Thanks for coming.

We’ve been working together since 200…

(checks LinkedIn) 2005 and somehow still

get along. It makes sense though. We share

the same high standards for idea and

execution quality. Both hate boring work.

Both work fast.

Everything you see on this site is a result of

working with and for super talented,

like-minded professionals.

And we’d like to keep working with and for

super talented, like-minded professionals.

Brands we’ve worked on:

McDonald’s

Coca-Cola

Starbucks

Kellogg’s (Special K)

Skittles

Starburst

Coors Light

Miller Lite

Miller Genuine Draft

Miller High Life

Bud Light

Goose Island

Beam/Suntory

Jack Daniel’s

Hornitos

Herradura

Kimberly-Clark (Kleenex)

P&G (Secret, Always, Tampax)

Johnson & Johnson

Abbott (Pedialyte, Freestyle Libre, Lingo)

Nexium

Persil

State Farm

The General

Fifth Third Bank

Morgan Stanley

Ally Bank

Northern Trust

NASCAR

Travel Channel

Norton

Nintendo

Samsung

Slack

ADT

Nissan

Buick

Jeep

Dodge/Ram

Infiniti

Dyson

Delta Faucets

Whirlpool

Craftsman

Museum of Science + Industry

Hallmark

Walmart

Tohru Oyasu / CD, Writer

tohruoyasu@gmail.com

Rainer Schmidt / CD, Art director

rynerschmidt@gmail.com

Freelance:

(T&R)

Highdive (Chicago) (1 year+)

DDB (Chicago)

Butler Shine (Sausalito)

Buena (Portland)

Arnold Worldwide (Boston)

McCann (NY)

Ogilvy (NY)

DDB (Düsseldorf)

Publicis (Germany)

Leo Burnett (Frankfurt)

Dentsu (Chicago)

Roscoe Agency (Chicago)

VML (Chicago)

VML Health (NY)

BBDO (Chicago)

Havas (Chicago)

Full-time as a team:

(T&R)

DDB Chicago / 2018 - 2021

VSA Partners Chicago / 2014 - 2018

Leo Burnett Chicago / 2007 - 2014

Y&R Chicago / 2005 - 2007

Full-time before we were a team:

(Tohru)

Y&R Chicago / 2000 - 2007

Lowe Lintas Chicago / 1999 - 2000

McConnaughy Stein Schmidt Brown /

1995 - 1999

(Rainer)

TBWA Düsseldorf / 2002 - 2005

Cramer Krasselt Milwaukee / 2002

Leo Burnett San Francisco / 1999 - 2001

Scholz & Friends Hamburg / 1998 - 1999

Leo Burnett Frankfurt / 1995 - 1998

Awards:

One Show, Cannes Lions,

British Design & Art Direction,

Communication Arts, Clios,

Webbys, Effies, Andys,

Radio Mercury Awards,

LIAA (London),

New York Art Director’s Club,

Epica Awards, New York Festival,

Art Directors Club Germany,

Young Guns International

Advertising Awards.