Burrell Communications was recently named Ad Age's 2018 Runner-Up for Multicultural Agency of the Year
PBS is featuring a documentary titled Burrell: Advertising Revolution, an in-depth look inside the genius of Tom Burrell and how his vision help redefine how Black people are viewed and valued through advertising.
Burrell clients Walmart & MBIB took home wins from the 2017 Essence Sponsor Awards
Our Co-CEO, Fay Ferguson, was named recipient of the Chicago Advertising Federation's Silver Medal Award for her accomplishments in the advertising industry.
Watch the Deep In The Woods series, our latest work for Toyota’s all new RAV4 Adventure Grade
The New York Times uses Toyota’s new Camry ads to tackle transculturalism
VPs Adele Lassere & Charles Rasmussen join Jun Group’s leading line up of Fireside Chat executives.
Our Xfinity team took home 9 EMMAs, including 3 first place wins, at the 2017 NAMIC Excellence in Multicultural Marketing Awards!
The advertising pioneer and founder of leading multicultural agency, Burrell Communications Group, was inducted into The One Club for Creativity Hall of Fame. He is the first African-American to receive this honor. By understanding and highlighting the positive aspects of black American culture, Tom Burrell changed the face of American advertising.
VP/Creative Director Rebecca Williams speaks at Publicity Club of Chicago's Multicultural Strategy Panel where they discussed the importance of developing beneficial partnerships with multicultural media and influencers.
Our latest campaign for the new Toyota Camry was recently featured on Reel Chicago! Entitled, Sensations, the campaign, including a TV spot and OLV series, highlights the emotions that fuel our consumers to drive the new car for all the wrong reasons.
After garnering major success with our work from Toyota’s “I Do The New’ campaign from 2016, #TeamBurrell was tasked with extending its passion points in the digital space.
We spoke with our Associate Creative Directors, Ayanna Williams and Carl Koestner, alongside Senior Digital Producer, Carlo Treviso, to uncover ‘why they do’ or rather, ‘how they did it’ to unveil the emotional drive behind their work.
In case you didn’t know, April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, #TeamBurrell has put together some poetry inspired and written by our fabulous group of creative professionals. We will upload a new poem each week for the remainder of April, so get your teas ready and keep your eyes and ears open.
After recently winning a Silver ADDY for her empowering McDonald’s spot, The Good Fight, our copywriter Crystal Dunn discussed the Black Girl Magic that inspired her to create it.
The newest addition to #TeamBurrell, copywriter Makeda Loney, explains how she realized the truth behind Xfinity’s “Be King” ad during its conception.
The holidays are finally upon us. What better way to celebrate than by sharing holiday creative? This year, #TeamBurrell had a unique opportunity to highlight the Black experience—that is, we got to show and tell how we do the holidays different.
Last weekend (12/3-12/4), Toyota joined forces with The Fader magazine to throw Boom Basel, a 2-day creative extravaganza during Art Basel.
Check out photos from your favorite acts from Centric’s Soul Train Awards Red Carpet, an experience sponsored by Toyota, organized by #TeamBurrell
The Colonie recently teamed with Burrell Communications to provide editorial, VFX and design services for ‘I Do,’ a broadcast spot introducing the 2017 Toyota Corolla. Creative editor, Bob Ackerman took the automaker’s tagline, ‘Let’s Go Places,’ and ran with it. Fast-paced cuts and editing effects helped create an upbeat message that celebrates the bold creativity of both the new Corolla, as well as its target audience - today's ‘on-the-go’ generation of young African Americans adults.
Lewis Williams, Chief Creative Officer at Burrell Communications, sat down with Melissa Thornley from Beyond The Spot to discuss the importance of creativity, humanity, and diversity in the advertising industry.