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Medical equipment beeping, people talking, a woman in pain. A sharp beam of light pierces the darkness. At that very moment, Alec Kaden opened his eyes for the first time...

 

Just kidding, here’s the abridged version:

 

Chicago-born, Texas-bred (deep dish to go with that barbecue) I grew up shooting commercials for items I found lying around the house with an old-school cassette camcorder. Guess I was destined to be an adman. 

 

Fast forward that camcorder a few years, and I’m off to the snowy tundra of Ithaca, NY. College food was mediocre, but the people were top-notch. After countless coffee breaks and way too many late nights in the library, I graduated cum laude from the Roy H. Park School of Communications.

 

Fed up with Antarctic winters, I shipped off to LA in search of sunlight and an illustrious career in the film industry. A few agents told me I had “real moxie, kid” and slipped me business cards, but my screenplays never went anywhere. Eventually, I reunited with my life-long passion for ads when I picked up “On Advertising” by David Ogilvy. 

 

I landed my first advertising gig at a startup writing website copy before cutting my teeth at a few of San Antonio’s top shops.

 

A few years later, I made my maiden voyage up I-35 and moved to Austin for a job at a major agency. I’ve been at Wunderman Thompson for more than two years where I write for our Dell, Dell for Business, and Alienware accounts. I also support new business pitches and global creative briefs while occasionally lending a hand on our Direct Energy business.

Resume on request

 

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