Experience

Best Buy Creative

Associate Creative Director
Minneapolis, MN. December 2024 - Current
Leading campaigns for Best Buy and partner brands like Samsung, Google, Apple,
and all of the other tech companies that make things you use.

Senior Copywriter
Minneapolis, MN. May 2019 - December 2024
I work on TV and video campaigns, social, brand initiatives, and all sorts of advertising things
with an awesome team of people at the largest tech retailer in the country.

Yamamoto

Copywriter
Minneapolis, MN. 2017- 2019
Xcel Energy, Nutrena Pet Food and Animal Feed, Marshfield Children’s Hospital,
Marshfield Clinic Health System, Lenovo (again), Comcast (again), other assorted projects, and new business.

Pereira + O'Dell

Freelance Copywriter
New York, NY. 2017
Realtor.com, European Wax Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
other assorted projects, and new business.

EP + Co

Intern Copywriter
Greenville, SC. Summer 2016
Denny’s, Lenovo, Pilot/Flying J, Comcast, and new business.

Publicis

Intern Copywriter
New York, NY. Summer 2015
Dawn, Prilosec OTC, Red Lobster, and new business.


Education

vcu brandcenter

Master's of Business in Copywriting
Richmond, VA 2017

The Robertson School at VCU

Bachelor's of Science in Mass Communication
Richmond, VA 2015

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

Associates of Science in Social Sciences
Richmond, VA 2012


Honors/Awards

AdFed Minnesota Show

Bronze; Regional/National Television Campaign

adfed Minnesota 32 under 32 nominee

Minneapolis, MN. 2019

Pinewood Derby Finalist

Finished 2nd place in my troop. Virginia, 2002


Contact Information

Email: timshumarwrites@gmail.com