Stephen Leonard Samelko
Stephen Leonard Samelko
Brand • Campaign • Video • Music • Design

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Stephen Leonard Samelko

 

EXPERIENCE
Brand • Campaign • Strategy • Video • Music • Design

Multi-award winning producer, manager and director with hands-on experience guiding integrated brand campaigns and original stories through every discipline including: sales, brand and content strategy, creative development, end-to-end production, legal, FinOps and delivery. Production budgets ranging from $5,000 to $5,000,000.

Over $14,000,000 of branded content delivered to date for leading brands and partnerships including: Amazon, AWS, Amazon Music, Volvo, NFL, Tostitos, America’s Test Kitchen, Tostitos, MLB, UPMC, Ally Bank, Lean Cuisine, Zinus, Amazon Freevee, Disney, Hasbro and more.

Notable work has appeared in film, TV, Adweek, AdAge, ESPN, Huffington Post, TMZ, Buzzfeed, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Time Square. Collaborations include a variety of celebrities, artists, and musicians with an overlapping list of Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award winners.

WATCH: Brand video highlights reel HERE

AWARDS

Volvo | “Highway Robbery” • 2016 • Lead Integrated Producer

  • Three Cannes Lions including (1) Silver - Promo & Activation and (2) Bronze - Design and Media.

  • Three One Show awards including Design, Direct Marketing and Print/Outdoor.

  • One Clio Bronze for Innovation.

Amazon | “Amazon Beta Testing Program” • 2019 • Sr. Producer

  • Three 2019 OMMA (Online Media, Marketing & Advertising) Awards including best use of AI, Interactive Creative, and UX/ UI (TrueX Interactive Pre-roll).

Ally Bank | “Ally Lucky Penny” • 2017 • Lead Integrated Producer

  • One Reggie Award for National Consumer Campaign

  • One Shorty Silver Award for Best Contest/Promotion

  • One Digiday’s Best Agency/Client Collaboration

Volvo | “The Greatest Interception” • 2015 • Sr. Project Manager

  • Seven Cannes Lions including: 2015 Cannes Grand Prix Direct, Gold Lion Direct, Gold Lion PR, 2 Silver Lion Promos, Sliver Lion Cyber, Silver Lion PR

  • One One Show Gold for Consumer - Digital / Social Media & Viral Marketing.

  • D&AD Graphite Pencil / Integrated & Innovative Media / Earned Media - Large Business

  • One Shorty award for Best in Auto

Short Film | “The Great Paralysis” • 2020 • Writer/Director

  • Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival Ranan San's Award & Shannon Gee's Award Runner-Up.

Community | Windy City Times “30 Under 30” • 2011

  • Recognized for outstanding contributions to the Chicago LGBTQ music and sports communities.

 

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