Name: Mike Schrader
Title: President and Creative Director

Creative philosophy: Creativity = hard work + passion + an open mind + an absolute willingness to embarrass yourself in public.

Most recent professional accomplishment: Developing Avon’s first national broadcast infomercial.

Favorite ad campaign: Right now, I love the e-Trade spots where the baby talks to the camera. They’re well written, hilarious and they’re very memorable for the e-Trade brand.

The best thing about working at Moxie Media Group is… The great people we have on the Moxie team. We have a very unique culture at Moxie and it could not work without the talent, passion and teamwork that Moxie people bring to the job everyday.

Favorite quote: “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

No humility. Give us your ‘crowning professional achievement’ to date: Creating Moxie Media Group and helping it become the great company that it is today.

What is the most amazing spot upon which you have stood? Font de Gaume, a cave in southwestern France near Les Eyzies. The cave walls are covered with prehistoric polychrome cave paintings from around 25,000 BC. It is amazing to be in this cave and imagine Prehistoric artists painting by firelight. We visited this cave in 2008 while on a bicycle tour of the Dordogne river valley in southwestern France.

Famous person you’d like to meet and why: I’d like to meet Stephen King. I read “The Stand" in 1978 and I have been hooked ever since. I even read his books on the art of writing. I saw him once when I was taking a film class in Maine but I didn’t get a chance to meet him. I’d love to have a beer with him and get to know the man behind the scary stories.