Michael McCommon is a former creative director at Wieden+Kennedy, Portland. There he worked closely with current Mutt mates, Steve Luker and Scott Cromer. Mike served as creative director on Nike and Electronics Arts before leading and winning the pitch for the Heineken USA account. During his tenure, the agency was named Global Agency of the Year.

Prior to W+K, Mike worked at Goodby, Silverstein and Partners (also with Steve) where helped launch new campaigns for HP and Emerald Nuts. The resulting HP work was voted Campaign of the Year in 2005 by Adweek.

Before Goodby, Mike worked at Hal Riney and Partners in San Francisco, where he met and began working with Steve Luker on such clients as Discovery.com, HP, Sacramento Kings and Saturn. Mike and Steve’s work together at Riney garnered many awards, including Cannes Lions and Best in Show two years in a row at the San Francisco Show.

Years earlier, Mike began his career back at Wieden+Kennedy, Portland on Nike and ESPN. His efforts there earned Mike his first recognition in the advertising world as a Kelly Award finalist and a Tokyo Art Directors club award winner.

Mike McCommon is a graduate of Art Center College of Design.