and Geology Moorhead State University - Moorhead, Minnesota Mass Communications, Advertising Bismarck State College - Bismarck, North Dakota Commercial Art I'm left-handed, ambiverted, creative beyond belief, empathetic, emphatic, a dangerously erratic Rollerblader™, mediative, meditative, a firm believer in strong concepts, a chile pepper aficionado and know how to swear in Latin.
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