Dave Canning is a freelance executive creative director, writer and author.

His work has won an Emmy, gold in Cannes, The One Show, D&AD, and The Clio Awards. The Guardian called his “The Climate Name Change” project the best climate change campaign in history.

He was most recently ECD of Joan Creative in NYC and ECD of 180 Amsterdam. He has also previously worked at Barton F. Graf 9000, Wieden + Kennedy, and Y&R. 

His fiction has been published in The Madison Review, Literally Stories and awarded by Writer's Digest. 

He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife, Kasia, their daughter, Ripley and their ceramic dog fusilli.