Foxes and Sparrows

Mehera O’Brien

Co-Founder

Mehera O'Brien graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Communication and no idea what to do, so she reticently accepted an Associate Account Manager position at D'Arcy Advertising in New York City. She was exposed to branding and the creative process, but found all her efforts at budget management thwarted by Excel.

After a year, she rather randomly moved to Holland where she luckily managed to talk her way into an Interaction Designer position at well-known European digital agency Framfab. After five years, intensive Dutch lessons and a promotion to Creative Director, Mehera was lured back to the US. She helped open AKQA New York, where she served as Creative Director, and also Director of User Experience, for five years. Mehera currently serves as Director of Miami Ad School's campus in Dumbo, Brooklyn. In this role, she oversees the entire operation including faculty, enrollment, and DJ/drink selections for school parties.

Her clients have included Vodafone, Procter & Gamble, Sara Lee Corporation, Coca-Cola, American Eagle, Benjamin Moore, New York Jets, Smirnoff, Ann Taylor and AirCell's Gogo Inflight Internet. She has won awards and judged awards, but finds it most fulfilling when someone has actually used (and enjoyed) something she's been a part of making. Mehera is a mentor with the Information Architecture Institute and She Says, a member of IXDA New York, AIGA and the IDSA, and a guest lecturer.

mehera[at]gmail.com
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