Bill Kresse
Partner/Executive Creative Director

Bill oversees all creative endeavors that come into the agency. Prior to STIR, Bill was the Executive Creative Director at Laughlin/Constable where he worked on a plethora of accounts, including the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, Wisconsin Sesquicentennial, Summerfest, Miller Brewing Company, Lawn Boy, Sargento Foods, Florsheim shoes, Coca-Cola, Associated Bank, Bridgestone/Firestone, the Milwaukee Bucks, We Energies, Huffy Sports, Aurora Healthcare, United Way and Red Cross, just to name a few. Throughout his 22-plus years of experience he's also managed to work with an incredible list of celebrities including Larry Bird, Bob Uecker, Johnny Cochran, Mario Andretti, Rusty Wallace and drag racing legend Don "The Snake" Prudhomme.

Bill's work has been featured in The One Show, Graphis, Print Design Annual, Obie Awards and numerous Addy Awards. His work has been honored and published in Archive, an international trade magazine, and also Adweek and Brain Magazine. He has been a judge at numerous local and regional awards shows, just recently the 2009 Dallas Addy Awards. Bill has been on the Board of Directors for the United Adworkers and currently is the Chair for the Red Cross Communications Committee.