cece shabazz

Memorial Health System
Brand Strategist and Creative Services Manager
Gulfport, MS

Often coined by her colleagues as the Beyonce of branding, Cece Shabazz is an award-winning Creative Director with more than 20+ years in the advertising industry. She specializes in brand building — bridging insight with smart creative strategy and diversity for a variety of industries. 

She is a recipient of the American Advertising Federation’s Silver Medal Award for her contributions to the advertising industry on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She has led talented ad agency and in-house marketing teams to numerous awards including, local, regional, and national ADDY awards.

Cece is the Brand Strategist and Creative Services Manager for Memorial Health System — Coastal Mississippi’s largest health system. She is a longtime member of AAF Mississippi Gulf Coast currently serving as club president. Cece lives in Gulfport, MS with her incredibly funny husband Gabriel. 

jessica stanford

Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America
Creative Director
North Augusta, SC

Jessica Stanford is a photographer and award-winning Creative Director from Augusta, Georgia with more than 20 years of in-house creative experience. Weirdly passionate about health care marketing, Jessica currently serves as Creative Director for the nation’s largest private physician practice dedicated to burn and reconstructive surgery.

Leveraging her educational background in business, Jessica approaches creative projects with a keen focus on supporting corporate strategy and achieving measurable results. She is a storyteller at heart and is grateful for the opportunities to witness and share the inspiring stories of the patients and healers she has met throughout her career.

Geographically southern and culturally European, Jessica talks like she belongs in the deep south but has a distinctly German approach to life. She and her husband Todd have no children and way too many cats.

JEff pappalardo

Crowley Webb
Former Executive Creative Director
Buffalo, NY

Currently, Jeff is ex-partner, Executive Creative Director at Crowley Webb in beautiful Buffalo, New York. Jeff started his career as a designer at New York Magazine in 1982 and in 1994, Jeff escaped New York City and joined Crowley Webb and Associates, becoming a partner in 2006.

His work has been recognized by The One Show, Communication Arts, Print Design Annual, Art Direction Magazine, Connecticut Art Directors Club, The Globals, American Corporate Identity, District 2 American Advertising Awards, and Buffalo American Advertising Awards. In 2006, Jeff received the Alex Osborne Award for Creativity from the Advertising Club of Buffalo.

He has served on the boards of the Ad Club of Buffalo, The Irish Classical Theatre Company, WNY United Against Drug & Alcohol Abuse Foundation, and is currently on the board of Buffalo Prep. He is a member of Leadership Buffalo, class of 2014. Jeff lives in downtown Buffalo and has two grown children, Ben and Grace, and a grandson, Wesley.

Advertising industry self-promotion

SILVER

• ATYPIC | ATYPIC SNOWDAY SHOWDOWN LP/GAME | ONLINE/INTERACTIVE/VIRTUAL REALITY

GOLD

• WRAY WARD | OWWN YOUR CRAFT INVITATION | BRAND ELEMENTS

• WRAY WARD | OWNN YOUR CRAFT POSTERS | BRAND ELEMENTS

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Silver

• MYTHIC | CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | SALES & MARKETING | ANNUAL REPORT

• WRAY WARD | BHAMANI VIDEO | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FILM, VIDEO & SOUND

CROSS PLATFORM

SILVER

• TOMBRAS GROUP | START HERE | INTEGRATED ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN - LOCAL CONSUMER

• BOONEOAKLEY | PIZZA INN | INTEGRATED BRAND IDENTITY CAMPAIGN

GOLD

• BOONEOAKLEY | DESTIN-FORT WALTON BEACH | INTEGRATED ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN - LOCAL CONSUMER

• MADE OUTSIDE | POPPY HANDCRAFTED POPCORN BRANDING | INTEGRATED BRAND IDENTITY CAMPAIGN

ELEMENTS OF ADVERTISING

SILVER

• MYTHIC | PAYMENTUS WEBSITE | INTERFACE & NAVIGATION

• CARAVAN | ALL HAIL MOM | CINEMATOGRAPHY

• CARAVAN | LIVE FULLY | CINEMATOGRAPHY CAMPAIGN

• CARAVAN | A CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE STORY | VIDEO EDITING

• CARAVAN | TOTAL MULTICLOUD FREEDOM | VIDEO EDITING

• MYTHIC | TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR | VOICEOVER TALENT

