me in 5 minutes or less
Three words that best describe me:
leader, learner, follower, hard-working,
professional, reliable, craftsman,
courteous, passionate, adaptable, considerate,
adventurous, pro-active, effective, diligent,
intuitive, resourceful, witty, and punctual
I know, that’s more than 3.
Did my first ad at age 8
Was 1 of 1000 winners in the Kellogg’s Stick Up for Breakfast Contest.
Won an Atari 2600.
Helped my dad build a helicopter.
(Scorpion 133)
Flew it.
Crashed it.
Survived it.
Founded and built the agency that built EA Sports.
From 110k in revenue
To over 2 billion in revenue.
Creating one of the top 5 sports brands of all time.
Opened and managed our first international office
that serviced EA Sports in Western Europe.
The US Chamber of Commerce selected the launch and
sustain as one of eight small businesses that succeeded in Europe.
The case study was included in “Bridging The Atlantic:
How Eight Small Businesses succeeded in Europe.”
Original Content?
Wrote and directed “Voicemail.”
Inspired from 10 years of saving my voicemails.
ABC thought it was cool.
Was their first ever online original.
Jimmy Kimmel thought it was cool too.
Invited me to talk about it on his show.
Worked on just about every product category.
Advil
Alamo Rental Cars
ATT
BMW
Body Armor
Budlight
Capital One
Celestial Seasonings
Coors Brewing Company
Crown Royal
Dell Computers
Dryers Ice Cream
EA Sports
EA Games
E*Trade
Ford
Garmin
Ghirardelli
Hersheys
Herr’s Kettle Chips
Holiday Inn
JC Penny
Kaplan University
KFC
Labatts
Lifelock
Oberto
Mazda
Metlife
Mitsubishi
McDonalds
Miller Lite
Mentos
Nespresso
Nike
Norton
NRG
Optus
Petco
Pringles
Quaker Oats
Radio Shack
Reebok
Reliant Energy
Round Table Pizza
SanDisk
State Farm
Sonoma International Film Festival
TaylorMade
Teva
Turner Classic Movies
United Health Group
Wrigley Gum
and then some
Value Added Skills:
Brand Films, Directing, Editing, UX Design, After Effects, & Shooting Dice
Awards:
Won the awards that matter.
My most prized?
The Marget Larsen Award.
What’s that?
Art Director of the Year in San Francisco.
Named after one of the most prolific art directors ever - Marget Larsen.
I also won prizes you're not supposed to win.
(Specifically, a stuffed Sponge Bob doll at the fair.)
Agencies where I was on staff or freelanced.
Chiat/Day SF, Goldberg Moser O’Neill, Odiorne Wilde & Partners,
Hal Riney & Partners, Goodby Silverstein, Chiat Day LA, Grey NY, Grey SF,
DDB Chicago, Saatchi LA, Mullen, Vitro and Argonaut to name a few
Nice people saying nice things about me.
There are few people as adept at beautiful storytelling as Michael.
Sophisticated, and elegantly simple.
Art direction that leaves all that’s unnecessary out is a rare skill,
and yet it’s the hallmark of his work. Michael is a classic, smart creative
director whose work is always on the mark.
-John Vitro
Fast, prolific and attacks the work from a very different perspective.
Never what I expect, which is exactly what I expect from Wilde.
-Tor Myren
Michael is an exceptional art director.
He consistently produced innovative and impactful work which
contributed mightily to our overall agency creative reputation.
A terrific creative talent. Nice too.
-Fred Goldberg
Motorcycles Owned:
Honda SL 70
Yahama Enduro 125
Husqvarna 360
(2 broken bones & 27 stitches)
Lastly
Almost drowned in Mexico.
Never been kidnapped.
Was taken down by three Santa Monica Police officers who mistaked
my Samurai sword umbrella for a real Samurai sword.
Let’s connect.
415.509.7855
wildemichael@mac.com