Sam Molloy

In 2023 The Hundreds’ Creative Director, David Rivera, and Co-Founder, Bobby Hundreds, reached out after seeing Molloy’s work online. They wanted to create a limited run collaboration of unique home goods. These conversations eventually snowballed into helping redesign their LA location.See More

ComplexCon

ComplexCon reached out to see if Molloy would be interested in being invited to have a booth at ComplexCon as a rising designer and generously comping the entire cost of ($16,000) 10’x20’ booth. In order to build a team that could suffice a space of that size Sam contacted long-time colleague Justin Son of Esenes Worldwide to see if they could collaborate on the booth and new products. See More

Call Of Duty

A main focus client from 2020-2022 during my time at AdLiven. Call of Duty Mobile had a unique opportunity of cornering the FPS mobile market after drastic success with their AAA console game Warzone. Riding this momentum we were able to deliver a variety of tracking creatives that took the action title to #3 in the app store. See More

Pabst Blue Ribbon

In early 2023 Pabst Blue Ribbon approached Molloy looking for a full circle rollout. One furniture/installation based item, an event to showcase this installation, and collaborative products that can be sold as e-commerce. See More

Work History

Creative Director

CAOS MOTĒCaos Motē is a design studio that focuses on bringing new concepts to legacy brands. Design is approached through the lens of sustainability and eco-brutalism. Products and services range from interior design, home goods, fashion, and consulting. The studio has a strong collaborative approach with clients to bring new ideas and products.

Partner Relations Manager

AdLivenJan 2021 - Sep 2022 • 1 yr 9 mosFocused on bridging connections between client partnerships and creative by pitching concepts and seeing them through to execution. Managed dozens of projects simultaneously and tracked delivery across all creatives. Grew a team from myself to 6 people all working on high touch clients with hyper-specific needs to AAA gaming titles. Simultaneously worked on dozens of projects providing actionable feedback while pitching new ideas for 20+ clients. Strategy and approaches implemented based on data analysis and optimization. Tracked spending of client budgets and set targets for the company resulting in $2 million+ in revenue. Created marketing calendars highlighting milestones for successful rollouts.

Producer

AdLivenJun 2020 - Jan 2021 • 8 mosTook projects from concept to pitch to execution while utilizing our designer network and iterating along the way. Ensured partner health through check-ins and evaluation of top performers and data. Responsible for growing industry staples through fresh concepts and creative strategy.

Creative Director

iMediaBayOct 2017 - Dec 2019 • 2 yrs 3 mosSpearheaded an acquisition scaling the company core team from 3 people to 20+. Implemented teams on both US coasts, India, & Philippines. Drove sales through client management and innovation of new ad campaign development. Developed a global designer network of over 100+ contracted designers and story boarders. Then developing a hierarchy of designer skills to match with over 50 clients. Satisfied a diverse roster of clients such as Facebook, Indeed, Ebay.

Creative Success Manager

Boost MediaJan 2016 - Oct 2017 • 1 yr 10 mosBoost Media is a cloud-based, people-powered platform that helps advertisers and agencies create, refresh and manage compelling ad creative at scale. Worked with and helped manage the Creative Design Platform that leverages our marketplace of hundreds of designers to provide clients with fresh ads and battle existing ad fatigue. The process starts with intensive research of client and competitors. From here we create a pitch for our client tailored to their needs, vertical and budget. We source out these needs to our expert design network for and direct and creative aspects throughout the process. We pitch this back to the client and review for feedback. This network works fast and is internationally spread bringing the best of perspectives and skill sets for all creative initiatives.

Education

University of San Francisco

Bachelor's degree, Media Studies2013 - 2016

University of Colorado Boulder

Bachelor's Degree, Journalism with an emphasis on Advertising2011 - 2013

Bishop O' Dowd High School, Oakland CA

2007 - 2011

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