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Madwell

Kind
Creative generalist
Parent
independent
Country
US
Website
https://www.madwell.com
Clients
Ad Council · NHTSA · AMA · CDC

Campaigns (3)

CampaignClientYearTopicRole
Play Defense Against Flu
Pro bono; comedy about antibodies acting as a team after a flu shot; drives to GetMyFluShot.org.
Ad Council / AMA / CDC / CDC Foundation2024VaccinationCreative
Drug-impaired driving: 'If you feel different, you drive different'
January 2022; aimed at young male marijuana users; spots include 'I'm in an Ad' (LBB, read via Wayback because LBB blocks fetches).
Ad Council / NHTSA2022Impaired drivingCreative
We Are the Countervirus (COVID-19 digital out-of-home) lead
March 2020; social-distancing and thank-you messages run on donated DOOH screens in the US and UK. Ads of the World lists Madwell as both brand and agency (self-initiated).
Digital Place-based Advertising Association (DPAA)2020Infectious diseaseCreative

Research notes

Brooklyn agency (also Denver). Credits checked 2026-10-22 against fetched pages: Play Defense Against Flu (Ad Council release), drug-impaired driving (LBB via Wayback), We Are the Countervirus (Ads of the World). Corrected 2026-10-22: added the 2022 drug-impaired driving and 2020 COVID work.

Sources

  1. https://www.adsoftheworld.com/campaigns/we-are-the-countervirus
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20250812192201/https://lbbonline.com/news/madwell-the-ad-council-and-nhtsa-tackle-the-topic-of-drug-impaired-driving
  3. https://www.adcouncil.org/news-insights/press-releases/ad-council-ama-and-cdc-urge-americans-to-play-defense-against-flu-with-new-vaccination-campaign
  4. https://www.adsoftheworld.com/campaigns/play-defense-against-flu

Record agencies/madwell.json, updated 2026-10-22