NICE TO MEET YOU

I'm Dena

I came up in fine art, where you pin your work to a wall and let a room take it apart. Good practice for this job.

These days I'm an Art Director, and somehow most of my work is cookies. NAME THIS OREO took a Cannes Lions Gold, two Silvers, and 11 Shortlists, plus D&AD Graphite and Wood pencils, Silvers at London International and New York Festivals, and in 2026, four CLIO Silvers and seven CLIO Bronzes. OREO CALLS took a Cannes Gold in Creative Commerce, a Drum Gold, and a few more Lions. Apparently I have a type.

Outside of work: books, jigsaw puzzles, and true crime. The kind with a corkboard. 

SPECIALTIES

Art Direction
Branding
Illustration
Graphic Design
Conceptual Ideation

AWARDS

2026

NAME THIS OREO | CLIO Silver x 4
NAME THIS OREO | CLIO Bronze x 7

2025

OREO CALLS | The Drum Gold – Advertising Sports

OREO CALLS | Cannes Lions Bronze – Media 

OREO CALLS | CLIO Bronze – Media

OREO CALLS | New York Festivals Silver x 3

NAME THIS OREO | Cannes Lions Gold – Radio & Audio

NAME THIS OREO | Cannes Lions Silver – Radio & Audio

NAME THIS OREO | Cannes Lions Silver – Social x 2

NAME THIS OREO | Cannes Lions Shortlist x 11

NAME THIS OREO | London International Awards Silver – Creative Use of Data

NAME THIS OREO | London International Awards Silver – Audio and Media

NAME THIS OREO | D&AD Wood – Commerce & Social

NAME THIS OREO | D&AD Graphite – Radio/Audio & Brand Expression

NAME THIS OREO | New York Festivals Silver – Audio/Radio: Best Use 

NAME THIS OREO | New York Festivals Silver – Entertainment Commerce

NAME THIS OREO | New York Festivals Bronze – Entertainment Commerce

SOUR TRANSLATOR | New York Festivals Silver – Activation & Engagement

SOUR TRANSLATOR | New York Festivals Bronze – Digital

OREO MENU | One Show Merit – Design: Innovation

OREO SPOOKY STUF | Effies Silver – Commerce & Shopper

CHIP'S AHOY! SCANWICH | Effies Bronze – Commerce & Shopper

2024

OREO CALLS | Cannes Lions Gold – Creative Commerce

OREO CALLS | Cannes Lions Bronze – Media 

OREO CALLS | Cannes Lions Shortlist – Direct 

OREO CALLS | Cannes Lions Shortlist – Creative Commerce x2

OREO MENU | Cannes Lions Bronze – Creative Commerce

OREO MENU | Cannes Lions Bronze – Brand Experience & Activation

OREO MENU | Cannes Lions Shortlist – Direct

OREO MENU | Cannes Lions Shortlist – Creative Commerce

2023

PUTTIN ON THE RITZ | Effies Shortlist – Media

2022

WORDS FOR A CURE | Young Lions Shortlist – Digital

2021

YANKEE CANDLE | International Design Awards IDA – Print x 2

YANKEE CANDLE | International Design Awards IDA – Multimedia

DENA HOBBS
CHICAGO IL

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