As the founder and creative force behind birdsong gregory, Leslie is responsible for guiding every aspect of our agency’s shopper marketing process. From breakthrough B2B ad campaigns to in-store segmentation strategy that grows basket size, she and her team of writers, strategists, and designers collaborate closely with clients (and each other) to invent new ways to connect with consumers. She prefers a meritocracy of good ideas over a vertical org chart full of paper-pushing, theory-spewing account executives, and she efficiently manages our creative team without being a tyrant. When she’s away from her desk, she enjoys the eclectic lifestyle of Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood neighborhood and taking her son to the park..

With a BA in English from Davidson College and an MA in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Mississippi, Phillip initially planned to pursue a Ph.D and become a professor. But he realized he liked writing incisive strategy briefs and award-winning headlines more than academic dissertations. He also discovered that helping brands thrive and companies grow market share was a hell of a lot more exciting than researching the hermeneutical paradox foregrounded in Faulkner’s philosophy of time. Since then, he’s worked at big national agencies and mid-sized regional ones, but prefers the fast-paced idea-driven crucible of a boutique agency like birdsong gregory.

Jessica hails from Spartanburg, SC and received a BFA in visual communication design from Winthrop University. Before joining our creative department, she created award-winning work for clients like the Bechtler Museum, Mellow Mushroom Pizza, and the Las Vegas Design Center (check out her work in Print Magazine’s 2011 Regional Design Annual).

When she’s away from her desk, she enjoys living at the lake and taking advantage of all the fun things you can do there – like boating, wakeboarding and watching wildlife from her dock.