Michael Ruby (President, Chief Creative Officer)

Michael Ruby

About

Named the 2021 Best in Biz Creative Executive of the Year and part of the 2018 DMN 40under40, Michael is the President and Chief Creative Officer of Park & Battery.

In his role, he is the company’s head of global brand strategy, creative and content. Michael’s work has been recognized by The One Show, Webby Awards, Global ACE Awards, B2 Awards, Content Marketing Awards, numerous awards from The Drum, and his favorite: “Best use of the word ‘boo-yah’ in a b-to-b ad ever,” according to Ad Age.

Prior to co-founding P&B, Michael was Chief Creative Officer and managing partner at Retina, the ANA’s 2021 and 2020 B2B Agency of the Year. Before that, Michael was tapped by Flexport, the SoftBank-backed, San Francisco-based unicorn, to build its internal creative/content marketing agency.

Through the course of his career, he’s positioned and activated brands with award-winning campaigns and content experiences for organizations such as Boeing, Facebook/Meta, ADP, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Merck, Korn Ferry, Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and Citrix Online, as well as growth-stage companies that have since been acquired by the likes of IBM, HP Enterprise, and Aetna.

He holds a degree in Film/Communications from Boston University. Most importantly, he’s Ben and Viv’s dad.