Phil Gable

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Executive creative leader with 20+ years of experience building brands, leading teams, and creating high-impact work across finance, tech, healthcare, B2B, and consumer sectors.

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Executive creative leader with 20+ years of experience building brands, leading teams, and creating high-impact work across finance, tech, healthcare, B2B, and consumer sectors. Combines executive-level creative leadership with hands-on executional skills across all stages of brand development and all forms of media. Known for turning complex subjects into compelling, human narratives and building systems that optimize workflows while elevating creative standards.

SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Scaled and led a 25+ person integrated creative and production department as Executive Creative Director at DiMassimo Goldstein; helped drive major agency growth by winning 7 of 9 pitches which contributed to a 300% increase in revenue and helped the agency earn Ad Age Northwest Small Agency of the Year.
• Led concept and copy development for global launch of Microsoft Private Cloud, including a viral video selected as one of TED’s Ads Worth Spreading.
• Won Best of Show at the Financial Communications Society Portfolio Awards twice–once for a 360-brand campaign for TradeStation, and once for the launch of Instinet.
• Built major campaigns for financial services, tech, and B2B brands including Capital One, BNY, Microsoft, Strategy& (PwC), TradeStation, Instinet, and NYDIG.
• Defined brand foundation for Peloton, developing positioning, voice, and launch campaign.
• Led creative development and production of video content series to launch Our Cellar, a DTC venture from Moët Hennessy.
• Created multiple brand campaigns for Crunch Fitness, helping them grow from 5 NYC locations to 20+ locations across 7 markets.
• Developed and stewarded the brand voice of Freelancers Union through videos, digital display, collateral, and the iconic New York subway posters.
• Won top creative honors in national award shows including One Show, Effie Awards, National ADDY Awards, Radio Mercury Awards, PRINT Design Annual, Art Directors Club, New York Festivals, Adweek’s Best Spots of the Year, and Advertising Age’s Best Ads of the Year.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Creative Direction • Team Leadership • Mentorship • Brand Strategy • Integrated Campaign Development • Copywriting • Art Direction • Brand Voice & Messaging Systems • C-Suite Client Presentation

  • 15 years' experience
  • Joined September 2025

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Healthcare
  • Financial Services
  • Professional Services
  • Consumer Goods
  • Software & Internet
  • Education
  • Travel & Hospitality
  • Other
  • Government
  • Non-Profit Organization

Work experience· 9 roles

Freelance Brand Voice Consultant · 50,000 FeetOct 2023 – Jul 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos

Delivered brand messaging and digital content for security, education, and UHNW art clients. • Wrote brand messaging platform and boilerplate copy for an art appraisal/advisory firm serving UHNW collectors, articulating the value of blockchain-based provenance to improve liquidity and streamline art-backed lending • Developed digital content across multiple corporate websites for GardaWorld

Freelance Executive Creative Director, Producer · Cardboard ToastApr 2021 – Oct 2024 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Oversaw concept-to-delivery brand content for luxury and fitness clients. • Led creative direction, script development, and end-to-end video production for the launch of Our Cellar, a DTC venture owned by Moët Hennessy • Wrote and produced social video for BODYSIM, a high-end fitness forecasting app

Fractional Creative Director, Copy · Cloudberry CreativeJul 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 5 mos

Provide concept, messaging, and high-volume content for finance and sports clients. • Developed concepts and wrote copy Franklin Templeton’s B2B social channels • Built brand messaging platform and high-volume, integrated campaign for NYDIG across 7 audience segments including display, search, social, and print, garnering earned media coverage on CNBC • Wrote recruiting campaign for Citadel Securities including video, site copy, and social posts • Developed digital display advertising concepts and copy for Stone Ridge Asset Management

Fractional Senior Brand Strategist · A.P. KeatonJul 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 5 mos
Freelance Creative Director · DeutschApr 2015 – May 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos
Freelance Creative Director · PelotonMar 2015 – May 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos
Freelance Copywriter · Halo Group Influencer MarketingAug 2013 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos
Creative Director, Brand Strategist · FreelanceJul 2013 – Present · 13 yrs 5 mos

Education

Copywriting · Creative Circus1997 – 1999
B.A. · University of Georgia1993 – 1997

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