CREATIVE Director
Mindy Benner is an award-winning Creative Director with 15+ years championing bold, exciting ideas that gets brands noticed in culture.
Currently at Anomaly LA, she leads multidisciplinary teams crafting breakthrough campaigns across global 360 launches, for brands like Hoka and Liquid IV, to disruptive cultural activations and product innovations, for clients like Hulu, Reese’s Puffs, Monsters, Lucky Charms, and Cheerios. Before that, she brought her creative vision to 72andSunny, TBWA\Chiat\Day, and Condé Nast, building iconic campaigns for Adidas, Pepsi, Visa, Activision, The New Yorker, and eBay.
Bringing ideas to life
that resonate far beyond
the screen
Her work has reached billions across the Super Bowl, Olympics, Grammys, VMAs, and Golden Globes - earning recognition from The One Show, Clios, Effies, ADDYs, Digiday, and Ad Age.
But she’s most proud of the impact her ideas have made across cultural powerhouses like Vogue, Hypebeast, StockX, Huffington Post, and even the Smithsonian - breaking through the ad world and into the cultural zeitgeist, from The Colbert Report to Good Morning America.
Outside agency life, she channels her creative energy into social impact projects. Her “Pussy on Protest” campaign for Planned Parenthood went viral, earned red-carpet support from Steve Buscemi and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and now lives in the Smithsonian’s permanent collection.
When she’s not fighting the patriarchy, or crafting in her studio, she's raising her two little girls to be strong and fearless, and trying to keep up with the consequences.
Experience
Anomaly - Los Angeles: Creative Director
CNX | Conde Nast - New York: Creative Director
Anomaly - New York: Associate Creative Director
School of Visual Art - New York : Instructor
72andSunny - Los Angeles: Senior Art Director
Co: Collective - New York : Content Creator
Mullen - Boston + Los Angeles: Art Director
TBWA \ Chiat \ Day - Los Angeles: Jr. Art Director
SOMA Magazine - Los Angeles: STAFF Writer
David&Goliath - Los Angeles: Ideation Intern
awards + accolades
FULL LIST
Clio: Sports Juror
2025: Film Craft
One Club ACD Award: Bronze, Film Craft
2025: Liquid IV - Hydro Boost
CICLOPE: Shortlist, VFX
2024: Liquid IV - Hydro Boost
Eurobest Awards: Shortlist, Film Craft
2023: Hoka - Murmuration
Clio Awards: Gold, Film Craft VFX, Sport
2023: Hoka - Murmuration
Clio Awards: Silver, Direction
2023: Hoka - Murmuration
Clio Awards: Shortlist, Film 31- 60 second
2023: Hoka - Murmuration
Clio Awards: Shortlist, Cinematography
2023: Hoka - Mach X
One Show: Shortlist
2023: Reese’s Puffs x AMBUSH
Webby Awards: Nominee
2023: Reese’s Puffs x AMBUSHMetaverse, Immersive & Virtual Best Partnership or Collaboration
ADDY Awards: Augmented Reality, Gold
2022: RP-FX
ADDY Awards: Innovative Use of Interactive/Technology, Gold
2022: RP-FX
AICP: Next Judge
2022: Web Film
Ad Age #1 Ad Agency of the Year
2022: Anomaly
One Show: Shortlist
2022: Reese’s Puffs x Lil’ Yachty Lil’ Yachts
Ad Age: Ad of the Day
2022: Reese’s Puffs x Lil’ Yachty Lil’ Yachts
Ad Week: Ad of the Day
2022: Reese’s Puffs RP FX + RP PRO
Creativity: Pick of the Day
2021: Monster Mash
Digiday Award: Best Branding Campaign
2020: The New Yorker
One Show: Merit
2019: Carnival - Ship for a Snap
Ad Age #5 Agency A List
2018: Anomaly
Ad Age #1 Ad Agency of the Year
2017: Anomaly
Effie Award: Gold & Silver
2017: Truth - Catmageddon
Ad Age: Editor’s Pick
2017: eBay - Holiday
Ad Week: Best Holiday Ads
2017: eBay - Holiday
Ad Week: Editor’s Pick
2017: eBay - Fill Your Cart With Color
Ad Age: Creativity Top Five
2017: eBay - Fill Your Cart With Color
Creativity: Pick of the Day
2016: Truth - Catmageddon
Ad Week: Ad of the Day
2016: Truth - Catmageddon
Clio Award: Bronze, Health
2016: Truth - Squadless
Digiday Award: Best Live Moment
2016: Truth - Catmageddon
Ad Age #5 Ad Agency A-List
2015: 72andSunny
Ad Age #2 Agency A-List
2014 Mullen
Ad Week: Ad of the Day
2012: Diet Pepsi
Ad Age #5 Agency A-List
2011: TBWA\Chiat\Day
ThinkLA Interactive Award: Best use of Display Advertising
2011: Call of Duty - There’s a Soldier Inside
ADDY Student Award: Bronze
2009
Art Center College of Design - Honors Student Gallery
2008 - 2011
