Dean Burney

Dean brings a multi-disciplinary approach to the leadership of the IS creative team, fostered through a 30-year career spanning many creative disciplines.  The child of a mathematician and artist, he balances left and right brain thinking to develop solutions that are equal parts functional and feel-good.

His career began as a copywriter and corporate marketer, developing the skills that make him such a well-rounded creative professional.  He was an early advocate for website usability testing, pioneering many low-cost, high-impact testing techniques being widely used today.

Prior to joining Interactive Strategies, he worked for The Indigio Group in Denver, where he led the website redesigns of The Denver Post and several other prominent newspapers.  He also led all digital work for budget.com, which was named the nation’s most usable car rental site.

At Interactive Strategies, he has provided critical strategic and creative leadership on some of the agency's most complicated high-profile association projects including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), CFP Board, the American Occupational Therapy Assocation (AOTA), and the National Center for State Courts (NCSC).  He has also contributed his strong creative perspective for dozens of impactful non-profits like Autism Speaks, Operation Smile, Project Hope, Zero Cancer, and Action Against Hunger.

Dean is a passionate Denver sports fan, particularly the Denver Nuggets.  Fun fact: he was actually married at a Nuggets game many moons ago.  In recent years, he has found salvation in his worship of (in his words) “the greatest basketball player of this generation – Nikola Jokic.”