Dan Oliva | Creative Director @ BBDO New York

Don‘t Skip with Zack Seckler

Dan Oliva is a Senior Creative Director at BBDO New York where he works on the Snickers account. Dan’s won dozens of awards from Can, Clio, AICP, the One Show, Webbys, D&AD and the list goes on. His most recent award was a Super Clio for his 2020 Super Bowl spot for Snickers.

Dan and I had a conversation that is loaded with insider knowledge and advice. We talk about the planning and strategy around creating super bowl spots. About hiring and working with different commercial directors. About gaining the trust of clients when working on a creative brief. And we Dive deep into talking about how three different spots for Snickers developed. Touching on everything From the initial brief to preproduction, production and post.

Checkout Dan’s work: danoliva.com

Checkout Zack’s work: zackseckler.com

Follow Zack on Instagram: @zackseckler

Email us: dontskippodcast (at) gmail (dot) com

Don’t Skip is a podcast featuring conversations with ad-agency creatives and other talents who help create award-winning advertising. Ads you don’t want to skip.

Each episode delivers valuable insights into how the best campaigns are created along with honest discussion about the challenges and opportunities experienced during a career as a commercial creative. Topics include pitching to clients, creative ideation, client relations, treatments and creative calls, pre-production and on-set adventures.

Don’t Skip is hosted by award-winning comedy director and photographer Zack Seckler.