President / Creative Director Kristof Creative, Inc.
Greater Nashville Area
- Current
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- Owner, Creative Director at Kristof Creative, Inc.
- Past
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- Associate Creative Director at Arnold Worldwide
- Associate Creative Director at Admine.com
- Sr. Art Director at The Ramey Agency
- Art Director at Young & Rubicam Advertising
- Education
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- Art Center College of Design
- Palomar College
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Michael Kristof’s Summary
Kristof Creative combines creativity, technology, and collaboration in providing businesses with unique and successful advertising, design, and web development solutions.
Michael Kristof’s Specialties:
Creating print ads/campaigns that you'll remember
Designing websites that are actually easy to use
Driving visitors to your website for increased sales
And then selling them your product and/or services through insightful and engaging copywriting
Michael Kristof’s Experience
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Owner, Creative Director
Kristof Creative, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2001 — Present (6 years 10 months)
Business Advertising
++ Concept Development
++ Newspaper and Magazine Print Ad Campaigns
++ Copywriting
Strategically Focused Design
++ Corporate Brochures
++ Business Presentations
++ Sales and Media Kits
++ Brand Development
Website Design and Development Solutions
++ Core Website Architecture
++ Programming and Database Integration
++ Search Engine Optimization
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Associate Creative Director
Arnold Worldwide
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2001 — November 2001 (6 months)
Concept, design and art direction for clients within creative group. Write creative briefs. Oversee, present, and sell creative solutions to clients. Co-supervise, manage and direct group art directors, copywriters, and designers.
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Associate Creative Director
Admine.com
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2000 — December 2000 (9 months)
Admine.com - Industries first online marketplace to license creative/advertising
:: Develop and implement internal genericization process for creative submissions.
Created online production tips and procedures for the submission of creative content.
:: Developed internal production network of file structure and organization.
:: Co-managed daily operation of production department.
:: Concept, design and execute online requests for creative including the development and writing of creative work plans.
:: Concepted and initiated advertising sales program to generate online sales and promotion of business services.
:: Created over 52 print campaigns in 8 months. -
Sr. Art Director
The Ramey Agency
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 1995 — November 1998 (3 years 6 months)
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Art Director
Young & Rubicam Advertising
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 1992 — April 1994 (1 year 5 months)
Michael Kristof’s Education
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Art Center College of Design
BFA, Advertising Design, 1989 — 1992
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Palomar College
AA, Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement, June 1988
Additional Information
Michael Kristof’s Websites:
Michael Kristof’s Interests:
Father, Furniture design, Golf, BMW 2002 restoration, Retro furniture collector, Skydiving, Movies
Michael Kristof’s Groups:
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Nashville Geek Breakfast
Michael Kristof’s Honors:
Citizens Bank
:: 2003 Effie Award Winner – Financial Services/Image
Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development
:: "BEST READ AD" in the December, year-end, double-issue investment guide of Fortune magazine - Fortune’s biggest and best seller of the year.
:: Four "BEST OF CLASS" and one "SUPERIOR" - Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC) annual conference.
Mississippi Department of Tourism
:: "Platinum Award" from the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Assoc. The 30-second TV ad competed against more than 1,650 entries from 55 countries.
Union Planters Bank
:: Created print ad which brought in $1.5 million in CD money and opened 172 new accounts.
Eagle Scout - Boy Scouts of America 1982
Michael Kristof’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
