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Jerry Coamey
SVP, Group Creative Director TBWA\WorldHealth
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Jerry Coamey

Jerry is recognized by his clients and TBWA\WorldHealth colleagues as a highly collaborative strategic and creative thinker. As a Group Creative Director, he has led market development, launch strategy, and branding and creative development for numerous brands across a broad range of therapeutic categories, from OTC and primary care to high-science, specialty-focused areas. His experience spans such categories as cardiovascular, infectious disease, CNS, and personalized medicine. Growing up on the copy side, Jerry has a soft spot for the power of words in an increasingly visual-driven world. A native of Brooklyn before it was “Brooklyn”, Jerry now lives with his wife and their two soon-to-be-launched twentysomethings in Oak Park (just a short L ride from Chicago’s lovely lakefront). Jerry is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Go Cats! 

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Kevin Dolan
Creative Director InTouch Solutions
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Kevin Dolan

Kevin has been writing healthcare promotional messaging for more than 30 years, gaining expertise in a wide range of therapeutic areas: woman’s health, men’s health, cardiology, psychiatry, endocrinology, virology, oncology, rheumatology, and dermatology. He is skilled at writing across a wide variety of styles (highly clinical to consumer), audiences (specialists, PCPs, payers, patients, and caregivers), and media (print, video, and digital).

Portfolio and franchise message strategy highlights: AbbVie HUMIRA/Skyrizi Dermatology and Rheumatology, AbbVie Elagolix, AbbVie/Genetech Venclexta, Gilead Hepatitis C (Sovaldi and Harvoni), Bristol-Myers Squibb Abilify (6 indications).

Specialties: Kevin focuses on crafting compelling narratives to help elevate the brand advantage in the marketplace. He is also adept at transforming complex data and clinical concepts into memorable and behavior-changing messages.
 

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Lucy Han
Creative Director Scout Marketing
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Lucy Han

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Jim Kelly
Executive Creative Director closerlook
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Jim Kelly

Award-winning, concept-loving, social/mobile/digital Executive Creative Director with boundless passion for big ideas in every marketing medium.

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Andy McAfee
Senior Vice President, Group Creative Director AbelsonTaylor
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Andy McAfee

Andy McAfee joined AbelsonTaylor in 2003 after spending several years working for consumer shops, like Leo Burnett, where he was responsible for campaigns that garnered national and international awards.

When Andy brought his experience, philosophy, and keen eye to AbelsonTaylor, it didn’t take long before he was tapped to help build the direct-to-consumer (DTC) practice for the agency. Today, many of the campaigns he and his team have worked on have won accolades, like the DTC National, Global, In-Awe, MM&M, PM360, Pharma Choice, and Rx Club awards. His campaign for an oncology drug that treats lung cancer was inducted in the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame. His high-profile work for a leading Rheumatoid Arthritis treatment is one of the longest running DTC campaigns ever.

Not surprisingly, Andy is often asked to pen his perspectives for industry publications. Andy graduated from Yale University and also studied Integrated Marketing Communications at the University of Chicago. 
 

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Jonathan Meitus
SVP, Group Creative Director TBWA\WorldHealth
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Jonathan Meitus

As one of the newer creative talents at TBWA\Worldhealth, Jonathan is responsible for maintaining a leadership role within the agency and for his clients which include bluebird bio and the specialty and hemophilia portfolios at Takeda.

With a career spanning more than 20 years in the pharma, advertising and interactive worlds, Jonathan touts his experience with brand integration as a keystone to his work and philosophy. Over the span of his career he has worked on numerous A-list brands from Absolut, Coca-Cola, McDonalds and Sony to Bayer, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Nicorette and Theraflu to name a few. Additionally, he has had the fortune to work for a number of globally recognized agencies including, DDB, BBDO, McCann and Cramer-Krasselt. 

Jonathan is highly regarded as a proven creative pioneer by both internal leadership and perhaps as important, by his clients. One who believes in leading by example – and who’s passion could be considered infectious. Never one to sit on the sidelines, he loves to roll up his sleeves and get his hands in the dirt whenever need be. Consistently challenging his creative teams to think in fresh and innovative ways... to avoid the status quo at all costs.

He truly believes there are few things more important than a strong personal relationship between client and agency partners. Trust and respect must be established for the business to thrive.

In addition to his multiple ADDYS, REGGIES and WEBBYS his work has been recognized by AdAge, Adweek, Commarts, Creativity, Graphis and PDN.
 

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Denis O'Keefe
SVP, Executive Creative Director Sandbox
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Denis O'Keefe

Over the last 18 years, Chicago’s healthcare agencies have been Denis’s creative training ground. During that time, he’s taken a customer-first approach to generating big, media-agnostic ideas that make meaningful differences for the brands he’s worked on and the companies he’s worked for.

As an SVP, Executive Creative Director at Sandbox, Denis helps guide and grow the talent within the creative department. When it comes to building brands, Denis specializes in helping the team create systems designed to ensure brands deliver consistently rewarding experiences across multiple channels and audiences.

Throughout his career, Denis has strengthened brands across a wide range of categories including cardiology, psychiatry, hematology, transplantation, immunology, and oncology.
 

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Erin Schwarz
VP, Group Creative Supervisor Havas Life Metro
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Erin Schwarz

Havas welcomed Erin Schwarz to the team in early 2019. In her current role, Schwarz provides creative leadership on multiple brands working with a talented team of copywriters and art directors. She began her advertising career at Corbett, now TBWA Worldwide, over a decade ago working with clients such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sanofi-Aventis, Proctor & Gamble, and Alcon. Passionate about mentoring young talent, Schwarz is committed to helping junior staff thrive in this regulated industry.