I-Comm Week - Speaker Bio

Patrick Knoll
Creative Director, Vice President
DDB, Chicago

Patrick is currently a Creative Director, Vice President at DDB, Chicago. He, along with Barry Burdiak and John Hayes, created Budweiser’s “Spot” commercial, which won the Online Cocky Award from the University of South Carolina.

This is Patrick’s second Cocky Award. He and Steve Bougdanos, created last year’s winning commercial, Bud Light’s “Secret Fridge”.

Knoll and Bougdanos also created Budweiser’s “King Crab,” which placed first in the 2007 USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter.

College 
Winona State University
B.A. Mass Communications

Years in Business
21

Other Agencies
BBDO – New York, Campbell
Mithun - Minneapolis, Rice &
Rice - Minneapolis, McKinney &
Silver – Raleigh, Bozell - Chicago          

Other Accounts
McDonald’s

Awards                    
2006 and 2005 Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Commercial. Multiple Cannes Lions Winner. USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter, First and Second Place, two years in a row, seven top-ten commercials in total. One Show. Clios. Various bowling trophies.

Patrick Knoll