SS+K Beefs Up Creative Team with Six Key New Hires

Award Winning SS+K agency has brought on a slew of new creative hires; creative director, Lucas Crigler; associate creative directors, Cooper Evoy, Rick Morrison, Benita Antony Noble and Monica Apodaca; and art Director, Grace Ren.

Lucas Crigler comes to SS+K from McCann New York where he worked on Mastercard, Verizon, New York Lottery, SAS, Lockheed Martin, and TGI Fridays. Prior to that he was at RPA, and NAIL as an Art Director. Crigler holds a seat on the Ad Age Diversity and Inclusion advisory board and has been made a juror for the Andy’s and D&AD Awards.  Cooper Evoy joins as Associate Creative Director from Ogilvy New York, prior to that he was at DDB and Cossette where he was there for three years.  Rick Morrison, Associate Creative Director was previously at Camp + King where he was ACD working on Papa John’s, Re/Max, and Amazon Prime. Prior to that he was at McKinney for four years.  Monica Apodaca, joined as Associate Creative Director, she comes to SS+K from seven years as ACD at Ogilvy working on American Express, IKEA and Nestle. Benita Antony Noble joins the team as Associate Creative Director from 22squared. Before that she worked at Terri & Sandy, developing campaigns for clients like Applegate, Avon, Gerber, Twinings of London and BJ’s Wholesale Club.  Grace Ren has joined as an Art Director. Grace comes to SS+K from stints at Johannes Leonardo and Arc Worldwide.

“Lucas, Monica, Rick, Benita, Cooper and Grace are each immensely talented and their conceptual strength and craft is very evident in their work. Our clients come to us for change-making ideas across a wide range of social issues and brand categories. And as versatile thinkers who can uncover surprising solutions and execute across any channel—they have made an immediate impact.

They’ve already launched the Icelandverse for Visit Iceland, created a history-making Year One video for President Biden, and have contributed to new business wins.” said Stevie Archer, Executive Creative Director, SS+K.

“We look for creatives who want to do something different and who will constantly push us. And this team’s constructive and insightful approach to our current client’s biggest challenges, and to our growing roster of new business, has positioned SS+K to win,” said Archer.  

Adding these new hires are evidence of the agency’s significant organic growth, as well as an influx of new business wins.