Guy Day
Guy Day(July 30, 1930 – January 16, 2010) was an Americanadvertisingexecutive who cofoundedChiat/DaywithJay Chiatin 1968. The agency went on to do memorable work forApple Computer,including theMacintosh"1984"Super Bowlcommercial. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Day founded an agency called Faust/Day with Tom Faust. When Faust left, Day called Chiat to discuss a merger with Jay Chiat & Associates. Day won acoin tossto see who would be the president of the new agency.[1]
Day retired from Chiat/Day in 1986. He later did business development at Keye/Donna/Pearlstein.[2]
From 1994 - 1997 Guy sat on the board of The Leap Group and advised the partners of The Leap Partnership.
Day had two sons, Cameron and Bill, who also work in advertising and a daughter, Colleen. Guy died in January 2010 in Pflugerville, Texas.
Bibliography
[edit]- Chiat/DayRizzoli, 1989,ISBN978-0-8478-1163-2
References
[edit]- ^Turner, Dan (July 19, 1999).TBWA Chiat/Day: advertising agency - 20 Years that Changed Los Angeles.Los Angeles Business Journal.
- ^Rothenberg, Randall (June 19, 1989).Advertising: Keye/Donna's New Executive.New York Times
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