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Doug Burnett

Founder & CEOPortland, OregonAt Buena since 2016

Doug started Buena to do one thing: make good causes famous. Usually with no media budget at all.

Superpowers

  • Big ideas, zero media budget
  • Earned media
  • Creative direction
  • Shipping apps with AI
Home base
Portland, Oregon
Medals in one season
24
Past life
Leo Burnett, Chicago
Signature move
The weekly Winner Spinner
Open offer
Will wear any tattoo the team designs

Before Buena, Doug spent seven years as an associate creative director at Leo Burnett in Chicago. Before that he freelanced as an art director.

His ideas have won the studio Cannes Lions, One Show pencils, Clios and Webbys, including 24 medals in a single awards season.

Today he leads Buena’s campaigns, brands and apps. He builds products himself too, with the same AI tools the team uses every day.

I run a Cannes-winning ad agency with a swat team focused on one goal: making good causes famous.

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