AWARDS

2025 Addy Award | Silver

2023 Cannes Lion | Bronze

2022 Cannes Lion | Gold

2022 Cannes Lion | Silver

2022 U.S. Grand Effie Winner

2022 U.S. Gold Effie Winner for Social

2022 U.S. Silver Effie Winner for Restaurants

92nd Shorty Awards Gold Distinction - Ilegal Mezcal︱”Love Thy Neighbor”

91st Shorty Awards Gold Distinction - Ilegal Mezcal︱”Donald Eres Un Pendejo”

Hola.

I’m Christopher — a culture-first Creative Director. I build worlds, not wallpaper.

I’ve got a suspicious amount of range (copywriter / editor / translator / strategist / musician / former non-profit wrangler) because the best ideas don’t stay in one lane — they cross borders, hijack channels, and start the right kind of trouble.

Chicago-born, Mexico City-sharpened. I build brand platforms that feel human in more than one language — English, Spanish, Spanglish — whatever tells the truth best.

I’m not here for work that blends in. I like ideas you feel first… then screenshot, debate, and drop in the group chat like evidence. Ideas that move culture instead of chasing it.

If it lives in culture, I want in.

Curriculum Vitae

Majority | Associate Creative Director
October 2022 - Present
2023 Adweek Small Agency of the Year
2024 Adweek Multicultural Agency of the Year 2025 AdAge Agency A-List

Wing | Associate Creative Director
January 2021 - October 2022

Grey | Senior Copywriter > Associate Creative Director
August 2019 - October 2022

Papaya Playa Project | Creative Director
August 2021 - Present (Consultation)

Sunday Sunday | Creative Director
July 2016 - April 2020

Ilegal Mezcal | Creative Director
January 2015 - Present (Consultation)

HMU.

cbaugh1@gmail.com
(847) 567-5807

 

The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.