Who Is Roger Hooks, Jr., the S&P 500 Creative Executive?
Ask Roger Hooks, Jr. Where his creative career started and he won't point to an executive office. He will show you a pencil. Roger earned his first paying artistic job at the age of 17 when he sold his first pastel and colored pencil drawing and was soon to be introduced to the early days of desktop publishing. He started as a paste-up artist at AlphaGraphics, a world vastly different from the digital age in which we now live. 36 years later, he's an S&P 500 Creative Executive helping lead creative direction on a global scale. From Making Things to Making Ideas Work What sets Roger’s career apart is not only the list of brands that he has been associated with but also the wide range of problems he was able to solve. His work spanned technology, advertising, packaging, entertainment, and international brand management. Among the well-known companies he has worked with are Apple, Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Supermicro, and various entertainment and consumer brands. He has also recei...