You can find out a lot about someone from their camera roll. Here’s mine.
Shot on Olympus XA2.
Hi there!
I’m Alaina — a creative director with over a decade of experience building brands, motivating teams and crafting big ideas that actually work.
I’ve led award-winning campaigns, relaunched a 100+ year old brand and built an in-house agency from the ground up.
What really gets me excited? Platforms. Frameworks. Any tool that can make the creative product work its magic across every touchpoint efficiently and elegantly.
I’m a podcast enthusiast, novice film critic and bonafide cat lady.
If Pitchfork asked me my perfect 10 album, it would be Bjork’s Post no question (OK Computer close second).
Outside of work you can find me at my art studio playing with textiles or going on an adventure in the mountains.
Let’s work together!
Hit me up on LinkedIn or at acafricano@gmail.com
RESUME
Find my resume riiiight here.
AWARDS
🏆Cannes Lions 2025
Bronze, Entertainment in Music, Original Composition
🏆Clio’s Music Winners 2024
Silver, Use of Music in Advertising, 61 Seconds to Five Minutes
Bronze, Use of Music in Advertising, Songwriting
🏆LIA 2025
Silver, Music & Sound: Original Music with Lyrics
🏆The One Show 2025
Bronze, Brand-Side/In-House: Branded Content
Merit, Brand-Side/In-House: Craft–Art Direction
Merit, Music & Sound Craft: Song
🏆The ADC Awards 2025
Bronze, Advertising, Branded Content
Merit, Craft in Writing - TV / Film / Video
Merit, Motion / Film Craft - Direction
Merit, Craft in Motion / Film - Use of Music / Song
🏆AMP Awards 2025
Best Original Song
🏆AICP Next 2025
Shortlist in Social
🏆AICP 2025
Shortlist in Original Music
🏆ANA In-House Awards 2025
Best in Show
Category Winner, Branded Content (All Teams)
Category Grand Prize Winner, Rebrand/New Product Launch (All Teams)
Category Grand Prize Winner, Significant Results
🏆 Gold REGGIE 2022
Shopper Marketing, Retailer-Specific or Omnichannel Marketing
🏆BRONZE ANA REGGIE 2022
Local, Regional or Market Specific Marketing
🏆BRONZE Effie 2022
Experiential Shopper Marketing
🏆 Bronze REGGIE 2022
Age-Targeted Marketing
🏆 Bronze Effie 2022
Multi-Brand Shopper Solution
🏆 Bronze Effie 2022
Omni-Channel Shopper Solution
PRESS
“YouTube’s Best Ads 2024” by Forbes
"A Year on YouTube: Great Ads of 2024" by YouTube Advertisers
“Best Film of the Week” by Lürzer's Archive.
“There’s Nothing but Love in This Song Written for... a KitchenAid Dishwasher?” by Little Black Book
“Watch: KitchenAid used a real user review to write a love song for its dishwasher” by Campaign US