• CARAVAN | TOTAL MULTICLOUD FREEDOM | SOUND DESIGN

• CARAVAN | WELCOME TO THE MODERN HELP DESK | SOUND DESIGN

• MYTHIC | BILLING & PAYMENT MONSTERS | ILLUSTRATION SERIES

GOLD

• CARAVAN | A SMALL BUSINESS STORY | CINEMATOGRAPHY

• CAROUSEL | IMEX ‘BREAK FREE’ EXPERIENCE | ANIMATION, SPECIAL EFFECTS OR MOTION GRAPHICS

• TATTOO PROJECTS | NUFABRX EXPLAINER ANIMATION | ANIMATION, SPECIAL EFFECTS OR MOTION GRAPHICS

• CARAVAN | LANDON THOMS - A STORY OF HOPE | VIDEO EDITING

• CARAVAN | A SMALL BUSINESS STORY | VIDEO EDITING

• CARAVAN | CHRISTMAS MEMORIES | MUSIC WITHOUT LYRICS

• MYTHIC | UNVEILED. UNBELIEVABLE. | BLACK & WHITE/COLOR/DIGITALLY ENHANCED STILL PHOTOGRAPHY CAMPAIGN

• MYTHIC | UNVEILED. UNBELIEVABLE. | ART DIRECTION CAMPAIGN

Film, Video & Sound

SILVER

• CARAVAN | CRUSH TRAILER | MOVIE TRAILER

• SPIRACLE MEDIA | NOVANT HEALTH: RACE AGAINST TIME | INTERNET COMMERCIAL

• CARAVAN | NO ONE FOODS LIKE LOWE’S FOODS | INTERNET COMMERCIAL

• CARAVAN | WELCOME TO THE MODERN HELP DESK | INTERNET COMMERCIAL

• TATTOO PROJECTS | CAROLINA PANTHERS BLACKOUT DIGITAL | INTERNET COMMERCIAL

• REBRAND MEDIA | JOHN LEWIS YOUNG LEADERS INTRO | INTERNET COMMERCIAL

GOLD

• BROADHEAD | HMH | ECASCADIA VIDEO BROCHURE | BRANDED CONTENT & ENTERTAINMENT - MORE THAN 60 SECONDS

• CARAVAN | ALL HAIL MOM | INTERNET COMMERCIAL

• HYPEKICK | MOVEHOME EXPLAINER | INTERNET COMMERCIAL

• SPIRACLE MEDIA | A REEL LEGEND | WEBISODE

• BROADHEAD | HMH | ECASCADIA SWITCH VIDEOS | TELEVISION ADVERTISING - REGIONAL/NATIONAL CAMPAIGN

ONLINE/INTERACTIVE

SILVER

• UNION | MTN DEW - FLAVOR SLAM | BRANDED CONTENT & ENTERTAINMENT FOR ONLINE/INTERACTIVE

• ATYPIC | BMK SOCIAL MEDIA BRAND GUIDELINES | BRANDED CONTENT & ENTERTAINMENT FOR ONLINE/INTERACTIVE

• NEZ&PEZ | LINKEDIN CELEBRATION HACK | SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN

• ATYPIC | ARE YOU YOUR HOME - IG STORIES | SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN

• ATYPIC | WHY VITAMIX WEB PAGE | CONSUMER WEBSITE

OUT-OF-HOME & AMBIENT MEDIA

SILVER

• CHERNOFF NEWMAN | DESTINATION HOLIDAY | AMBIENT MEDIA - MULTIPLE INSTALLATIONS

• MYTHIC | UNVEILED. UNBELIEVABLE. | OUT-OF-HOME - POSTER

• MYTHIC | UNVEILED. UNBELIEVABLE. | OUT-OF-HOME - POSTER

• BOONEOAKLEY | SEXTRO VODKA | OUT-OF-HOME - CAMPAIGN

GOLD

• CAROUSEL | IMEX ‘BREAK FREE’ EXPERIENCE | AMBIENT MEDIA - SINGLE INSTALLATION

• MYTHIC | UNVEILED. UNBELIEVABLE. | OUT-OF-HOME - POSTER CAMPAIGN

PRINT ADVERTISING

SILVER

• BROADHEAD | HMH | WELCOME TO DONE PRINT ADS | MAGAZINE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN

PUBLIC SERVICE

GOLD

• CARAVAN | LANDON THOMS - A STORY OF HOPE | ONLINE FILM, VIDEO & SOUND

sALES & MARKETING

SILVER

• FOUNDRY COMMERCIAL | THE PASS BRAND ANNOUNCEMENT | DIRECT MARKETING - 3D/MIXED CAMPAIGN

• TATTOO PROJECTS | WILD WING CAFE T-SHIRT CANNON | SPECIALTY ADVERTISING - OTHER MERCHANDISE

• MADE OUTSIDE | 18 CHESTNUTS PACKAGING DESIGN | SALES PROMOTION - PACKAGING CAMPAIGN

GOLD

• WRAY WARD | NOVEL HARPETH HEIGHTS BROCHURE | COLLATERAL MATERIAL - BROCHURE

• MADE OUTSIDE | POPPY HANDCRAFTED POPCORN CATALOG | SALES PROMOTION - CATALOG

• ATYPIC | NGALA TRADING PRODUCT CATALOGUE | SALES PROMOTION - CATALOG

• WRAY WARD | HARPETH HEIGHTS BRAND COLLATERAL | SALES PROMOTION - SALES KIT OR PRODUCT INFORMATION SHEETS

Made Outside – Best of Show

Poppy Handcrafted Popcorn Branding  |  Cross Platform  |  Integrated Brand Identity Campaign