Russell Stevens

Russell Stevens spends most of his life surrounded.

At home, it’s by girls – his wife Jill, daughters Olivia and Corinne, and dog Maggie.

At work, it’s by a lot of really smart people and even more really good ideas.

So he considers it his job at SS+K to get the absolute most out of his surroundings on behalf of his clients.

Call him an integrator at heart.

For 15 years now, he’s been working across disciplines to build some of SS+K’s most creative and engaging programs. A Big Urban Game for Qwest involving cellphone QR code scanners and 20-foot inflatable animals. An msnbc.com campaign featuring a newshound’s version of Brickbreaker and in-cinema ‘human joysticks.’ And the LIVESTRONG re-branding of the Lance Armstrong Foundation … and its 70 million yellow wristbands to date.

Each client past and present [U.S. Dept. of Education, Citi and GM, among others] has taught him the value of pushing communications boundaries wherever and whenever possible.

As for Russell’s job at home, near as he can tell it centers on picking up stray hair elastics, maintaining the family’s 1880 carriage house and enticing anyone, including the dog, to watch Sportscenter with him.