Arts & Letters Creative Co. has hired Andrew Kong as creative director on the ESPN account, working alongside fellow creative directors Molly Jamison and NJ Placentra. In this new leadership position, Kong will work across several properties within ESPN, including NFL on ESPN and “There’s No Place Like Sports.” He will report to Arts & Letters founder and ECD, Charles Hodges.
Kong joins Arts & Letters from The Martin Agency, where he was an associate creative director working on the agency’s famed GEICO account and Donate Life. He spent the bulk of his career on the West Coast at Deutsch LA, where he started as a copywriter in 2015 and eventually rose to become associate creative director, working across several notable agency accounts including Dr Pepper, BEHR, Snapple, and Taco Bell. He kicked off his creative career at goodness Mfg in Hollywood, working on brands like Carvana and Toshiba, among others.
His work has been recognized by Cannes, D&AD, Effies, The One Show, Radio Mercury Awards and Spikes Asia.
Kong is a graduate of the University of Kansas and of the VCU Brandcenter, where he received his M.S. in copywriting.
