Paul Hackett

Paul Hackett has over 20 years of work experience in advertising and creative directing. Paul'smost recent position was as the Executive Creative Director at Revive since April 2017. Prior to that, they worked at Seiden as the Group Creative Director from February 2016 to April 2017. Paul also served as a Group Creative Director at gyro from August 2011 to February 2016, leading a creative team for multiple clients including Lincoln Financial, Forbes, and BlackBerry. Paul has also held roles as a Creative Director at Gardner Nelson & Partners, Inc. from September 2004 to August 2011, a Senior Copywriter at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide from September 2002 to January 2004, and a Copywriter at McCann from November 1999 to January 2002. Hackett began their career as a Copywriter at Hill Holliday from November 1998 to November 1999, and at Mezzina Brown from November 1996 to November 1998, where they developed award-winning campaigns for Newsweek Magazine and Beefeater Gin.

Paul Hackett attended The Catholic University of America from 1989 to 1993, where they pursued a degree in History with a focus on the American Civil War. After completing their undergraduate studies, they went on to attend The Creative Circus from 1994 to 1996, where they specialized in Copywriting within the field of Advertising.