Steve Stenholt

Nike wanted to create a film welcoming high school football players back to the game after a long hiatus. So I channeled my former high school linebacker self to help bring this to life.

Made at Stept Studios with Adam Rachlitz

Hybrid work is great and all, but it adds a lot of stress to the IT department making it all happen. Unless you have Citrix. And when an IT department has less to stress about, they can worry about much less worrisome things.

Made at Huge with Hemant Jain, Andrew Tobin, Pat Horn, Megan Smart and Joe Bianco.

To launch their first-ever global campaign, the Recording Academy wanted to celebrate everyone who works in music - from the songwriters to the producers, the engineers to the performers. So we rounded up an all-star cast and made some magic with the legendary Danny Clinch.

Featured in Hypebeast, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Billboard, Complex, Vibe, Adweek

Made at TBWA Chiat Day with Evelyn Neill and Adam Naccarato.

Made at Stept Studios with Olivier Agostini, Shreya Chopra and Paul Prudhomme

(Side note: Directed my childhood hero Bo Jackson for the VO. Still recovering.)

When I’m not writing, I’m ripping. My recording project, Bon Boy, has been covered in various blogs and has helped director friends win some music video awards. (That’s me in the giant Pacino head.)

I’m currently repped by Ghost Town inc for all your licensing needs.

If, God forbid, you like what you hear, you can listen to some more here.

Whoop is a personal trainer on your wrist that tracks your sleep, your recovery, your performance and probably a few more things they can’t legally say - all to help you train smarter.

To launch their most advanced product yet, they wanted to create some hype. So we got hyped with some all-star athletes.

Featured in Shots, LBBonline

Made at Stept Studios with Adam Rachlitz, Aj Carroll, Randall Bourquin and Stephen Hernandez

Street running is a movement for a different breed of runners. So when Adidas launched the PureBOOST DPR shoes specifically for street running and its crews, we turned it into an opportunity to capture this up-and-coming sport as authentically as possible.

Made at TBWA Chiat Day with Marjorie Vardo, Bastien Grisolet, Erik Vervroegen, Avi Steinbeck, Steve Skibba and Alexander Holm

This was supposed to be a simple product catalogue for Evans, Promark, and various D’Addario brands. But we turned it into an 81-page love letter to the marching arts, loaded with feature stories, interviews with band directors, in-depth product breakdowns and more.

Made at Daddario with Andrew Kay, Yalda Zekeri, Chelsea Bird and Henry Northington

I wrote this song with a good friend of mine to help pitch and win the Tic Tac Gum business.

Made at TBWA Chiat Day with Walt Connelly and Seth Jablon

The Brooklyn Film Festival wanted to remind everyone that they are not beholden to corporate overlords and will remain fiercely independent forever. So we ran this on television.

Featured in Little Black Book, Adweek, Shots, Ladn, Fast Company

Made at TBWA Chiat Day with Wade Alger, Jake Greer and Denver Eastmann.

What do you do when one of the world’s most beloved grilling companies wants to show off all the insane, high-tech features n their new grill? You shoot a high-octane car commercial. But with meat. And smoke. And more meat.

Made at Stept Studios with Adam Rachlitz

This was a pre-super bowl promo that ran on Nike’s socials to introduce the Nike Run Club: an online app that unlocks exclusive Madden rewards the more you run.

Made at Stept Studios with Adam Rachlitz and Paul Prudhomme

I’m forever grateful to the BK film festival for allowing us to run a campaign making fun of Burning Man. A true dream come true.

Featured in Indiewire

Made at TBWA Chiat Day with Seth Jablon and Deniz Marlali

Made at TBWA Chiat Day

This was a massive, million-dollar takeover in Grand Central, reminding busy commuters that whatever pressing business question was on their minds, there’s a company that has an answer. There’s a very buzz-word heavy article about it in Ad Age.

While working on magazines and films at D’Addario, I was also leading a team of writers on various projects in every aspect of the business - from lengthy website overhauls to social campaigns, down to packaging copy and point of sale posters. Here’s some of the better stuff.

The NASCAR truck series is where racers let out their inner trucker.

Made at Ogilvy with Jack Low and Sam Berliner

Internet stupidity, published writing and more.

My first-ever spot angered a whole brigade of die-hard Kentucky fans. Read about it in this Deadspin article.

Made at Ogilvy with Jack Low, Chris Wall, Adam Lau and Sam Berliner