Contact: nicholasferrario {at} me {dot} com.
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DDB
Strategy Director | 2022 – Present | Chicago
VMLY&R Commerce
VP, Strategy | 2021 – 2022 | Chicago
Key clients: Volkswagen, Capital One, Ferrara, Cheetos, Continental
iCrossing
Strategy Director | 2013 – 2021 | Chicago
Key clients: Bridgestone, Firestone, Beam Suntory, Quaker, Sargento, Dremel, Potbelly, Hilton, Blue Cross Blue Shield, PNC Bank, Logitech
Razorfish
Account Planner | 2012 – 2013 | Chicago
Key clients: Cheez-It, Special K, Eggo
Y&R
Junior Planner; Business Development Planner & Coordinator | 2010 – 2012 | Chicago
Key clients: Sears, Craftsman, Miller, Famous Footwear, Einstein Bagels, Danze, Hotels.com
Columbia College Chicago
Adjunct Faculty | 2009 – 2011
Teaching Assistant | 2005 – 2006
Chelsea Pictures
Intern; Production Freelance | 2006 – 2007 | New York
Hungry Man
Intern; Production & Casting Freelance | 2006 | New York
Education
Columbia College Chicago
Master of Fine Arts | Writing and Directing for Film
Weisman Award
Rosebud Scholarship
Loyola University Chicago
Bachelor of Arts | German Language and Literature | Graduate with Honors
National Merit Scholar
Study abroad program: Loyola Rome Center, Rome, Italy
Skills and Interests
Highly proficient in utilizing and gaining insights from many research tools including MRI Simmons, Forrester Technographics, GlobalWebIndex, Suzy, iPerceptions, Qualtrics, many others; currently learning SPSS
Highly proficient in social media listening tools such as Infegy, Sprout Social, and others; experienced on both Google and Adobe Analytics. Also very experienced on Mac and Microsoft suite of office products, as well as video editing software
Hobbies: Cycling, videography and photography, fabrication and 3D printing, rebuilding and restoring electronics
For more information, please visit my profile on LinkedIn.