Jesse Suchmann is SVP, Executive Creative Director at Edelman. He’s spent two decades dreaming up pioneering brand activations for Fortune 500 companies like Google, American Express, REI, Unilever, NIKE, UNIQLO, MillerCoors, and Samsung.

Along the way, Jesse has collaborated creatively with both Princess Monster Truck and Maru, his two favorite celebrity cats. Between cat projects he’s also launched a nationally recognized holiday for small businesses, founded a nonprofit that promotes neurodiversity in creative fields, released a YouTube video that was honored by the Guggenheim, and successfully produced a movie that has received significant national media attention including an appearance on CONAN.

His unconventional work has received top honors from the creative industry including multiple Cannes Grand Prix and Titanium Lions, Pencils, Webbys, Grand Clios, Effies, 11 film festival inclusions, and one very supportive tweet from President Obama.

Jesse lives in Brooklyn, and moderates the /r/brooklyn subreddit.