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John Norman

When I was a boy, the ability to draw a horse or Speed Racer's Mach 5 was an easy way to impress a girl or to make a friend. I was raised as an only child by my grandmother and sometimes struggled to find my place in the world. In high school, my two passions were basketball and art. I had an art teacher and a coach who made lasting impressions on me.

Now, 23 years into my career, I still feel lucky every day that the boy who loved to draw got to grow up and get paid to show people his drawings. What a wonderful life.







Work

coca cola

coke side of life

  • coke titanium
  • ringtone
  • doggy
  • flowerbomb
  • happy cloud
  • inspiration
  • olympics manifesto
  • transformation
  • colorsplash
  • splash
  • gun
  • rainbow
  • straws
  • together
  • think
  • yes

happiness factory

  • happiness factory
  • new world of coke documentary
  • the movie
  • landscape
  • movie poster

human truth

  • good morning (30sec TVC)
  • colder (30sec TVC)

magic bottle

  • magic bottle video

olympics 2008

  • birds nest

product love

  • crave
  • library
  • psstt
  • fizzshh
  • gulp
  • burp
  • aaah
  • splash (Horizontal)
  • splash (Vertical)

coke zero

tongue and eyeballs tv

  • brain
  • can't drink
  • finger
  • liar

tongue and eyeballs print

  • real coke taste 1
  • real coke taste 2

its possible print

  • 330
  • can do
  • oh yes
  • open

nike

write the future

  • write the future

make the difference

  • arshavin
  • fàbregas
  • ribery
  • rooney

joga bonito

  • casestudy
  • chain

air max

  • defy
  • endure

here i am

  • here i am case study
  • delphine (100 sec TVC)
  • la mantia (55 sec TVC)
  • sanders (104 sec TVC)
  • sharapova (78 sec TVC)
  • spirig (76 sec TVC)
  • delphine 1sp
  • la mantia 1sp

tell me

  • case study

nike +

  • addicted
  • not a runner

jdi south africa

  • bad listener
  • jdi weapon

dutch wc

  • bezet (taken)

vapor rosa

  • pink panther

nike 5

  • scoop
  • toe punt
  • trap

acg

  • cork
  • front switch
  • frontside
  • heavy
  • mad
  • strut

made in italy

  • cannavaro
  • gattuso
  • iaquinta
  • materazza
  • zambrotta

nikepark

  • bombardez
  • debuts
  • jeunes
  • liberte
  • lucarne
  • protegez
  • ronaldo
  • cover
  • pages 2/3
  • pages 4/5
  • pages 6/7

harajuku hoops

  • hooptown
  • court
  • court side
  • lanterns/day
  • store
  • poster

do running

  • abuse
  • chemicals
  • do running
  • street
  • train

posters

  • century
  • peachbal
  • force tour

hewlett packard

+brand

  • +hp launch
  • fender
  • nanotechnology
  • next shift 60
  • brand p1
  • brand p2
  • brand p3
  • brand p4
  • brand p5
  • brand p6
  • brand p7
  • brand p8
  • nano/fender
  • national gallery/som building
  • rnli/recycle
  • starbucks/b&o
  • travelocity/exchange
  • ana/sundance
  • brand tv
  • brand ooh
  • brand heart

+change

  • change
  • constant change
  • it consolidates

+you

  • picture book
  • picture of you
  • you station

+music

  • mash up
  • playlist
  • band
  • download
  • ok
  • greatest hits
  • introduce
  • +ipod banners
  • +ipod packaging
  • ipod skins
  • rock the pc

electronic arts

fifa street 3

  • viral

black

  • black

burnout

  • burnout (KahRaShin website)
  • inner peace
  • inner peace

let's fifa10

  • let's fifa10
  • documentary
  • arsenal
  • manchester

fifa earth

  • fifa earth walkthrough

fifa 10 viral

  • keepie up

need for speed shift

  • from the inside out
  • msn take over
  • dps

let's fifa09

  • tv manchester vs madrid (4 min)
  • documentary
  • fifa09 campaign video

battlefield bad company

  • flava
  • hawaii
  • jacuzzi

fifa 07 viral

  • rooney

adidas

street posters

  • desailly
  • beckham
  • overmars
  • zidane

i am brazuca

  • short film
  • case study

honda

insight spots

  • let it shine (60sec TVC)
  • let it shine (Making Of)
  • let it shine (Vimeo page-takeover)

