Jim Kelly is a well-seasoned senior producer who has 20+ years experience in Ad Content production for TV, digital, social, direct marketing, interactive and event platforms within the US and around the globe. He has an impressive career-spanning track record of consistently keeping productions within budget and on schedule while still achieving high-quality and notable results.
Whether it is his keen eye in finding and securing unique talent for a given production, his strength in facilitating individual and team needs however challenging, his adeptness in deftly managing difficult, high-pressure and often urgent situations, his meticulous attention to detail, his highly useful (as he has been told on many an occasion) near-encyclopedic knowledge of film, music and popular culture or his exceptional interpersonal skills, Jim's has the distinction of repeated requests for his services by agency and client alike.
Over his 20 years at BBDO NY (and 2+ years at Grey NY before that) Jim has worked with a wide range of clients and brands; everything from food/beverage to personal care to pharmaceutical to home appliances to personal finance and more. Though production on all of these have their own unique requirements, Jim has acquired the vital knowledge base to successfully handle each with perseverance, poise and care.
Before getting into advertising, Jim has gained other multi-varied production experience via feature films, television, stock footage, print work and industrials-all acquired skills that he still utilizes to this day.
Jim lives in NYC with his wife Kseniya and cat Lobster-Butkus.