Thomas Kemeny is a Creative Director/Copywriter currently living in Zoom. He is the author of the advertising book Junior and apparently never misses an opportunity to mention it.
He’s won advertising awards in The One Show, Cannes Lions and ANDY Awards. His work has been discussed in the New York Times, NPR, Vanity Fair and once even a monologue on The Tonight Show. He was named a "Creative You Should Know" by AdAge/Creativity. He has an equally impressive list of failures.
EXPERIENCE:
Freelance/Kemeny Interglobal Corp / January 2016 - Present
Direct to client: Oatly, Lemonade, Away, Sir Kensington’s, Maille Mustard
Agency: 72andSunny NY/LA, Anomaly NY, Translation, Swift, Red Antler, B-Reel, BSSP, McCann, Stink
Mother New York / October 2011 - December 2015
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / March 2006 - September 2011
Crispin Porter + Bogusky (intern) - Miami / Summer 2005
RECOGNITIONS:
Advertising:
Creatives You Should Know 2013 - Creativity/AdAge
3x Silver One Show
3x Merit One Show
1x Finalist One Show
1x Bronze Cannes Lions
2x Merit Cannes Lions
1x Gold Andy Award
1x Gold Effie
1x Wood D&AD Pencil
1x Grand Clio Image Award
2x Silver Clio Entertainment
1x Merit ADC
1x Finalist Radio Mercury
1x Bronze Young Gun
1x Plan of the Year MediaWeek
2x Site of the Day FWA
1x Finalist New York Festivals
1x In-book Creative Review Annual
1x Award of Excellence Communication Arts
Judge - Advertising & Design Club of Canada
Judge - Addys Austin
Judge - ADC Young Ones
Book:
Non-Obvious Book Awards
- Most Entertaining Book of the Year
Porchlight Business Book Awards
- Runner-up Marketing/Sales Book of the Year
Other:
Columbia College Chicago 2005 Valedictorian
2x Finalist - New Yorker Caption Contest
Publications:
BOOKS:
Junior: Writing Your Way Ahead In Advertising
Publisher: powerHouse Books, 2019
Foreword to Spittin’ Chiclets by Cameron Day
Publisher: Sticky Intellect, 2022
Essay in The Get A Job Workshop by Laurence Minsky
Publisher: Routledge, 2013
Other:
The Misunderstood Intersection Between Advertising and Design co-written by Thomas Kemeny and Michael Ian Kaye
Essay on It’s Nice That. 2013
QUOTED IN:
“Hey Whipple, Squeeze This!” 6th Edition by Luke Sullivan
Publisher: Wiley, 2022
Strategic Creativity by Robin Landa
Publisher: Routledge, 2022
The Most Exciting Part of Dining Out Is … the Bathroom?New York Times. 2022
Thomas Kemeny is the founder and President of Kemeny Interglobal Corp. A company proudly started in New York and recently relocated to Texas.
Since we opened our doors we’ve worked directly with large corporations like Unilever, Oatly, and Away Travel. Holding company networks like MDC Partners, IPG, Omnicom, and WPP, as well as over a dozen Independent Agencies. We’ve worked with many start-ups in their early days.
Thomas Kemeny is happy to work on advertising freelance projects for agencies or direct to brand, or do speaking engagements/book talks about his book, through his company. Just reach out and say hello via the email address at the bottom.
Yes, that’s Thomas Kemeny’s personal email address. We’re that kind of company.