About
Tavis Salazar is a senior brand strategy executive with 30 years of leading creative direction across digital and traditional channels at full-serve advertising agencies and in-house creative teams. Tavis has a proven ability to lead projects from conceptualization through final production, including brand positioning, brand voice, identity development, brand standards, visual language, design thinking, user experience design, digital experience, content development, video and collateral materials. Tavis is passionate about building successful teams to cultivate client relationships and drive brand awareness to foster return on investment and business results for clients. This has led to working with brands like Bloomingdales, Bigelow Teas, Crabtree & Evelyn, Dillard's, Lennar Homes, Macy's, Humana, American Heart Association, Bacardi, Shaw Flooring, Guatemalan Tourism Board, Lynskey Performance, Kevin Murphy, BlueCross BlueShield, Naturopathica, Elliptic, Malin + Goetz, Gate 11 Distillery, Hirshleifers, Dee Ocleppo, Mielle Organics, Marla Aaron Jewelry, and L'Oreal.
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Interim Creative Director
Tavis Salazar is a senior brand strategy executive with 30 years of leading creative direction across digital and traditional channels at full-serve advertising agencies and in-house creative teams. Tavis has a proven ability to lead projects from conceptualization through final production, including brand positioning, brand voice, identity development, brand standards, visual language, design thinking, user experience design, digital experience, content development, video and collateral materials. Tavis is passionate about building successful teams to cultivate client relationships and drive brand awareness to foster return on investment and business results for clients. This has led to working with brands like Bloomingdales, Bigelow Teas, Crabtree & Evelyn, Dillard's, Lennar Homes, Macy's, Humana, American Heart Association, Bacardi, Shaw Flooring, Guatemalan Tourism Board, Lynskey Performance, Kevin Murphy, BlueCross BlueShield, Naturopathica, Elliptic, Malin + Goetz, Gate 11 Distillery, Hirshleifers, Dee Ocleppo, Mielle Organics, Marla Aaron Jewelry, and L'Oreal.
Selected work in this role
Director of Brand Strategy at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Tavis provided strategic leadership across the organization, defining and managing the brand while building an in-house agency.
Interim Creative Director at Mielle Organics LLC
Tavis developed Mielle's brand strategy and brand standards while serving as interim Creative Director, supporting the brand team's marketing.
Interim Creative Director at MBO Partners
As Interim Creative Director, Tavis led MBO's UX and Design team to standardize the visual language across its portal, website, and collateral.
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Experience
Fractional Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Three Hearts Rum
UX and Brand Strategist at Knotch
Gate 11 Distillery
- Creative Director, Brand Strategist, and Minority Owner
- Strategic Advisor
- Brand Development:
Partner / Brand Strategist and Creative Director at Chameleon Collective
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