Meet Dan.
Sometimes, people
call him James.
That’s because he has an identical twin THAT stole his DNA.
James Bache isn’t in advertising. But Dan Bache is.
He’s an award-winning Creative Director and Art Director with 18+ years at top-tier agencies across Canada and the US. Now based in Toronto and freelancing across markets, his career spans everything from global giants to three-person start-ups. He’s helped shape Apple campaigns in L.A., scaled a scrappy Vancouver agency into a sixty-person force, and built a reputation as the kind of creative leader who rallies accounts, production, and clients behind bold ideas.
Big budget or bootstrapped, his philosophy holds: big ideas beat big spends, human truths drive real connection—and caring hard is a creative’s greatest asset.
Dan’s not your “traditional” art director, either. He writes scripts. He directs spots. And he’s spent three years creating culture-forward work for Nike, Converse, and Anheuser-Busch.
That said, his email is painfully traditional: danbache@gmail.com
Awards
Cannes, Clio, One Show, Effies, New York Festival, Communication Arts, ADCC, Bessies, Cassies, Marketing, Applied Arts, Media Innovation Awards, Atomic Awards, Promo Awards, Shopper Innovation Awards, National Advertising Awards
Experience
FREELANCE: Present
RETHINK (Contract): 2022 - 2024
GREY: 2020 - 2022
MOMENTUM: 2018 - 2020
ANOMALY: 2017 - 2018
GRIP: 2016 - 2017
JWT: 2013 - 2016
TBWA + Media Arts Lab (LA): 2011 - 2013
TAXI: 2009 - 2011
McCANN: 2007 - 2009
Clients
FINANCIAL: Visa, RBC, Scotiabank, TD Bank, Tangerine, First Calgary Financial
TELECO: Bell, Telus, Freedom Mobile
TECH: Apple, Nintendo, Twitch, Lyft
AUTO: Volvo, Honda, Acura, General Motors, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Ski-Doo
LIFESTYLE: Nike, Converse, Foot Locker
ALCOHOL: Bud Light, Budweiser, Coors, Heineken, Absolut, Grand Marnier, Peller Estates, 19 Crimes Wine
FOOD & BEVERAGE: Tim Hortons, Burger King, Pizza Hut, The Keg, Panago Pizza, Bar Burrito, Dairy Farmers of Canada
PACKAGE GOODS: Coca-Cola, Kraft Heinz, Kraft Mac & Cheese (US), Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Kraft Ore-Ida Fries (US), Schneider’s Bacon, Maxwell House, SToK Cold Brew, International Delight, Wrigley 5Gum, Campbell’s Chunky Soup
RETAIL: Canadian Tire, Walmart, Shoppers Drug Mart, 1-800-GotJunk, Park’nFly
SERVICE: Air Canada, WestJet, Lyft, Shell, Days Inn, Go Transit, EcoLab Solutions, Echoworx Encryption Solutions
PHARMA: Johnson & Johnson (US), Nexium (US), Children’s Motrin (US), BenchSci, Polysporin, Tylenol, Merck & Co – Enlicitide, Icotrokinra DTC & HCP Derm, Coripharma – Psoriasis,
PUBLIC SERVICE: Canadian Blood Services, Canadian Cancer Society, Habitat for Humanity (Restore)