insight print

  • joanne
  • dealer deal
  • dealer everyone
  • dealer price
  • prod good
  • prod want

gatorade

the benefit project

  • cam newton
  • derek jeter
  • jj watt
  • usain bolt

equation

  • equation

we are all stars: locker room

  • we are all stars

fixation

  • fixation

lightning bolt

  • lightning bolt

pepsi max

jeff gordon test drive

  • jeff gordon test drive
  • friend request
  • countdown
  • maxtown
  • nose

walmart

cart case study

  • cart case study

summer

  • summer

walmart tv

  • airhorn
  • barbie
  • mural
  • stuck
  • younger skin

yodeling cat

  • yodeling cat

grammys

music unleashes us

  • anthem
  • macklemore ryan lewis unleash nyc
  • donut shop
  • drive
  • treadmill
  • macklemore and ryanlewis
  • pink
  • taylor swift

geico

abe

  • abe

brostache

  • brostache

guinea pigs

  • guinea pigs

piggy

  • piggy

possum

  • possum

teenage girls

  • teenage girls

tanqueray

resist simple

  • depth your mouth can see
  • give tonic
  • hidden depth
  • three glasses
  • backstage
  • paris

exxonmobil

lets solve this print

  • stairs
  • light
  • flag
  • countries
  • beaker
  • clouds
  • doors
  • flowers
  • podium

lets solve this tv

  • beaker
  • flag
  • list
  • podium
  • standards
  • teachers

lets solve this virals

  • decades
  • mach buster
  • touchdown

samsonite

wings

  • wings

filmmuseum

filmmuseum

  • augmented sand sculpture

bfg

awesome cross id

  • brand id
  • car graphics
  • computer graphics
  • mood graphics
  • tire identity
  • tire invite

test drive

  • test drive 1

stove top

stove top

  • intervention
  • intro
  • meatloaf
  • suspicious muffin
  • teenage pilgrim

american cancer society

beiber/usher mix

  • bieber/usher mix

birthday case study

  • birthday case study

birthday tv

  • bieber
  • devo
  • jack black
  • keith urban
  • rihanna
  • usher

candle logo

  • candle logo

wrapping paper

  • celebration
  • destroy the smoke
  • for the children
  • hope cottage
  • fight against cancer
  • free ride
  • generations
  • lung pollution
  • lungtastic
  • never forget
  • stairs of hope
  • ta-ta's
  • x3 candles


Publications

Six Things You Didn't Know About Translation's John Norman
Six Things You Didn't Know About Translation's John Norman
2014-08-14 attachment visit
Translation Beefs Up With New CCO John Norman and President Nils Peyron
Translation Beefs Up With New CCO John Norman and President Nils Peyron
2014-02-17 attachment visit
TBWA\C\D Confirms Hire of Norman as L.A. CCO
TBWA\C\D Confirms Hire of Norman as L.A. CCO
2012-06-05 attachment visit
Super Bowl Ad Previews Draw Online Attention, With Criticism
Super Bowl Ad Previews Draw Online Attention, With Criticism
2013-01-30 attachment visit
John profiled in Style Weekly
John profiled in Style Weekly
2011-04-13 attachment
Ihaveanidea Creative Director Profile
Ihaveanidea Creative Director Profile
2011-03-28 attachment
Martin Hires a Visual Storyteller
Martin Hires a Visual Storyteller
2009-12-07 attachment
Cannes Festival Report Card: Top 10 Creative Directors
Cannes Festival Report Card: Top 10 Creative Directors
2007-08-01 attachment
Amsterdam’s Red-Hot Ad Shops
Amsterdam’s Red-Hot Ad Shops
2006-12-18 attachment
Coke’s Happiness Factory: Simple and Rich
Coke’s Happiness Factory: Simple and Rich
2006-07-24 attachment
Campaign of the Year and Spot of the Year: Hewlett-Packard
Campaign of the Year and Spot of the Year: Hewlett-Packard
2005-02-07 attachment
Dallas Debut
Dallas Debut
2001-07-23 attachment


Contact

normanfour@yahoo.com
john.norman@translationllc.com
+1 646 648 2141

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