Leo is an award-winning creative director (and self-conscious bio writer) who has pumped hundreds of hours of content out into the digital void (and sometimes, television). He cut his teeth (razor sharp now) in media at The Onion, before manifest destiny brought him to the golden shores of IGN.
At IGN, he is the current head of creative for IGN’s Global Creative Solutions team, guiding, shaping, and conceptualizing ideas that both achieve the client’s objectives while also appealing to IGN’s discerning audience of millions.
He first took this agency-adjacent route at ATTN:, where he led creative strategy for brand partners, such as Google, Bacardi, and Lowe’s, across the publisher’s social-only offerings.
Previously, he was Creative Director at IndieWire, overseeing the editorial and sponsored video endeavors of both the Film and TV teams, launching several new series including Deep Dive, Craft Considerations, and Sketch-to-Screen. He also launched and co-hosted the podcast Millions of Screens, which featured interviews with stars such as Sterling K. Brown, Paul Rudd, and Elisabeth Moss.
Before that, he was Creative Director, Video at Onion Inc., where he managed over 40 employees and juggled the editorial video slates of The Onion, ClickHole, and The A.V. Club. Under his tenure, video views at Onion Inc. grew from 7 million views/month to 182 million views/month.
He also served as VP, Head of Development for The Onion’s long-form arm, Onion Studios, directing The Onion’s return to television (after a five-year hiatus), The Onion Presents The Iconic Images of Election 2016, and producing 30 episodes of The A.V. Club Hosted By John Teti on Fusion.
Across his long (and only getting longer) career, he has worked with 3M, Alienware, Anheuser Busch, Ben & Jerry’s, Captain Morgan, Fiat, Funko, KFC, McDonald’s, MillerCoors, Pizza Hut, Porsche, Pringles, Wendy’s, just to name a few, as well as countless movie studios, networks and streamers, and video game publishers.
Other notable credits include writing As We Go Along, a short film that premiered at the Cannes Short Film Corner; shooting, editing, and producing Stupid Bitch Syndrome, which was a finalist in the Comedy Central Short Pilot Competition Finalist; and directing The Laces, a sketch comedy show that was a finalist for Best of The Fest at the NYTVF.
In the past he has shot and edited for The Second City Network, Yahoo! Screen, and Upworthy.
In four billion years, the Sun will absorb the Earth and none of this will matter.