Clayton Hove

About Clayton Hove

The adopted son of a carpenter (sound familiar?), Clayton Hove has been riding the wild surf of advertising with panache and grace. From owning and operating his own avant-garde freelance operations to steady paychecks as art director at a Fargo, North Dakota agency, this multifaceted marketing monster quickly established himself as a prolific and valuable source of branding excellence. Throughout the years, he has developed volumes of successful award-winning campaigns ranging from tourism, casinos, museums and financial institutions to health clubs, bars and booking agencies for bands and exotic dancers. He believes in diversified portfolios. As creative director, Clayton balances a signature blend of psychology, poetry, humor, design and blatant capitalism. He wears out footwear faster than any other staffer due to his constant hopping from station to station and office to office. With the eyes of an eagle with contact lenses, the innovative mind of a caffeine-swilling Michelangelo, the untamed hair of a wild mustang, and the mediative skills of a hostage negotiator, Clayton is a driving force of advertising agency greatness. And when he isn\'t creating memorable marketing masterpieces, Clayton enjoys collecting vintage ads and periodicals, messing around with the plethora of social media channels, evolving his original hot sauce recipes, playing frisbee with foreign dignitaries, allowing supermodels to give him lengthy scalp massages, caring for wounded endangered species and writing his own profiles.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Bone Daddy

   Ad To The Bone

   Jan 2001 — Present

   Usually a curation of vintage ads, but sometimes not.

Education

• Bismarck State College

  Certificate of Completion, Commercial Art

  1986 — 1988

• University of Nevada-Las Vegas

  Certificate of Completion, Casino Marketing

  2009

• Minnesota State Moorhead

  Mass Communications

  1988 — 1989

• Dickinson State University

  Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Minor in Entrepreneurship

  2007 — 2010

• University of North Dakota

  Communications, Advertising

  1989 — 1992

Skills

• Editing
• Idea Generation
• Creative Strategy
• Marketing Communications
• Corporate Branding
• Online Marketing
• Content Development
• Interactive Marketing
• Graphic Design
• Branding & Identity
• Creative Writing
• Direct Mail
• Digital Strategy
• Collateral
• Digital Marketing
• Relationship Marketing
• Social Media
• Creative Campaign Development
• Outdoor Advertising
• Art Direction
• Creative Direction
• Interaction Design
• Logo Design
• Brand Development
• Stunt Double
• Integrated Marketing
• Corporate Identity
• Concept Development
• Direct Marketing
• Brochures
• Online Advertising
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Fluent in North Dakotan
• Brand Awareness
• Social Media Marketing
• Advertising
• User Experience
• Content Strategy
• Snooze Button Negotiation
• Viral Marketing