Hi.

Thanks for checking out my stuff. Every bit of it came from messing around and having fun. And I don’t mean “fun” like a corporate icebreaker where Chad makes you fall backward into his arms. I mean the real kind. The kind where you’re playing, trying things, laughing at dumb ideas… and then oops, you trip into a great one. I think that’s where the best ideas come from, big, serious ones included.

I’ve been making things for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I wrote and drew my own comic books. In high school, it was making movies. Discovered I loved editing. And as a lost twenty-something, a fairly successful comedy blog gave way to podcasting and stand-up comedy.   But it wasn’t until I wandered into the creative department of an ad agency that I realized I’d accidentally (and almost perfectly) prepared myself for a career.

Wanna make some stuff?

Hit me up. Jim@Jimbernardin.com

AD EXPERIENCE

Associate Creative Director | Cramer-Krasselt 2016 - Current

• Corona Extra, Hard Seltzer, Premier

• Porsche

• Tropicana

• Naked Juice

• Spirit Airlines

• Cedar Fair

Copywriter | Leo Burnett Chicago 2013 - 2016 

• Allstate

• Marshals

• JELL-O

• Firestone

A series of cringe-worthy creative endeavors 2008 - 2013

• Newspaper Comp and Layout Department, Florida Keys Free Press

• Improv and Stand-up Comedy, Second City, IO.

• Podcasting, Blogging, Flailing My Arms

• Freelance Video Editing

• Painting

EDUCATION

BSBA Marketing | University of Denver, 2008

Second City Conservatory, 2012

I.O. Writing Program, 2012