PJ Pereira is Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder of Pereira & O’Dell with 20 years of experience in the technology and advertising industry. He has been featured Creativity’s annual “Creativity 50” featuring those who have made a significant mark on the creative consciousness of our industry. PJ was also named in Advertising Age’s “40 under 40” (2007) for his bold creative strategies. A seasoned entrepreneur, PJ has held executive roles both at start up agencies such as AgenciaClick, which PJ also founded, to established international agencies such as AKQA where he was ECD working on global accounts such as McDonald’s, Nike, Coca-Cola, Visa, Red Bull, Target and Microsoft. He has received more than 60 international awards during the last 10 years and has served as President of juries at Cannes Lions, London International and One Show Festivals.

Tennessee-born Andrew O’Dell, 40, is the CEO and Co-Founder of ad agency Pereira & O’Dell. He is a serial entrepreneur with over 15 years experience starting businesses in the Bay Area. His strong digital background has seen the dichotomy of booms and busts true to the ad world lending to his keen awareness of future business and consumer trends. His management team would agree that O’Dell cuts a very charismatic image for the agency. Andrew co-Founded digital advertising agency Lot21 in 1997, went on to become president of AKQA before co-Founding Pereira & O’Dell with PJ Pereira in April 2008.

Nancy Daum is an experienced Chief Operating Officer with over 20 years experience with rapidly growing companies in the social media, interactive gaming, ecommerce, retail, biotechnology, manufacturing and software industries. She has managed finance, administration, human resources and IT departments for various privately funded/venture backed companies whose activities including IPO’s, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, and financings including advising business school graduates through the Haas School of Business incubator for start-ups. Prior to that Nancy worked for several years in public accounting at Ernst and Young (Arthur Young) and Deloitte and Touche in San Francisco and New York and was one of the founding members of Entrepreneurial Services Group. Nancy is a CPA (inactive) and has BS in Accounting from Golden Gate University.

Nick started his career as an Account Executive at Saatchi & Saatchi in London working on Sony and British Army recruitment before switching to Account Planning with a move to TBWA London to work primarily on beer, finance and utilities for brands like Virgin and Holsten Pils.

Nick moved to the States in 2002 and worked at TBWA Chiat Day Los Angeles on Playstation, Shell aftermarket brands and the re-launch of the Pedigree brand globally.

Joshua Brandau is the Media Director at Pereira O'Dell in San Francisco working with clients such as University of Phoenix, LEGO and Muscle Milk. Brandau comes to Pereira & O'Dell from Fallon Worldwide were he served as Media Supervisor on Global Holiday Inn Express, Bravo and USA Networks. Prior to Fallon, he served as the first Communication Alchemist at Venables Bell & Partners on Audi, HBO and Barclays, among others. 

Jason is one of the first three hires of Pereira & O'Dell and has been with the agency since its inception. Currently he serves as Creative Director developing cross-disciplinary campaigns for University of Phoenix, Intel, LEGO, Ubisoft, and Corona. Most notably, Jason’s work for LEGO alone (“Go Miniman Go”, LEGO CL!CK”) has brought five pencils to the agency. Prior to joining Pereira & O'Dell, Jason worked at AKQA in San Francisco where he led art direction on premium brands including Xbox, Sprite, Visa, Microsoft and Red Bull. During his tenure at AKQA, Jason was a lead art director on the breakthrough Dark Marketing campaign for McDonalds, "The Lost Ring” as well as the staredown spoof, “Unflinching Triumph”, a full length film distributed online only for Red Bull.

With over 11 years in the industry, Jaime Robinson has written everything from matchbook copy to multi-million dollar, effects-driven television spots. Her focus for the past few years has been on digital, and she has truly enjoyed making immersive and engaging interactive experiences to let consumers explore the brands she works on. Online highlights include deep website development for adidas basketball, St. Ives Skincare and TresSemme, content creation for 2KSports and adidas soccer, and viral pushes for Levi’s, Ray-Ban and Yes To Carrots. Her favorite thing about digital is the ability to have a 2-way conversation with people, one in which the consumer gets to choose his or her own (online) adventure.

