Grant Smith

An award-winning creative leader, Grant recently joined Yamamoto in September 2019 as Chief Creative Officer, arriving from a two-and-a-half-year run at McCann NY, where he led high-profile work for clients like the New York Lottery and Chick Fil-A. Prior to his role at McCann, Grant was an EVP, Senior Creative Director at BBDO. In that role he oversaw the launch of AT&T’s famous “It’s not complicated” campaign and led campaigns for clients like Visa, FedEx, Snickers, Mountain Dew and Foot Locker.

Grant launched his career at Cliff Freeman & Partners as a copywriter after an art career in Chicago that he jokes he is “super happy” never took off. He has been the recipient of many of the industry’s top awards, including Cannes Lions, D&AD, Effies, ANDY’s, The One Show and the CLIOs.