Tereasa Surratt
Creative Director | Stylist | Camp Wandawega Owner
Tereasa's is a Senior Partner, Global Group Creative, & Director of Experiential. Based in Chicago. In her 18 year tenure at Ogilvy, worked out of the Hong Kong, UK, NY & Spain offices for the global rollout of the launch of Dove's “Campaign For Real Beauty.” She’s since crafted 360 advertising campaigns for brands from Miller to Mrs Meyers. Flor, Kotex & others.
Her other creative life as owner of Camp Wandawega has led being books being published by Random House, Hearst, Clarkson-Potter as well as contributor to lifestyle and home magazines such as Kinfolk, Better Homes & Gardens, Parents, Sweet Paul and more. Her home design and lifestyle projects have been featured in WSJ, Dwell, Conde Nast Traveller, Travel & Leisure, Martha Stewart Living, The Huffington Post, Remodelista, CBS, NPR, and Net-A-Porter & others..
And the co-designed & launched product lines with ANTHROPOLOGIE, GANT, URAL, Land Of Nod & Faribault Woolen Mills as well as partnerships with Trunk Club, Graduate Hotels & more.
The melding of her two creative worlds has evolved into the opportunity to host creative retreats for the global brand she loves from, Shinola, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Trek, Lululemon, Gatorade & more. She has been name an Advertising Age “Woman to Watch.” & featured in CB2’s “Hot series,” FLOR’s “Designer Showcase,” in Sun Times as a “Trend Forecaster,” in CS Interiors as a “Style Icon,” Michigan Ave “Style profile,” and Crain’s "Top Influencers of 2017” , Reese Witherspoon’s ‘Hello Sunshine’ creative women stories series.
Tereasa has a passion for mentoring ad students at University for Creative Arts UK and serving on the launch advisory board for SOHO House Chicago. She is constantly on the hunt for the next cabin to save-- And spends as much time as possible scheming travel plans with her husband so that she can start her next travel journal with her 7 year old daughter Charlie.
Tereasa will be presenting the following:
360 Creative Living
Objectives:
• The three pieces of advice that changed my life.
• The truth about work life balance.
• Tapping into magic of the virtuous cycle of creativity.
