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Creative Director · GSD&M · Austin TX

Dale
Austin

Making work that wins Cannes, moves culture, and occasionally delivers pizza through the sewers of New York.

The Work

09 projects
Comm Arts / Clio / One Show
Capital One

March Madness

A 40-foot Charles Barkley air ship. James Naismith travels through time. Caitlin Clark sinks 3's with a pretzel. Yup, it's Madness.

▶ Open Project
[ + EXPAND ]
Capital One

March
Madness

Some say we've jumped the shark. I think we're just getting started. Charles Barkley, Sam Jackson, Magic Johnson and on occasion Jennifer Garner take the ultimate road trip to the final four where literally anything is possible. For a campaign that's been running for 10+ years, you've got to go big or go home.

Awards Communication Arts · Clio Sports · One Show
Also · Raining 3's
Also · Sorry Sam Jackson
Also · Chuck Blimp
Also · Chuck Blimp Returns
Also · The First Game
Southwest Airlines

Boarding Royale

Southwest Airlines got rid of the one thing that made them a distinct airline. So we dogged on them and it made people love the airline even more.

▶ Open Project
[ + EXPAND ]
Southwest Airlines

Boarding
Royal

Turns out according to "research" people actually hated open seating. We've all been there, forgot to check in and ended up C28. Panic setting in, as you realize the dreaded center seat was the only option left. It was enough to make you feel like The Hunger Games. Hold up. That's the idea.

Capital One

The Travolta Claus
Chronicles

John Travolta as Santa Claus? There's only one rational thing you can do. Revisit all of his hit movies and turn them into bank commercials. Yes, Face Off will happen.

▶ Open Project
[ + EXPAND ]
Capital One

The Travolta
Claus
Chronicles

Charming, fun, and filled with holiday magic, these spots which pay homage to Grease and Saturday Night Fever are some of my Dad's favorite commercials ever. Does Santa really have a Quicksilver card? Sure why not? Did this win The Drum's best Christmas ad ever? No but it got really really close. Like #5.

Also · Holiday Night Fever
Cannes / One Show
Pizza Hut × Paramount

Sewer Delivery

"6-Year-old Dale. I've traveled from the future to tell you'll make a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Hut commercial, and it will be the coolest thing you ever do in your life."

▶ Open Project
[ + EXPAND ]
Pizza Hut × Paramount

Sewer
Delivery

To launch Seth Rogen's new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated film, we asked the only question that really mattered: what if Pizza Hut actually delivered to the sewers of New York City? From there, things got appropriately ridiculous. We made a spot featuring Pizza Hut delivered straight to the Turtles' secret lair, turned the New York City subway system into a stunt, and built an alternate reality game where people could scan real manholes, find the Turtles, and deliver pizza to them like this was somehow a totally normal thing to do.

Awards Clio Entertainment · Webbys · One Show · ADC · Communication Arts · FWA
Also
Pizza Hut × Bandai Namco

Pac-Man Box

We turned a pizza box into an arcade machine. Nostalgia trip like it's 1985.

▶ Open Project
[ + EXPAND ]
Cannes / One Show / Clios / Comm Arts / Webbys / FWA
Pizza Hut × Bandai Namco

Pac-Man
Box

You can't play arcade games at Pizza Hut anymore, so we brought the arcade to the pizza box. With Bandai Namco and Tool of North America, we created Hut ARcade: a WebAR Pac-Man game you could play right on the box through your phone browser. No app. No downloads. No grimy arcade quarters.

Pizza Hut

Newstalgia

The rebrand that made Pizza Hut feel like a cultural icon again. New look, original soul, Book It.

▶ Open Project
[ + EXPAND ]
Pizza Hut

News-
talgia

Remember Friday nights at the red roof? A couple quarters into PAC-MAN, a couple slices of pepperoni into your face, and enough Pepsi in those red cups to ruin your sleep schedule. That era may be gone, but that didn't mean the Pizza Hut magic had to be. So we set out to bring the Hut home and reboot everything people loved about it for a new generation.

Also
Also
Cannes Film / Cannes Glass / Webbys / ADC
Harry's × The Representation Project

A Man Like You

Combat toxic masculinity with a short film straight out of Spielberg's playbook. A film about a boy and an alien.

▶ Open Project
[ + EXPAND ]
Harry's

A Man
Like You

What role does a men's brand have in the era of #MeToo? To launch its brand as a leading voice of progressive masculinity, we created a new short film for Harry's to amplify the ongoing cultural conversation around what it means to be a man today. Created in partnership with The Representation Project, "A Man Like You" tells the story of an alien who discovers how to be a man with the help of a young boy.

Awards Cannes Film · Cannes Glass · Webbys · ADC
Cannes / One Show / Clios
Project Amplify

Hear My Voice

A children's book that gives a voice to kids detained at the Southern Border of the United States.

▶ Open Project
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Project Amplify

Hear My
Voice

In 2019, the United States detained more than 300,000 children. Stories collected by human rights advocates revealed shocking and deplorable conditions at the border. Despite the fact that hundreds of sworn declarations from children had been filed in federal court, their voices were largely unheard. Our idea was to turn these black-and-white legal declarations into a vibrant children's book.

Awards Cannes · One Show · Andy's · Clios · ADC · Communication Arts
Capital One

SNL

Hello. I'm Margaret Jo McCullen. And I'm Teri Rialto. And you're listening to The Delicious Dish on National Public Radio.

▶ Open Project
[ + EXPAND ]
Capital One

Capital
One
SNL

For Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary, Capital One partnered with Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon to bring back the ladies of Delicious Dish for a special episode inside the Capital One café.

Idea Guy.
Pixel Pusher.
Pizza Maker.

I'm a Creative Director/Art Director at GSD&M, which is a nice way of saying I spend a lot of time trying to make brands feel like something a real person might actually care about. I like bold ideas, simple setups, strong visuals, and humor that doesn't feel like it was approved by nineteen lawyers.

What keeps me in it is making ideas that get people a little stoked. The kind that make you laugh, feel something, or actually remember the brand afterward. At the end of the day, I'm here to make work people enjoy spending time with. If it happens to sell something too, even better.

Influences beyond the brief
Video Games Comics Cycling Surfing Skateboarding Animation Film Pizza Espresso Donuts
Recognition
Cannes Lions Multiple
Communication Arts Advertising
One Show Pencil
World Record Largest Pizza · Pizza Hut