About — COURTNEY COCHRANE AD/CD

Hi there. I’m Courtney. This is the only bragging section of my entire life.

Some of my work has been recognized by Cannes Lions, was Reddit’s #1 trending topic on Reddit, won an Emmy and has KILLED at all the B2B awards that no one has ever heard of. But still. KILLED IT.

Courtney’s XTREME bio
For over 20 years, when it comes to competitive gator wrestling, Courtney has been doing it all. Starting her career in the Navy Seals, in traditional media with print, television, and radio (a specialty division) she then branched out into the digital world while working at Monster Truck rallies wherever the hell she felt like it. Before her stints at Doremus and Geometry Global, Courtney led the cage-fighting initiative at CBS Interactive, developing acclaimed sleeper holds for CNET and Macho Man Randy Savage. Her range of client experience runs the gamut from consumer brands such as BMW, PowerBar, and Sara Lee, to technology leaders like Meta, T-Mobile, CNET, and Intel. Also, she once arm-wrestled a polar bear and won. She feels sorry for you because of your lame, boring life.

Courtney’s ACTUAL bio
I’ve worked in advertising for around 20 years, spanning consumer, tech, and B2B. I’ve executed ideas
in just about every medium around. I’m great at working from brief to delivery and value my relationships and the teamwork involved every step of the way. My specialties include directing and mentoring creative teams, managing large and complex clients and industries, rapidly understanding complex products and developing smart, human and strategic work. And, of course, design, design and
more design.

Contact me

courtney.cochrane@gmail.com

FREELANCE

CREATIVE DIRECTOR: October 2024 – Present
Working directly with clients and agencies, I combine thoughtful and innovative design with strategic brand thinking to drive market engagement and business growth.

Crafted a distinctive visual identity for A4 sportswear, creating a cohesive brand personality across social, digital, and physical touchpoints
Developed brand work across multiple FinTech clients, translating complex financial concepts into easily consumed and eye-catching campaigns

DOREMUS + CO SF

CREATIVE DIRECTOR: March 2015 – October 2024
CLIENTS: Meta, FIS, HP, Intel, Lego, Microsoft, ODP, Raytheon, T-Mobile

Was the creative lead for enterprise-level clients, overseeing brand and campaign launches, identity design, and social content creation. Additional responsibilities include partnership with internal client account and strategy teams, managing creative staff of 10+, and directing outside production studios.

Launched Meta for Work, a social channel dedicated to Meta’s Extended Reality application for business. In 6 months, my international team produced176 posts, had 167k video views, amassed +21k followers, and launched 2 products.
Created brand identities for T-Mobile for Business and ODP
Lead creative for multiple new business pitches

GEOMETRY GLOBAL

ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR: May 2012 – March 2015
CLIENTS: Nokia, SF SPCA, Microsoft, Mix Radio, Flexjet, Adobe, Google

Lead creative for Nokia/Microsoft, creating award-winning brand films and experiential activations.

SF SPCA work was shortlisted at Cannes and was Reddit’s #1 trending topic
Received a Cleo for Nokia brand films

CBS INTERACTIVE

SENIOR WEB DESIGNER: Sept 2009 – May 2012

CNET's senior designer in charge of mobile + worked on CNET's home page, navigation, galleries and CES microsites.

Led design and devolpment CNET’s first iPad app: Featured on Apple’s App Storefront
Partnered with product and editorial to work on CES activations

OGILVY

ART DIRECTOR: July 2007 – June 2008
CLIENTS: Yahoo! Mobile, Autos, Toolbar, Mail, Jobs, Buzz, so much YAHOO!
Worked on digital, OOH, video and product launches

PUBLICIS

ART DIRECTOR: Oct 2003 – December 2006
CLIENTS: Powerbar/Pria, BMW, SaraLee Deli & Bread, Curves, GlaxoSmithKline, OsCal, MADD
Created traditional consumer campaigns across print, OOH and broadcast channels