Larry Gies

Chief Strategy Officer at Energy BBDO

Larry Gies currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Energy BBDO, a position held since January 2009, where Gies collaborates with the leadership team to focus on agency growth, creative excellence, and client relationships, while establishing a vision for the agency's strategic discipline. Prior to this, Gies was the Group Planning Director at Energy BBDO, leading strategy for the Mars-Wrigley gum brand portfolio. Gies has extensive experience in brand planning through roles at Y&R Chicago, TBWA\Chiat\Day, Wieden + Kennedy, J. Walter Thompson, and Euro RSCG Tatham Partners, contributing to significant brand strategies for clients such as SAB Miller, Absolut Vodka, and Nike. Gies graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan in April 1992.

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Energy BBDO

Energy BBDO is a global creative agency known for energizing people and brands. The “Energy” in Energy BBDO starts with its energized people, who are driven by “what’s possible” thinking and a “we, not me” mindset. Our energized people are committed to delivering “The Work. The Work. The Work.” The BBDO mantra, reflecting our unwavering belief that in the absence of great work, nothing else matters. As part of the world’s most awarded and effective advertising network, BBDO Worldwide, Energy BBDO has been growing brands and businesses through its energized creativity since 1932.