Super Matte Black
Creative Director of experiences, photography, and video.

More about Mathew D.

‘Matt is curious…cleverly translating human insights into work that is smart and beautiful.’

—Christiana Mavromatis, Former GCD at VaynerMedia

 
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Hello, I’m Matt.

I have a California calm (home) with a New York drive (heart). And I like to bring this balance to the teams I lead. I have an odd background—I hold a degree in Anthropology and studied Queer Theory with an interest in how media socially conditions the LBGTQ+ community. I flipped perspectives, and jumped into the advertising world to be able to affect culture with greater impact, almost instantaneously, rather than study it from afar.

I believe that good work must have strong strategy and be conceptually sound at its foundation. I make things with intent and course-correct work into the light of function and reason while using form and finesse as tools to get there.

As a writer and a classically trained visual artist, I look to create work that tells a story. Especially work that is successful in propelling a conversation to the next level or that starts a new one. Conceptual, 360/digital, team builder, storyteller, optimist (that you’ve read this far).

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