Jess Wheeler

About

Jess is a globally-awarded Creative Director and Copywriter, whose work has been recognised by organisations such as D&AD, One Show, London International, New York Festivals, Effies, Epica, Webbys, AWARD, Sirens, Adfest, AdStars and the Under 13s Coach's Award at the St. Kilda Hockey Club. While shiny paperweights are nice, his thinking has consistently found a way to tap into cultural veins that transcend the worlds of advertising and marketing. His work has been used by 50 Cent to reignite his infamous beef with Ja Rule, appeared in a Netflix documentary, sparked an interview with Rolling Stone, been plastered onto placards at political rallies across the USA, been sold as NFTs and even acquired by the Melbourne Museum and State Library of Victoria for their permanent collections. And with recognition and appearances in media platforms such as The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Mashable, Complex, Billboard, XXL, Pedestrian, Junkee, The Herald Sun, The Age and ABC's The Gruen. Jess has also held the position of State Head of AWARD School, Australia’s premier course for aspiring creatives, lectured at Copy School, mentored RMIT students on their capstone projects, contributed to Russell Howcroft & Alex Wadelton's 'The Right Brain Workout', and pens popular creativity newsletter 'Death to Shit Ads'. (Although many of his school teachers would probably fall off their chair hearing any of this.) Prior to joining SICKDOGWOLFMAN, Jess spent two years as a creative consultant working with some of Australia's biggest (and smallest and mediumest) brands and agencies, following 4 years as creative partner at Melbourne independent, Fenton Stephens, a period that saw the agency close to double in size and find a place in Campaign Brief's Top 10 Australian Agencies in 2020. He also finds writing in third person incredibly strange, but it seems to be what everyone does on here.