Who Am I?

I was born and raised in St. Charles & St. Louis, Missouri. After graduating high school, I moved to Chicago at 17 and started at Columbia College Chicago. For that first year, I tried my hand at a major in architecture before realizing that I didn't love what I was doing. During the remaining four years, I worked full time in high end retail to pay my rent while attending school full time.

Senior year, I knew I had to make an internship work so that I could understand the industry when I graduated. I was grateful to land an internship with Stephen French of Burrell Communications. Everything fit just right. After I graduated, Burrell hired me on as a Junior Account Planner to help work strategy on some of the country’s biggest brands like Google, Walmart, McDonald's, and Comcast. In June of 2018 I was promoted to Account Planner.

In May of 2019, I began a new journey with DDB as a Strategist on the United States Army. The process was robust and teaching, and I believe I grew each day that I worked on such an influential brand and institution.

In the first year of the pandemic, I returned to Burrell for an opportunity to run the retail side of the McDonald’s Business. I’ve learned the importance of being a good leader and how to manage relationships with the client. Since my return to Burrell I’ve had the opportunity to work on a number of brands like Anta, Puma, Shea Moisture, and Degree.

The last few years have been full of enormous growth and adjustment periods, but I've never been more excited for the future.

A little bit about me - I’m an avid gamer who has been playing video games for as long as I’ve been conscious in this world. I also have a real love for fitness and pushing my body to new limits; lifting and gaming are typically what I’m doing in my free time. I met my wife while working in a shoe store and together we have a house full of cats!

email:antonio.maurice.gray@gmail.com

phone: 872-333-878