First job in the advertising business:
Writing copy for the DieHard® battery and Craftsman® tool sections of the Sears catalog.
Chose this business because:
I love problem solving and creative communication. I don’t love predictability or boredom. No other profession gives me more of what I love and less of what I don’t.
Crossed paths with on business trips:
Jon Bon Jovi, David Spade, Chris Farley, Neil “First Man on the Moon” Armstrong, Aaron Neville, Rosie O’Donnell, Kiefer "Before the DUI" Sutherland, John Prine, Stockard Channing, Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Vanna White, Christopher “After Superman But Before the Accident” Reeve.
Best meal while traveling with clients:
Steak au poivre at some little bistro outside of Paris.
Worst meal while traveling with clients:
Roast puffin at a hotel restaurant in Greenland. (I just had to try it.)
Songs on iPod:
Somewhere north of 13,000.
Best professional moments:
SHS being the only agency to win two different Time magazine pro-bono ad competitions, SHS being named Creative Team of the Year by the Business Marketing Association, Seth Godin saying, “Sullivan Higdon & Sink has demonstrated that it is a Purple Cow catalyst, helping clients shake things up and think innovatively.”