Joyce King Thomas
EVP, Chief Creative Officer
McCann Erickson, New York

Joyce King Thomas was named  Chief  Creative Officer of McCann Erickson New York  in 2004.

She is best known as the writer behind MasterCard’s priceless campaign which runs in 100 countries and has become a  pop culture icon, borrowed by everyone from Letterman, Leno and Bart Simpson to a Brazilian presidential candidate. The team behind the campaign was recently featured in a Fortune
Magazine special edition on ten teams that changed the world. (The team that invented the light bulb was also included. Seriously.)

King Thomas, a graduate of the University of Missouri Journalism School, began her career writing help wanted ads in St. Louis, Missouri. Today she runs a department of nearly 200 people who work for Verizon Wireless, Staples, Wendy’s,  Nikon, Intel, Major League Baseball and the United States
Army.

She (and the talented people who work with her) have won awards from Cannes, the One Club, the Art Directors Club, Graphis and CA, among others.

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  • Behold 22 of the women who have beat the odds and made their way to the tops of creative departments from Fallon to BBDO. They stand poised to take questions from any woman who is facing an obstacle or drawing a blank on any subject as she makes her way in this business. They've been there.

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  • SHELLEY AMBROSE
    Principal, Creative Director
    The Hotbed
  • HEATHER CHAMBERS
    Creative Director
    Leo Burnett Canada
  • MARTA CUTLER
    VP, Group Creative Director
    Cossette Communications Canada
  • CHRIS DACYSHYN
    Senior Copywriter
    Ogilvy Toronto
  • KARA GOODRICH
    Creative Director
    BBDO New York
  • SALLY HOGSHEAD
    Author
    SWAT Creative Director
  • KAREN HOWE
    VP, Creative Director
    Due North Communications
  • JUDY JOHN
    Managing Partner, Chief Creative Officer
    Leo Burnett Canada
  • JANET KESTIN
    Co-Chief Creative Officer
    Ogilvy Toronto
  • JOYCE KING THOMAS
    Chief Creative Officer
    McCann Erickson New York
  • EVELYN MONROE NEILL
    Freelance CW
    Co-Founder, Sanibel Sea School
    Former CD: Weiden, Deutsch & Doremus
  • JANE MURRAY
    Associate Creative Director
    Ogilvy & Mather, Toronto
  • HELEN PAK
    Associate Creative Director
    Ogilvy Toronto
  • LARA PALMER
    Art Director
    TBWA/Chiat/Day Los Angeles
  • SUZANNE POPE
    Creative Director
    Healthwise Creative Resource Group
  • DEBORAH PRENGER
    Senior Art Director
    Dentsu Canada
  • NANCY RICE
    Coordinator, Adv. Prog. & Design Dept.
    Minneapolis College of Art & Design
  • MARCEE RUBY
    President, Creative Director
    Sideshow Creative Inc.
  • ROSE SAUQUILLO
    Associate Creative Director
    Taxi Toronto
  • ELLEN STEINBERG
    Group Creative Director
    McKinney
  • NANCY VONK
    Co-Chief Creative Officer
    Ogilvy Toronto
  • CHRISTINA YU
    VP, Creative Director
    Lowe Roche

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