Jason S. Burke

Brand Work

Knee Deep in It

Twenty years of advertising work, from building brand voices at major agencies to writing and directing campaigns for some of the most recognizable names in sports, entertainment, and consumer culture.

The through line has always been the same: pitch the wildest, most fun concept imaginable, scale it back to their comfort zone, then immediately make it wild and weird again. Because that's what cuts through.

"ARMS"
01 / Brand films and social campaign

Amazon Prime Sports

WriterDirector

Working directly with Amazon's TNF team, we developed a campaign to promote key weekly matchups by raiding their endless catalog of blockbuster films and building original narratives that mirrored each game's storyline. The players became the characters. The stakes became as gloriously '80s cinema as we could possibly make them.

"LeBron Logoman Bounty"
02 / Brand film and social campaign

Whatnot

WriterDirector

Whatnot wanted to make noise around the most expensive basketball card ever pulled, the LeBron James Logoman. So we made them an offer: the first person to unbox it on Whatnot wins a brand new Lamborghini. A call-to-action brand film with actual consequences. It worked.

Cheez-It. "Blind Taste Test"
03 / Branded content series

Comedy Central

WriterDirector

A direct-to-client relationship built on some crafty pitch work. We convinced Comedy Central to let us make branded content that felt like the network itself made it, for Subway, Cheez-It, Snapple, and Axe. They simply couldn't get enough of these lovable idiots.

Case study film
04 / Digital + live activation

Viceland's Weed Week

WriterCreative Director

During Viceland's Weed Week, we created a digital and live activation giving audiences the opportunity to get absolutely torched with a Jeff Sessions deepfake. It was exactly what it sounds like.

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"I'm Wiped Out!"
05 / Unconventional brand worship

Sun-Maid Raisins

WriterDirector

Direct-to-client work that started with a rogue pitch. They loved it so much they asked for us by name, and we delivered. We were paid in raisins and merch, but the experience of promoting the greatest snack on planet earth was priceless.

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06 / Social copy and brand voice

Captain Morgan & Budweiser

Senior Writer

At Anomaly, I owned the social media voice for Captain Morgan from day one, building the brand's following from zero to 30,000+ across all channels while writing and producing all content end-to-end. Alongside that, I conceptualized and wrote TV, print, OOH, and digital campaigns for Captain Morgan and Budweiser.

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