Russ Rizzo is a Freelance Creative Director and/or Writer currently unavailable for work.

Before that, Russ was a Creative Director at Tombras NY. There, he turned a NASCAR race into a 2-hour ad with trackside signs that said things like Arby's Cheesesteak This Way.

Before that, Russ was a Creative Director at Slap Global. There, he made a promo campaign inviting customers to commit promo abuse called SeatGeek “First-Time Buyers”, and also helped create a new award show where judges have less than 5 years' experience in the industry called the Astroland Advertising Festival.

Before Slap, Russ was an Associate Creative Director and Writer at CALLEN in Austin, Texas. There, among other things, he created the voice and most everything for CALLEN's NIL dijon mustard brand, Bijan Mustardson.

Before CALLEN, Russ was a Creative at Mother in Los Angeles, California. There, he wrote the “When All You Can Food is Think About” brand platform for Postmates, which consisted of a Don't Cookbook, multiple film campaigns, outdoor, radio, and a fully cooked recreational chicken boat. A year into the work, for completely unrelated reasons, Uber bought Postmates for 2.65 billion dollars.

Before Mother, Russ was a Copywriter at Barton F. Graf (R.I.P.) in New York City, where he mostly made work for Little Caesars and lost a bunch of new business pitches. Don't tell Gerry, but Russ had a lot of fun.

Before BFG, Russ studied Copywriting at the VCU Brandcenter in Richmond, Virginia. He also had fun there too as well.

Russ grew up playing competitive hockey in Buffalo, New York. He's gone unselected in the NHL Draft for 17 consecutive years, and is now playing advertising in New York City. Russ currently lives, eats, makes, and sleeps in Park Slope, Brooklyn with his creative partner and partner partner Casey Phillips. Together, their work has been awarded by Cannes, D&AD, The One Show, and more.

Notes, inquiries, or credit card information with CVC code can be sent by email to russ@russrizzo.com, or by mail mail to:

[street address redacted] Unit 2
Brooklyn, NY [zip code redacted]

If you don’t feel comfortable sharing your personal financial details via mail, you can always post a picture of your credit card (front and back) and tag Russ on Instagram.

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