gabe haJiani

INTRODUCTION

I CAME INTO ADVERTISING AS AN ARCHITECT GONE WRONG. After owning and operating my own metal design and fabrication business, I went to work in the advertising industry, most recently as Head of Content and Creation at Seattle Agency DNA. My super power is developing creative ideas and putting teams together to best bring those ideas to life. I have a maker mentality and believe in the power of creative problem solving. As a producer I apply that mentality to projects, as Production Director to a department, and finally as a LEADER, to advertising agencies as a whole.

The drive for quality in production in any organization has to go beyond the products themselves. It extends to how we organize ourselves to get a body of work done, how we borrow ideas from other industries and cultures, and how we approach the question of the way things are and how they should be.

My intention with this portfolio is to highlight my passion for bringing creative ideas to life. Within this portfolio you will see 20 years of demonstrated experience stewarding ideas from beginning to end across the industries of Advertising, Architecture, Design and Fabrication.

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Portrait courtesy of Tom Deslongchamp

Hello there!

What this portfolio of projects cannot show, is that I am a collaborator at heart who loves working with teams on the work. I value team effort over individual success, have a never-accept-less work ethic and a low ego-to-talent ratio. I value varied and diverse backgrounds and points of view; our differences make us stronger.

I enjoy building and leading teams. I believe a leader should have the humble confidence to take on big challenges, admit mistakes, embrace tough 360 feedback, and recover quickly with fresh solutions.  

Over the years, across multiple agencies, I have been responsible for delivering a long-term vision for my team(s), a roadmap that optimized our people and a fearless willingness to defend great work.