Full Name
Jeff Benjamin
Job Title
Global Chief Creative Officer
Company
Tombras
Speaker Bio
Jeff Benjamin is global chief creative officer at Tombras, an independent, full-service advertising agency based in Knoxville, TN.
Jeff has been recognized as one of the most creative people in the advertising industry. He brings nearly two decades of experience in disruptive creative leadership to Tombras, joining as the agency’s first-ever chief creative officer in 2019 with a mission to challenge the way people and brands think about how data and creativity can work together.
With Jeff at the helm, Tombras has delivered standout work for brands like BARK, Sweethearts, Google and PODS, Frito-Lay SunChips, and Steak-umm, among others. Tombras was ranked as the #11 independent agency globally at the 2024 Cannes Lions.
He’s held various senior posts at J. Walter Thompson, Crispin Porter Bogusky, and Goodby Silverstein & Partners, overseeing multifaceted campaigns across a range of accounts. The work he did while leading CPB became the foundation that the digital era of advertising was built on—ever heard of the Domino’s Tracker® and Burger King’s Subservient Chicken or Whopper Sacrifice? All Jeff. And some of his more recent brilliant ideas include 3D-printing a bar for Bulleit Bourbon and convincing Clash of Clans to take the Builder out of the game and into the real world, which won a Grand Clio and Grand Effie.
Jeff has been recognized as one of the most creative people in the advertising industry. He brings nearly two decades of experience in disruptive creative leadership to Tombras, joining as the agency’s first-ever chief creative officer in 2019 with a mission to challenge the way people and brands think about how data and creativity can work together.
With Jeff at the helm, Tombras has delivered standout work for brands like BARK, Sweethearts, Google and PODS, Frito-Lay SunChips, and Steak-umm, among others. Tombras was ranked as the #11 independent agency globally at the 2024 Cannes Lions.
He’s held various senior posts at J. Walter Thompson, Crispin Porter Bogusky, and Goodby Silverstein & Partners, overseeing multifaceted campaigns across a range of accounts. The work he did while leading CPB became the foundation that the digital era of advertising was built on—ever heard of the Domino’s Tracker® and Burger King’s Subservient Chicken or Whopper Sacrifice? All Jeff. And some of his more recent brilliant ideas include 3D-printing a bar for Bulleit Bourbon and convincing Clash of Clans to take the Builder out of the game and into the real world, which won a Grand Clio and Grand Effie.
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