Every GTM operator has an origin story. Mine started here.
This was my second published piece of work. JVC of America funded the placement, which meant their in-house team had every right to take the project. They didn’t. They gave it to an untested newcomer instead, a decision that helped define the early trajectory of my career.
The ad was clean, direct, and visually clear. For a first impression in a competitive consumer electronics category, it earned its placement. In hindsight, what mattered most was not the ad itself, but what it proved: that a well-executed first touchpoint could open doors that experience alone could not.
I have been earning those doors ever since.