Hello. I’m Steve.
Steve is a New Jersey native and award winning creative director with over 15 years of experience. One day, long ago, he went on a cruise and made a friend, and that friend convinced him to apply to Syracuse. Not knowing what he was doing, he thought he had applied to the visual & performing arts school for art photography. In the end he was accepted into Newhouse School of Public Communications for photojournalism. That’s when he realized he made the fortuitous mistake and selected to the wrong program on his application. After giving Newhouse a chance, he stumbled across advertising. Shocked at the realization that he could do this for a job, he went all in and the rest is history.
After graduating, he began his career at Saatchi NY working on brands such as Tide, Miller Lite, General Mills and others, collecting a few awards along the way. He then went on to work at other amazing places such as Chiat, Grey and Anomaly. There he continued on to creative direct several more award-winning campaigns for brands like Best Buy, Jameson, Budweiser, Topgolf, Dunkin’, Dicks Sporting Goods and more.
So far, Steve has been recognized by every major award show and many industry publications. Outside of work he enjoys living at the beach, taking photos, cooking (especially Neapolitan pizza), bike riding, spending time with his wife and three boys, and playing the occasional video game.
let’s chat.
e: smendonca7@gmail.com m: 908.347.9706
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Saatchi & Saatchi NY – VP Creative Director (2023 to Now) Anomaly NY – Creative Director (2020 to 2023) Anomaly NY – Associate Creative Director (2019 to 2020) Anomaly NY – Sr. Art Director (2016 to 2019) Grey NY – Art Director (2015 to 2016) TBWA\Chiat\Day NY – Art Director (2014 to 2015) Saatchi & Saatchi NY – Art Director (2012 to 2014) Saatchi & Saatchi NY – Jr. Art Director (2010 to 2012) Syracuse University – Newhouse