Chuck Porter
Chuck joined Crispin & Porter in 1988 as creative director and partner after a long career as an award-winning freelance copywriter. Within three years, the agency had doubled in size, had been profiled in Communications Arts, and named as one of the top 15 creative shops in the country.
Crispin Porter + Bogusky is perhaps best known for their work with Burger King, as creators of the ‘truth’ anti-tobacco campaign and for their successful launch of the BMW MINI. Based in Miami, CP+B’s clients include Volkswagen, Google, Coca Cola, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Miller Lite and Method.
CP+B has the unprecedented distinction of winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes International Advertising festival, in four separate categories, Sales Promotion, Media, Cyber and the coveted Film category. In 2004 CP+B was named the world’s most awarded agency with wins that in addition to the Grand Prix at Cannes included the O’Toole award for overall creative excellence from the American Association of Advertising Agencies, as well as the grand prizes at the CLIOS, EFFIES, Kelly’s, OBIES, APG awards and the One Show. The agency and its work has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Business Week, Forbes, Fast Company, Time, Newsweek, Advertising Age, Creativity and Archive. This year CP+B was named “Agency of the Year” by both Advertising Age and Creativity Magazine and Chuck was named one of INC magazine’s “Entrepreneurs We Love”.
Chuck grew up in Minneapolis and graduated from the Journalism School at the University of Minnesota.