Jonathan joined Pereira & O’Dell as Interactive Creative Director in October 2010, after spending the previous 3 years as SVP/Director of User Experience for MRM San Francisco. Over his 13-year career he’s been a tireless advocate for the integration of experience design into the planning and creative process. During stints at Razorfish and Publicis Modem he led or contributed to the interaction design and content strategy efforts for Mattel, Red Bull USA, Visa, Samsung My Guide, Blue Shield of California, and the Adidas e-commerce site. In 2007, Jonathan joined McCann/MRM and established the west coast user experience practice, and his clients included HP, Intel, Microsoft, and Tom’s Shoes. Jonathan has found a happy home at Pereira & O’Dell, where the line between UX and creative doesn't exist. He partners with Shu Lai on digital work for Corona, Google Orkut, HBO, and University of Phoenix.

Robert Lambrechts, Creative Director at Pereira & O'Dell, is an award-winning writer who has worked on both the account and creative side of the advertising industry. Prior to joining Pereira & O’Dell, Robert was a lead writer at AKQA where he and his team produced for RedBull the film “Unflinching Triumph: The Philip Rockhammer Story.” Highly praised by media and industry insiders, this campaign was named One of the Top Ten Things on the Web 2007 by the Wall Street Journal and was named the 2007 Sports Illustrated "Most Amusing Sports Parody".

While at BBH NY, Robert developed the legendary Mentos Intern Campaign which won numerous industry accolades and a 2007 Webby award. In addition to these campaigns, Rob has worked on premiere brands including Microsoft, Sprite, Xbox, Visa, Miller Lite, and AXE.

Shu Lai has spent the better part of this century working on digital experiences that range from boutique to behemoth. He has experience in all aspects of the digital world including social networking, CMS systems, SEO, information design, information architecture, advanced web typography and most every other web related acronym that exists. He ran his own design studio, ShuDesign, through 2009 and has art directed at numerous design agencies, from McCann Erickson and Publicis Modem to Eleven and Firewood. He has worked on countless websites, for clients such as Blue Shield, Verizon, HP, University of Phoenix and Microsoft.

 Currently the vice president of the Society of Typographic Aficionados, he brings together typographers and designers, promulgating the importance of web typography in the world of web media, advertising and design. As Interactive Creative Director at Pereira & O'Dell, he puts his proficiency in digital design to use, creating next practices in digital design.

Robyn Freye brings to Pereira & O'Dell more than 10 years of experience creating strategic marketing campaigns and solutions. She has developed 360° marketing plans and partnerships with clients in hospitality, consumer electronics, entertainment, CPG, financial and retail markets. Prior to joining us, Robyn held senior management positions at Geary Interactive. She has also held positions with the Network of City Business Journals and San Diego Magazine.  

Robyn is an active committee member of the American Marketing Association (AMA), the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and a member of the board of directors for Advertising Funds for Emergencies. She was recently named one of San Diego Magazine’s “Women of the Year”. She embodies the proactive drive and spirit that will grow Pereira & O’Dell’s client roster while expanding our services to current clients.

Jeff, a former Executive Producer for Foote, Cone & Belding, has also produced commercials for a wide variety of agencies including Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, BBDO, Young & Rubicam and Triple Double. Some of the many brands he has worked with are Volkswagen, Toyota, Sprint, ESPN, NFL Network, University of Phoenix, Muscle Milk, Ubisoft, AOL and DIRECTV.

Colin Spooner is an advertising and marketing professional with 15+ years experience in strategic marketing, business development, advertising, product development and project management. A former professional athlete, Colin brings his determination, talent and skill to our sports marketing consultancy, podSport.

Colin has spearheaded and directly supported business development and advertising programs for clients including Verizon, Mitsubishi, LA Lakers, Sacramento Rivercats, Mazda, Tivo, PeopleSoft and Hyatt.

Prior to joining Pereira O’Dell LLC., Colin launched and ran San Diego-based advertising company Scout Creative (subsequently acquired by Pereira O’Dell LLC).

http://www.podsport.com

With more than 16 years of experience leading client-agency relations, Gary has directed some of the world’s most admired brands on global campaigns. Prior to Pereira & O’Dell Gary served as group account director at AKQA where he and his team spear­headed a groundbreaking, award-winning international Olympics sponsorship on behalf of McDon­ald’s, Coke, Sprite and GAP. Before that, Gary held key positions at Publicis & Hal Riney, The Martin Agency, Lot21 and J. Walter Thompson, where he launched numerous national and regional advertising campaigns.