
HI THERE
Travis makes work that gets talked about and creates value for the brands behind it.
That’s exactly what he’s done over the past 10 years at Leo. Recently, he helped ALDI become one of AdAge’s hottest brands of 2025, rank top 5 among Gen Z, and earn a spot on Time magazine’s Top 100 Brands. ALDI is now one of the most trusted and beloved brands in the country. Not bad for a business that sells literal potatoes.
Before that, he was the Creative Director on Samsung Global, where he launched the Galaxy S8, S9, and S10 in more than 50 markets.
And before that, he wrote for the Australian NBA, shot photography for Nike at Furia in Buenos Aires, helped Ogilvy Brazil win Agency of the Year twice, and helped open David São Paulo. There, he worked on Coke, Dove, Motorola (where he rapped in a commercial, true story), PlayStation, Burger King, and was in the Koala International Music Festival… as the breakdancing koala on the main stage.
Most of his time outside of advertising is either spent with his wife, their 4-month-old daughter, and two border collies, or as a volunteer wildland firefighter on Sugarloaf Mountain in Boulder, Colorado.
If you want someone who can rally a room, push creatives to take smart risks, and keep things from going up in flames, he’d love to chat.
EXPERIENCE
Leo Burnett - Chicago, IL
January 2018 – Present
Creative Director
May 2014 – January 2018
ACD Copywriter
David The Agency - São Paulo, Brazil
Aug 2012 – May 2014
Senior Copywriter
Ogilvy & Mather - São Paulo, Brazil
Jul 2011 – Aug 2012
Copywriter
Furia - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sept 2010 – Dec 2010
Photographer
National Basketball League - Sydney, Australia
Aug 2006 – May 2007
Writer
EDUCATION
MIAMI AD SCHOOL
2010 – 2011
Copywriting
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
2004 – 2009
Journalism, Marketing
LANGUAGES
English Native speaker
Portuguese Full professional fluency
Spanish Professional working proficiency