Senior Director of Global Design
The Coca-Cola Company
New York
Topic: How Did I Get Here?
Hear how somebody who thought they were nobody built a career wanting the job they didn’t have by zig-zagging between the two opposing worlds.
About Sue:
Sue grew up in Ireland, spending most of her time in a very small town behind a computer coding websites and making tv commercials featuring her cousins. After receiving a degree in Visual Communications in Dublin, she earned a scholarship to the Savannah College of Art & Design in the US and received her Masters in Advertising.
Her career has involved moving back and forth between design and advertising agencies, and cities. This has lead to a unique blend of branding and global experience. She worked in Amsterdam for the design agency Edenspiekermann, then relocated to the US where she has worked at Ogilvy, Wolff Olins, Wieden+Kennedy and Gretel, in New York, Atlanta Portland, and San Francisco.
Currently she oversees the Senior Global Director of Brand Design at The Coca-Cola Company, overseeing the world's most iconic, distinctive, and beloved brands in the 200+ brand portfolio, such as Coca-Cola, Fanta, Smartwater. Prior to TCCC, her clients have included Airbnb, Chobani, Google, Coca-Cola, Amazon and Samsung.
Sue and her work has been featured in Wired, FastCompany, Rolling Stone and It’s Nice That. Alongside her work, Sue speaks at various conferences and provides a humble and honest viewpoint on branding, as well as mentoring students and and judging award shows. Sue is an obsessively curious consumer of culture, branding and design.
Hear how somebody who thought they were nobody built a career wanting the job they didn’t have by zig-zagging between the two opposing worlds.
About Sue: