William Oakley portrait
  • Executive Director ADTHING at the University of Utah, Marketing Department
  • Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Marketing Department
  • Board of Directors - Marketing Lead, Utah's Hogle Zoo
  • Advisory Board KUED - Marketing Lead, KUED
  • Vice Chairman Board of Directors, Utah's Hogle Zoo
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Honors & Awards

  • CAREER HONORS/AWARDS – Over 100 honors globally including: One of “12 Ads That Changed Super Bowl Marketing” (Ad Age), Cannes Lions, Communication Arts, CA Advertising Annual Judge 2104, One Show, Ad Age Best Places To Work (2 times in a row), National Effie’s, National Effie’s Judge 2012, D&AD (London), Archive Magazine, Campaign Magazine (UK) Advertising Awards, Adweek Creative All-Star and Most Valuable Player, London International Advertising Awards, Nikkei Advertising Grand Prix (Japan), Clio, New York Art Director’s Club, National Addy’s, Ad Age 100 Best, Advertising Club of NY ANDY Awards, NY Advertising Festival World Medals. International Adverting and Marketing Industry organizations, 12/2021
  • ACP+CMBAM, the nation's largest Student Media Advertising Association, with 100+ of the largest Universities as members. ADTHING has won, in each of the past two years, more awards than any other university. In 2019-2020, we won 21 ADVERTISING AWARDS (out of 32) Including: BEST OF SHOW, BEST DESIGNER, BEST SELF PROMOTION, BEST AD CAMPAIGN, BEST MULTI-MEDIA AD, BEST GUERRILLA MARKETING, BEST WEBSITE, BEST MULTIMEDIA CAMPAIGN (3), BEST OUT-OF-HOME (2), BEST VIDEO AD (2), BEST DIGITAL DISPLAY AD (2), BEST PRINT AD, BEST COLLEGE MEDIA PROGRAM, BEST COLLEGE DESIGN PROGRAM, BEST ANCILLARY OPERATION-ADTHING . ACP+CMBAM (ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS and COLLEGE MEDIA BUSINESS+ADVERTISING MANAGERS), , 04/2021

Affiliations

  • PBS UTAH (PBS), BOARD MEMBER - Marketing Lead, 09/2017 - present
  • UTAH'S HOGLE ZOO (UHG), BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBER - Marketing Lead, 10/2017 - present

In the Media

Professional Service

  • CANNES LIONS, Cannes, France. Role: Advertising awards judge, mentor for student competitions and workshops . The world's top global Advertising Awards competition Cannes, France. 06/21/2014 - 06/28/2014
  • COMMUNICATIONS ARTS - Los Angeles. Role: judge. One of the top internationally recognized advertising award competitions. 07/11/2014 - 07/13/2014
  • AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION (AAF) Detroit. Role: Judge at the American Advertising Awards Detroit Michigan. Judge at the American Advertising Awards Detroit Michigan. 01/19/2018 - 01/21/2018
  • AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION (AAF) Raleigh NC. Role: Judge at the American Advertising Awards Raliegh North Carolina. Judge at the American Advertising Awards Raliegh North Carolina. 01/12/2018 - 01/14/2018
  • AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION (AAF) Raleigh NC. Role: Judge at the American Advertising Awards Raliegh North Carolina. Judge at the American Advertising Awards Raliegh North Carolina. 01/13/2017 - 01/15/2017

Internal Service

  • UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH. EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR, 12/2017 - 12/2018. University service.
  • DAVID ECCLES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS RECRUITMENT MARKETING 2017-2020. CREATIVE DIRECTOR, 09/2017 - present. College service.

Community Partnership

  • PBS UTAH BOARD MEMBER -- Marketing Lead - Identity rebrand from KUED to PBS UTAH. 09/2017 - present