About Brendan

Brendan Gillen is an award-winning creative director living in Brooklyn. Brendan has developed, written, and directed content for ESPN, FanDuel, NASCAR, Condé Nast, Fox Sports, BBC, the U.S. Open, Resy, Anheuser-Busch and others. He developed his creative and storytelling capabilities at ESPN, producing original content for the FIFA World Cup, the NBA on ESPN, Sunday Night Baseball, Grantland, Monday Night Football, and more.

His work has received attention in the New York Times, Mashable, the Washington Post, USA Today’s “For the Win,” SportsIllustrated.com, the Huffington Post and People.com, among others. He earned a Sports Emmy for his work on the campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on ESPN.

Awards & Recognition

Sports Emmy Awards 2015 — Outstanding Promotional Announcement

New York Times — "Voice of Soccer Calls the Action Well Off the Field"

Mashable — "ESPN Makes Sport of Your Dating Woes"

Washington Post — "The best World Cup commercial..."

USA Today's "For the Win" — "The only World Cup commercial you need to see"

SportsIllustrated.com — "First date narrator extraordinaire"

Sporting News — "Steph Curry battles Ayesha Curry in 'Kitchen Warriors'"

CBS Sports — "Stephen Curry and family star in 'Kitchen Warriors'"

Experience

Boomshot New York

Writer/Creative Director (2016 - 2025)