Warren Douglas: Where premium brands THRIVE

As a full service agency in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Warren Douglas is proof positive you needn’t be located in a “major-league” advertising market to produce major-league work. Since 1998, “the WD” has helped some of America’s favorite premium brands grow and excel in their categories by delivering innovative advertising, marketing and public relations solutions.

If your brand is experiencing stagnant growth, slow sales and merely surviving instead of truly thriving, you owe it to yourself to contact Warren Douglas. We’ll have you flourishing in no time.

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President & Chief Executive Officer

A native Texan, Doug Briley holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Michigan State University. He started his career in marketing at Mrs Baird’s Bakeries in Fort Worth, working closely with the product management and finance departments in supporting retail promotions and analyzing their profitability. He left Mrs Baird’s and started his own advertising agency in 1998. Since then, Doug has grown Warren Douglas into a multi-million dollar entity with 20+ employees and clients in a wide range of industries, including consumer packaged goods, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, utilities, technology, and others. He is an accomplished pianist and composer, serves as a deacon in his church, and enjoys living in Fort Worth with his wife and their four children.

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Vice President, Creative Director

Our VP/Creative Director loves advertising and has worked at a lot of different places for an enviable variety of clients—which translates into all kinds of relevant industry insight and experience for you. Steve's been at big shops like JWT and Ketchum, as well as some boutique shops, and has worked on brands like Proctor & Gamble, Sara Lee, Shell Oil and Dairy Queen, to name drop just a few. Steve's even done a couple of stints on the client side, crafting creative work for retailers Pier 1 Imports and RadioShack. He went to the University of Oklahoma, and never lets anyone here forget it, and he loves motorcycles and hot cars almost as much as his Boomer Sooner bottle opener. Steve's specialty is quickly uncovering the essence of the marketing challenge at hand and translating it into highly creative executions that drive results.

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Vice President, Account Strategy

Our VP of Account Strategy joined WD in December 2010, after many years eating toaster waffles, selling hamburgers, playing video games, kicking tires, capturing memories and pretending to be a soldier. Her commitment to the consumer point of view led her through recognized agencies such as Leo Burnett, Grey, Publicis and Deutsch (as well as some smaller agencies) for such brands such as Eggo, McDonald’s, Nintendo, Continental Tire, the destination of San Antonio, and USAA financial services. Sometime before that, she found time to graduate with honors from the University of Virginia and get an MBA with top honors from Thunderbird. Dana’s strength lies in finding effective business building strategies, regardless of budget.

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Vice President, Marketing Innovation

What do you get when you cross a spreadsheet ninja with a crazed, drumstick-wielding percussionist? Well, we’re not sure, but it’d probably look a lot like our own Scott Parker. You see, after circling the world as an orchestral drummer, Scott heard a new beat that marched him into the big, bad world of business and marketing. Armed with degrees in economics, music, and arts administration, he now orchestrates beautiful strategic music on behalf of all manner of clients, from TXU Energy and Essilor to Wright Brand Bacon and Briannas Salad Dressing. When he's not arranging new opportunities for clients, Scott's other passions are his family and the Memphis Tigers (we try not to hold the latter against him). But what we really admire about Scott is his talent for leading clients to exciting new strategic revelations that translate into increased business and sales.

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Vice President, Public Relations

Samantha, our VP of Public Relations, is seasoned in the fine art of fighting brand fires of all sizes. A veteran of the toughest PR arena of all—Capitol Hill—she has a distinguished pedigree that includes serving as Chief of Staff for a Member of Congress and Press Secretary for the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce. Since returning to the "real world" outside the Beltway, Samantha has counseled an impressive roster of blue chip clients, including FedEx, Allstate, Southwest Airlines, NRG Energy, BBVA Compass and The Texas A&M University System. Her battle-tested training in strategic messaging, media relations, public affairs and crisis communications has prepared her for handling the most perplexing news and business challenges you can throw at her. A graduate of Texas A&M University, Samantha claims both Texas and Northern Virginia as home.

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Vice President, Operations

Herding cats takes tenacity, but this ain’t Lisa’s first rodeo. With more than thirty years of leadership and organizational experience in her stylish holster, our VP of Operations wrangled thousands of employees and hundreds of millions of budget dollars for mainstays like EDS, HP and ACS. Around here she ensures that both our team—and your budget dollars—are producing engaging work of the highest caliber.