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# Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Trevor Villet, Associate Creative Director/Group Copy Director at Planit in Baltimore
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/up-close-and-personal-getting-to-know-trevor-villet-associate-creative-directorgroup-copy-director-at-planit-in-baltimore/
- Published: 2015-05-27T19:47:17.000Z
- Updated: 2020-03-24T00:51:57.000Z
- Author: Cade Martin
- Tags: Profiles, Richmond News, Up Close and Personal, #Import 2026-10-08 18:46

![Trevor Villet](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/16/5016dd29-aeff-4565-a68b-cdbb78bc58e6/content/images/2026/10/rsz_trevor_villet.jpg)

**Capitol Communicator is running a series of profiles of communicators** in the mid-Atlantic. In this “up close and personal” profile, we feature **Trevor Villet**. Photography for this series is by [**Cade Martin**](http://www.cademartin.com/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com); wardrobe styling by **Pascale Lemaire** for THE Artist Agency; and hair and makeup by **Patti D Nelson** and **Janice Kinigopoulos** for THE Artist Agency.

**Trevor, tell us a bit about yourself.**

I began my career in NYC working on the Oil of Olay and Gain Laundry Detergent accounts, which explains my radiant skin and outdoor-fresh scent. From there, like every aspiring ad exec does, I moved from Manhattan to Baltimore. Seventeen years later, I’m still hanging out. Fighting the good fight for Planit.

**Are you involved in any other organizations – professional or non-profit?**

Actually, no. Thanks for reminding me of that. Boy, don’t I feel like a million bucks.

**What are the things you are most proud of?**

My daughters and wife are pretty awesome. Without trying, they constantly remind me of what a crappy dad and husband I am, but I’m proud to be trying. I’m proud to have made some really great – or really lucky – moves in my career that have turned out pretty dang well.

**Who are your personal role models?**

I’m not sure I’ve ever had or wanted a role model. I kinda just do my own thing and see what happens. Although I never met him, the late **Mike Hughes** of The Martin Agency in Richmond seems to me to be the quintessential ad man. I always looked up to him from afar. The biz lost a good one there.

 **Did anyone offer you professional advice that helped you in your career?**

The quick answer is yes, but you’d be bored to tears with my answer. So how about this instead: although I wouldn’t consider him a role model per se, my brother did give me some advice when I was 16 that I’ve never forgotten. As I struggled to learn how to drive a stick-shift, he told me “Always remember, second gear is your best friend.”

**What professional advice do you have for others?**

I’m not one to throw around prophetic quotes, but as it relates to the ad biz, I totally believe in this one: Talent is no excuse for hard work.

**What advice do you have on what’s appropriate attire for your organization?**

It’s always better to be overdressed than underdressed. If you do find yourself underdressed, be really damn charming.

**Where do you buy most of the clothes you wear to the office?**

Gap Kids.

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