Above all, we are optimists. We believe that emotions are assets: they spark conversations, change perspectives and bring people together 🍰
ABOUT US:
Birthday is a global creative collective that brings the right people together to build brands worth celebrating.
We act as a creative extension of brands’ in-house teams - plugging in seamlessly to deliver world-class strategy, creative, and production to launch campaigns that resonate and drive results.
Founded in Brooklyn and shaped by a global collective of award-winning creatives, strategists, and makers, Birthday is built to flex. Everything we do is crafted with care - curating the right people for each brief and scaling to meet your needs.
We’re driven by a simple belief: creativity at its best starts with people.
WHAT WE DO:
Cultural and Brand Strategy
Research & Insights
Brand Platform Development
Brand Advertising
Social Campaigns
Storytelling
Experiential
Content
Brand Identity Design
Design Systems
Naming
Film, Social and Content Production
Strategic Partnerships
WHO WE ARE:
Corinna Falusi – Founder
Former Partner & Chief Creative Officer of Mother New York and Ogilvy New York, Corinna has a vast experience in building and transforming global and national brands like Coca-Cola, Heineken, Stella Artois, IBM, Target, Instagram and the United Nations. Under her agency leadership, Mother was named Independent & Global Agency of the Year 2019 and AdAge A-List Agency of the Year 2022. She has been named among the global Creative Top 50 by AdWeek, sits on the advisory board of the D&AD and her work has been honored by every major award show and was acquired by the permanent collection of the MoMA in New York.
Jamie Standen – Partner Creative
Jamie has produced award-winning campaigns for a huge array of international and national brands. Born and raised in New Zealand, he spent the first years of his career working across the Asia-Pacific region. He then spent many years working in Paris at agencies including Y&R, BBDO, Rosa Paris and Ogilvy, often serving as a link between domestic European brands and the rest of the world. He has been awarded at all the major shows and maintains strong connections with Europe and New Zealand. Examples of his work are held in the French National Archives.
Erik Norin – Partner Creative
Erik previously held roles as ECD at Mother and Wieden Kennedy in New York, working on brands like Absolut Vodka, Adidas, Nokia, Red Bull, MasterCard, Nike, Delta Airlines and Southern Comfort. The Heineken Light work with Neil Patrick Harris, Instagram Shopping with Celine Dion and the 2019 Super Bowl campaign for Stella Artois with Jeff Bridges and Sarah Jessica Parker are amongst his favorite work. Erik was listed as one of Sweden’s most influential digital creatives as well as the 9th best Creative Director in the world by W&V Magazine - a great honor.
Nicole Pinochet – Global Managing Director
Nicole leads strategy, operations and client partnerships at Birthday, drawing from two decades leading global teams at Meta, BBDO, and Ogilvy. Born in Chile and raised across Europe, Africa and Latin America, she brings a distinctly global perspective to everything she does. She has built brand platforms and customer-first strategies for over 800 of the world’s leading companies including IBM, GE, and Coca-Cola. With a background in both agency and in-house leadership, Nicole ensures our work is creatively bold, operationally smooth, and always business-minded.
Together we have won over 200 industry awards including Grand Prix and Titanium at Cannes Lions, yellow pencils at D&AD, best of show at the One Show and the Effies.
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