BIO:

Aaron Gresham is a marketing executive with over 24 years of experience building, advising and leading the world’s most well-loved artists and brands. He is one of the most awarded creative directors in the South, including winning AAF Creative Director of the Year 3 times, as well as 2 Grammy Nominations, and over 140 ADDY Awards. He has helped build 2 agencies in Birmingham to over 4X growth in revenue and helped lead BIG Communications to win AdAge Small Agency of the Year. He believes honorable business practices, servant-leader principles, and outstanding work are the key to business growth. 

As a multi-disciplinary creative, with a strong background in branding, visual design systems and positioning, Aaron has used his wealth of professional experience in digital marketing, consumer behavior, and organizational design to create work that challenges convention and embraces the new. 

In the design world, Aaron has created multi-platform art including albums, posters, merch, and videos for bands like:  Lady Gaga, Vampire Weekend, St Paul and The Broken Bones, Eric Clapton, Mavis Staples, Dr. John, and Lonnie Holley.

In the advertising world, he has created brands and campaigns for many Fortune 500 companies including: Apple, Google, Mercedes Benz, Verizon and Valvoline. On a state and local level, he has developed brands and campaigns for Alabama Power, We Teach Alabama, Alabama Gulf Seafood, Made in Alabama, EdFarm, IN Birmingham, and the BHM brand.

Aaron was born in Columbia, MO and grew up in Auburn, Alabama where his dad was a best-selling author and english professor at Auburn University and his mother was a creative director and fine artist. He graduated with honors from Auburn University and landed in Birmingham working with the leading agencies in the city including The Intermark Group, o2ideas, and BIG Communications where he would win the Auburn University CADC Outstanding Service Award. Currently, Aaron is an active mentor and speaker, leading workshops across the country.


Contact Aaron

Aaron Gresham
Design Director /
Brand Strategist

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Select Clients:

Apple
Firestone
Google
Home Depot
Honda
Jacksonville State University
Mercedes Benz
Protective Insurance
Southern Company
University of Alabama Birmingham
University of Montevallo
Valvoline
Verizon

Music Industry:
Columbia Records
Dr. John
Eric Clapton
Interscope Records
Lady Gaga
Lonnie Holley
Mavis Staples
Owl City
Shovels & Rope
Single Lock Records
Sony Records
Standard Deluxe
St. Paul & The Broken Bones
The Struts
Vampire Weekend


* Photo by Ali Clark