Andrew Kong joins Arts & Letters Creative Co.
He will make the move from The Martin Agency where he was an Associative Creative Director.
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It was announced today that Arts & Letters Creative Co. have hired Andrew Kong as Creative Director on the ESPN account, working alongside fellow Creative Directors Molly Jamison and NJ Placentra.
In this new leadership position, Kong will work across several properties within ESPN, including NFL on ESPN and There’s No Place Like Sports. He will report to Arts & Letters Founder and ECD, Charles Hodges.
“Andrew is an amazing writer and natural leader who has an uncanny ability to help both teams and work get to the next level,” said Hodges. “His raw creative talent is matched only by his kindness and ability to create a supportive environment for people and ideas to thrive in a way that leaves everyone continuously inspired. We are thrilled to have him join the creative leaders here at Arts & Letters, and are excited to see what he does to push our work, our team and our growing relationship with ESPN further.”
Kong joins Arts & Letters from The Martin Agency, where he was an Associate Creative Director working on the agency’s famed GEICO account and Donate Life. He spent the bulk of his career on the west coast in Deutsch LA, where he started as a copywriter in 2015 and eventually rose to become Associate Creative Director, working across several notable agency accounts including Dr Pepper, BEHR, Snapple, and Taco Bell. He kicked off his creative career at goodness Mfg in Hollywood, working on brands like Carvana and Toshiba, among others.
His work has been recognised be Cannes, D&AD, Effies, The One Show, Radio Mercury Awards, Spikes Asia, and various agency fantasy football leagues.
Kong is a graduate of the University of Kansas and of the VCU Brandcenter, where he received his M.S. in Copywriting.
“I couldn’t be more excited to join Arts & Letters and work with the amazing clients at ESPN, Molly and NJ, and the rest of the A&L family,” said Kong. “It’s rare to find a place with the capabilities of a large shop and the community of a small one. I can’t wait to see the work we produce together.”
