Donald Tursman is a co-founder of Kollektiv and serves as Executive Creative Director. Prior to forming Kollektiv, Donald was the Executive Creative Director of TBWA\Russia. Before that he held positions at TBWA in Germany and Paris working on a wide range of projects for clients such as Nissan, Mars, Absolut, Michelin and the Alzheimers Research Foundation
He has received more than thirty international honors and nominations, including Cannes, New York Festival, One Show, Clio, Golden Drum, D&AD, the German Art Directors Club, the Art Directors Club Russia and other awards that sound really impressive if you're into that sort of thing.
He started his career as a Certified Public Accountant in Chicago but quickly decided that he wanted to work in advertising and see a bit more of the world. So he moved to Germany and got a job at Scholz & Friendst. In the twelve years since Donald has been working in advertising he hasn’t looked at a financial spreadsheet once.
