Jim Hord is Executive Creative Director at JWT. He joined the agency from digital shop R/GA, where he was Executive Creative Director on Nike, overseeing projects on Nike +, Nikewomen, Nike Basketball, NikeID and the Nike brand platform. Jim brings nearly 20 years of experience in the advertising industry, working for top-tier agencies including Y&R, Lowe and DDB. He has a healthy mix of both traditional and non-traditional experience, working on household brand names such as Sony, MetLife, Sunkist, GMC Trucks and SUVs, and LG Electronics. He began his career at DDB Dallas where, at 25, he was the youngest copywriter in the agency's U.S. network to be promoted to Creative Director. Despite spending his entire advertising career as a trained copywriter, Jim received his bachelor's degree in graphic design from the University of Denver.