Chris Hirsch is an internationally-awarded Creative Leader with 18 years of experience in the advertising and brand-building industry. His work has been recognized for its creativity and effectiveness at every major awards show, including The One Show, Cannes Lions, D&AD, Clios, Effies, ADC, Communication Arts, and Webby Awards. He is currently the Co-Founder & CCO of The Creative Dept. Before that, he was a Founding Partner of the Lg2 Toronto office, where he helped build the independent agency into a 2 x Agency of the Year, Digital Agency of the Year, and Design Agency of the Year winner. Working with clients such as Nike, Casper, Under Armour, Domino's, State Farm, Cleveland Clinic, Mercedes-Benz, Amazon, WWF Canada, Rethink Breast Cancer, and Pernod Ricard, Chris believes in the power of creativity to help solve any business problem. He also believes the Chicago Bears will one day make the playoffs again. But that's for another time.