Shelley Timm-Thompson
Raindance Partner & Creative Director/Art

Past life: Rapp Collins Worldwide, marchFIRST, Cramer-Krasselt, Leo Burnett, Campbell-Mithun-Esty, Bayer Bess Vanderwarker, Busch Creative Services

Client history: Abbott Laboratories, Abercrombie & Kent, American Egg Board, Ameritech, Anheuser-Busch, Bob Evans Sausage, Caremark, Chicago Tribune, City Staffing, Corona Beer, Covalex, Crain's Chicago Business, Discover Card, Eaglemark, Elco, First Union Bank, Kemper Insurance, Kroger, Hallmark, Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Helene Curtis, Humana Healthcare, Hyatt Hotels, Lions Clubs International, McDonald's, MCI, Peapod, Pepsi, PLATINUM technology, Pratt & Whitney, Primus Long Distance, Sears, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, TRU, U.S. Army, U.S. Bank, The Wall Street Journal

Made history: TV spot for Kroger Grocery Stores is housed permanently at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Industry hardware: Brand—Clio Award (for TV), Athena, London International Advertising Awards, Addy.
Direct—Tempo (10+), Caples (5+), Echo, Financial Communication Society of N.Y.

School days:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.F.A.)
St. Louis University (M.A., Communications)

Mantra: "Advertising is all about relating to your target on a very human level. To do so, you have to go beyond the rational and appeal to the emotional, aiming for the heart instead of just the head."