JJL consultants are seasoned professionals who work hard, produce strategic and distinctive marketing and creative, and have a good time doing it. We have collaborated on the advertising agency side, the client side, or both and respect each other’s time and talent. You can expect us to do the same with you.
You also benefit from our professional connections. Based on your needs, we can engage the appropriate colleagues: web developers, media experts, proofreaders, technical support people and more.
Jessica Ruszczyk
Partner, Marketing and Client Service
A strategic marketing leader with a track record of business growth and brand building through online and offline campaigns.
Client-side: led Freedom Mortgage digital marketing, launched cutting edge Medco online health store, developed Citi Consumer Lending programs
Agency-side: directed marketing and creative for PayPal, Citi, Guardian Life, Citizens Bank, J&J and Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi over 15+ years
Personal details: sporty and outdoorsy, great herder of creative people and clients
John Olds
Partner, Art Director, Designer
Amazing art director with creative, strategic solutions in all media, singular branding, sleek design and meticulous attention to detail.
Client-side: Creative Director developing a J.P. Morgan Private Bank brand to stand within the larger firm’s brand, but with its own distinctive, globally seamless identity
Agency-side: led teams to develop world-class creative for Apple, Citi, J.P. Morgan, Merck, Microsoft and UBS for 20+ years
Personal details: bone-dry wit, excellent gardener, dog whisperer
Liz Poole
Partner, Copywriter
Copywriter skilled at making complex products, services and ideas simple, using clear, relatable language.
Client-side: concepts and copy for digital and print projects to JP Morgan Private Bank clients
Agency-side: 20+ years developing creative in all media for Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, GlaxoSmithKline, AARP-United HealthCare, Save the Children
Personal details: good sense of humor, extremely high boiling point, never works in pajamas