Tommy Cottam is a creative, strategic, and award-winning brand leader. While working at some of the industry's leading agencies, and partnering with the marketing leaders of brands that people love, including Heineken, Gatorade, Harley-Davidson, Leinenkugel’s Beer, Google, and more, he has led the development of integrated campaigns that have been customer-focused, culturally disruptive and delivered real business results.
Tommy has championed work that has won the advertising industry’s highest honors, including winning multiple Cannes Lions, Clios, Effies, The One Show, and more.
A leader of high-performing, diverse teams, with a personal commitment to developing talent and providing constant mentorship, Tommy likes taking on first-ever projects, challenging conventions and pushing the boundaries of brand-building. Everyone involved seems to have some fun along the way, too.
Tommy is a proud graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University's Brandcenter program, the industry’s premier graduate program for branding, according to Advertising Age and BusinessWeek. The VCU Brandcenter is an accredited, two year graduate program in which Creative Brand Managers (CBMs) learn MBA fundamentals and practice the case method to tackle actual business challenges assigned by world-class marketers. The Brandcenter, renowned for its intensity and accomplished, demanding faculty, is a collaborative environment that unites creativity, commerce, and culture. Creative Brand Managers now lead at top global brands including Apple, Audi, Coca-Cola, Dollar Shave Club, Facebook, Google, and Under Armour, to name just a few.
In addition to leading regional and global campaign integration for Coca-Cola’s existing and emerging brands at WPP, Tommy just earned his Executive MBA at The University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.