Jim Riswold
2013 Creative Hall of Fame Inductee
Career
Jim Riswold spent his professional career at Wieden+Kennedy creating memorable and effective campaigns foremost for Nike. His commercials ?Bo Knows;? ?Hello World? featuring Tiger Woods;? and the work that paired Michael Jordan and Spike Lee as Mars Blackmon defined a new era in advertising and entertainment, as well as selling shoes.
After leaving the agency Jim worked as a full-time artist, creating a series of whimsical prints featuring historically taboo figures such as Mao, Mussolini and Hitler. Jim returned to work at Wieden+Kennedy where he heads the agency?s experiential ad school W+K 12.
