Work

Rate

Executive Creative Director
August 2025 - Present

Artemis Ward

VP of Design
July 2024 - August 2025

Amres

Head of Marketing and Design
April 2021 - July 2024

Chiat / Day / TBWA

Creative Director
April 2019 - April 2021

72&Sunny

Creative Director
April 2018 - April 2019

Crispin+ (CP+B)

Creative Director  |  Associate Creative Director  |  Sr. Art Director
November 2014 - April 2018

David&Goliath

Art Director  |  Jr. Art Director
June 2011 - November 2014

Education

MS - Mass Communication

The Brandcenter
Virginia Commonwealth University
Focus: Art Direction

BS - Advertising

Penn State

Let's Connect

michael.jf.wilson@gmail.com

LinkedIn

Hi, I’m Mike, a creative and marketing leader with 15+ years of experience delivering integrated, cross-channel, global campaigns and design leadership.

I currently lead creative at Rate, the second largest retail lender in the country. I run a creative team of 50+ and shape brand expression across a broad ecosystem of companies, channels, and audiences.

Over the years I’ve crafted work for brands like Gatorade, Google, Disney, PayPal, Infiniti, and Kia. I'm design obsessed, process oriented, and tech forward. I love a challenge, and I'm a freight train when it comes to solving them.

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