One man's journey from the prairie to the planets.

From Cowboy To Astronaut: Lessons From The Trail, New Worlds On The Horizon has been developed by Jeremy Fuksa to illustrate the changing landscape of the advertising industry while reinforcing that great ideas truly are the currency of our industry.

This presentation is aimed primarily at college students studying advertising, marketing, or graphic design but would be appropriate a wide audience interested in creativity. If you are interested in having Jeremy give this presentation to your group, please email today.

Excerpts and examples of the presentation:

Introductory video

This short video opens the presentation and gives some context into the career path Jeremy has taken and helps illustrate that everyone has to start somewhere in their career.

A little background about the various places featured in the video:

• KWEM-TV — Producer/Director, 1996-1999
• First Impressions Marketing and Advertising — Avid Editor/Motion Graphics Artist, 1999-2001
• Med4Home — Web Designer/Web Developer, 2001-2002
• Skyline Media Group — Design Director, 2003-2006
• Barkley — Senior Interactive Designer, 2006-2008
• Barkley — Presentation Director, 2008-Present

Sample Keynote Slides

These slides are from the November 12th, 2008 presentation in Oklahoma City, OK. This version of the presentation was given to the Oklahoma City Ad Club as the keynote address at their annual Career Day.

Of course, these slides really don't give you a proper feel for what this presentation entails. But, as many would argue (myself included), that's a mark of well-made slides. It's all about the talk that accompanies the slides. Therefore...

Presentation Excerpt

...here's a excerpt of the Oklahoma City, OK presentation.

From Cowboy To Astronaut: Lessons From The Trail, New Worlds On The Horizon
Copyright © 2007 — Jeremy Fuksa: Creative Generalist
If you are interested in booking me for this presentation, please email today.