Hi, I'm Demian.

I’m a writer and creative director based in Oakland, California.

I bring 15+ years experience leading creative for global brands, from the microscopic work of brand strategy and identity, to the unveiling of big, shiny brand campaigns, and every social post in between. I do my best work when strategy overlaps with story.

But underneath the academics, I just really love to write and make things.

I write and produce episodes and social pieces of the music podcast Diallo and LUXXURY Talk About Music (a spinoff of the One Song podcast) every week.

I wrote this for McSweeney’s: “Wetzel’s Pretzels, You Will Not Be Spared from our Millennial Bloodlust”.

I wrote this feature length screenplay which scored in the top 4% of scripts on The Black List.

I wrote these for a 48-hour screenplay competition: NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge Winner 2017

And I wrote all this on my desk while losing my mind in grad school 👇🏽.

Where I’ve Worked

Logitech
Associate Creative Director

SoFi
Associate Creative Director

Zume
Senior Copywriter

Intel Agency Inside
Senior Copywriter

Pereira & O’Dell
Copywriter

Freelance creative direction:
Brand building for various startup clients in
tech, fashion, food, and B2B recruiting .

Pre-Advertising
Journalism (sports, film, music)
Healthcare consulting (pharma, oncology)
And lots and lots of restaurant jobs