2025 JUROR
Chris Clark
Squeak E. Clean
Managing Partner (US), Executive Creative Producer, Music Supervisor // Ads
Chicago
Chris Clark is Managing Partner, Executive Creative Producer and Music Supervisor for global full-service music and sound company, Squeak E. Clean Studios, where he co-leads the US studios.
He has produced original music and music supervised commercials for Samsung, BMW, Beats By Dre, Nintendo, and hundreds of other brands. Named a Billboard Branding Power Player in 2019, Chris has a wealth of experience both on the agency and production vendor / partner side and has led Squeak's expertise in Sonic Branding since 2020.
He moved over to Squeak E. Clean after many years as Director of Music at Leo Burnett where he led global music initiatives for Publicis Groupe and worked with brands and artists including Samsung (The Beatles, Elton John, Peter Gabriel, Lorde, Sylvan Esso, Doris Day), Nintendo (White Denim, Rubblebucket), McDonald’s (Sophie, Moon Taxi) and Sprint (Wilco, Alexi Murdoch).
He has provided press/editorial contributions to The New York Times, The Atlantic, Forbes, Huffington Post, Ad Age and SHOOT magazine, and been on the Music Jury for award shows like Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, the AICP Awards and Clio Music Awards. He was also a featured speaker / panelist at Cannes Lions, MIDEM International Music Festival, the Tokyo International Music Market, SPOT Music Festival (Denmark), SXSW, Winter Music Conference and BMI Synch This (Nashville).
