Lee Seidenberg is a freelance, award-winning Creative Director/Writer, personal and commercial photographer, and founder of VC-5, a full-service marketing, branding, and design agency.
His 20+ years of advertising experience include creative leadership positions at Cliff Freeman & Partners, BBDO NY, WestWayne (22Squared), and DeVito/Verdi, NY. Freelance and consulting work includes Apple, Ogilvy, McCann, BBDO Atlanta, Havas Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, Arnold, BBH, Crispin Porter & Bogusky, TBWA/Chiat Day, Publicis, Kaplan Thaler, Marcel, MMC, McGarry Bowen, JWT, Baskin Robbins, Woodchuck Cider, The Robin Hood Foundation, Svedka Vodka, and many others.
His work spans a wide range of categories and brands, including Apple, Google, Pepsi, GE, Snapple, Quiznos, Toyota, IKEA, Seagram’s, Florida’s Natural, Microsoft, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Sports Authority, Verizon, Dove, and numerous brands from P&G, General Mills, and Unilever, as well as healthcare.
Lee’s work has earned top honors at Cannes, The One Show, Clios, Radio Mercury Awards, Art Directors Club, Andys, Addys, and more. In 2017, his work was inducted into the Clios Hall of Fame.
As a photographer, Lee has captured Fortune 500 CEOs, TV personalities, and professional athletes, including a NYC-wide campaign with Michael Phelps for the therapy app Talkspace. He recently partnered with Joan Creative, creating powerful portraits of employees for a global campaign for S&P Global.
Through VC-5, Lee helps entrepreneurs and companies bring clarity and creativity to their marketing, branding, and design.
He loves The Beatles, Leica cameras, his blue Mini Countryman with white racing stripes, and (sometimes) the NJ Jets. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and two boys.