Pete Harvey

Background

About Pete Harvey

Writer by trade. Executive creative director by training. One of AdAge's Top 50 Creatives in the U.S. Pete cut his teeth at Hal Riney, Arnold, and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners before leaving to start and grow an agency of 30+ with business partner Jamie Barrett at what is now Barrett Hofherr. Since becoming independent, Pete has spent time as a Creative Director at Apple, a brief and wild stint as the Creative Director for rapper T.I, and most recently as Executive Creative Director of his ad alma mater GS & P. Recognition over the years has come from the One Show, Cannes, D & AD and the Emmys, among others, as well as publications ranging from Rolling Stone to The New York Times. Pete has advised both the Biden and Harris presidential campaigns, acted as a speechwriting consultant for Pete Buttigieg, and wrote a children's book about the 2016 election called The Pumpkin & the Pantsuit that 48.2% of America loved and 46.1% probably didn’t.