Justin Crawford

Executive Creative Director, JWT NY

Justin Crawford started his career as an illustrator and animator pioneering early shockwave for the beloved online magazine WORD back in 1995. A Netscape top 20! Justin has since worked on loads of interactive experiences for many brands, including Mercedes Benz, Lexus, Jeep, Tommy Hilfiger, W Hotels, Disney, Sony, Sirius Satellite Radio, Coach, Cadbury Adams, Jet Blue and many others. He has been the recipient of lots of awards too, like One Show Interactive Gold and Bronze Pencils, One Club Interactive Merit Awards, Silver CLIO Award, Gold Effie and some FWAs among others.

Crawford joined JWT from a tiny shop named RDA in Tribeca NYC where he was the CD responsible for W Hotels, 2K Games and Nivea for Men. Before RDA Crawford was the CD at Organic Inc. NY, where he was responsible for overseeing the online redesign and re-branding of SIRIUS Satellite Radio and online development for Tommy Hilfiger, JEEP, Coach and Reebok.

Prior to that, Crawford was the CD of award winning online advertising company Dennis Interactive, part of Dennis Publishing, where he worked on tons of ground breaking... hard core flash projects for clients such as Mercedes Benz, Lexus and Disney. He has also acted as a freelance Creative Director on numerous projects including The Standard Hotel, Phat Farm, Rush Mobile, Def Jam and other Russell Simmons enterprise businesses.