Whit Thompson • CD/CW

PLACES

Insight Marketing Design • Creative Director

Sioux Falls, SD • 4/23 - present

Magnifi U, Inc. • VP, Creative & Production

Rochester, NY • 2/21 - 12/22

Butler/Till • Executive Creative Director

Rochester, NY/San Francisco, CA • 5/16 - 1/21 

Martino Flynn • Group Creative Director

Rochester, NY • 9/11 - 4/16 

Roberts Communications • Associate Creative Director

Rochester, NY/Minneapolis, MN • 3/07 - 9/11 

McCann Worldgroup/Jay Advertising • Creative Director-Copy

Rochester, NY/Detroit, MI • 6/01 - 3/07 

J. Walter Thompson, USA • Copywriter/Producer

Denver, CO/San Francisco, CA • 2/97 - 6/01 

CLIENTS 

Behavior Change

South Dakota Department of Health • South Dakota Department of Social Services • Prevention Minnesota • Greater Rochester Health Foundation

Consumer Healthcare

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western NY • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Security Health Plan • Preferred Care HMO (NY) • Security Health Plan HMO (WI) • Ophthalmology Limited (SD)

Financial Services/Insurance

Mastercard RPPS • Northwest Bank • First Niagara Financial • ESL Federal Credit Union • Ameriprise • State Farm • MetLife • MassMutual • Fairlane Credit

OTC

HealthFirst • Dermarest • Nasalcrom • OXY • Rohto • Bausch + Lomb 

Energy + Sustainability 

Rochester Gas & Electric • Pacific Gas & Electric • South Jersey Gas • San Diego Gas & Electric • Focus on Energy (WI) • Avangrid • CleaResult • VEIC • Efficiency Vermont • Nature Conservancy of Wyoming • Coopervision • McKinstry • Ameren • PHI

Automotive 

Ford • Buick • GMC Trucks • Saab • General Motors Corporation • Vogue Tyres

Consumer Brands

AAA of Western & Central NY • Wegmans Food Markets • Kroger • Oneida • High Falls Brewing Company • Dick’s Sporting Goods • Golf Galaxy • Top Flite • Sun Kissed Cannabis • Walter Hagen Golf

Agriculture

Absorbine Equine • Oro Agri • Rovensa • South Dakota Farmer’s Union • American Coalition for Ethanol

Education

St. John Fisher University (NY) • University of Sioux Falls (SD) • Monroe Community College (NY) • Lake Area Technical College (SD)

Pharma/Med Device

Hologic • Baxter Pharmaceuticals • Warner Chilcott • Biovale • Global Blood Therapeutics • Pine Pharmaceuticals

B2B

Xerox • ITT • Gould Pumps • AZEK • Abundantly.com • Lunchtime Solutions, Inc.

EDUCATION 

University of Colorado • B.A., English Literature • Honors Graduate

COMMUNITY & PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT 
Guest Lecturer (recurring) 

Rochester Institute of Technology • Rochester, NY 

St. John’s University • New York, NY 

Nazareth College • Rochester, NY 

Topics: 

• Copywriting and Creative Direction 

• Creative Strategy and the Creative Process  

• Public Speaking 

• Career mapping 

• Effective Storytelling in Marketing Communications 

Content Contributor 

Advertising Week Social Club 

 
Member, Board of Governors 

Tennis Club of Rochester (NY) • 5/13 - 12/15 

 
Coach/Volunteer 

Smash It Sports Baseball Club • 2022-2024

Penfield (NY) Little League • 2014-2020 

Penfield (NY) Crimson Pride Baseball Club • 2016-2020