# Clayton Ruebensaal

> Clayton Ruebensaal is TransUnion’s executive vice president and chief marketing and communications officer, bringing more than 25 years of experience across advertising, hospitality, financial services and media. His career connects a recurring operating idea - reduce a brand to a clear promise, align the organization behind it, then prove the work with customer and business results.

- **Role:** Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at TransUnion
- **Organizations:** TransUnion, Comcast, American Express, The Ritz-Carlton, BMB, Cliff Freeman & Partners, BBDO, Deutsch, Grey, Tory Burch Foundation, SXSW
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. in English and creative writing, Butler University
- **Known for:** Helped launch The Ritz-Carlton’s global “Let Us Stay With You” platform in 2011., Implemented American Express’s first global brand strategy while leading Global Brand Management., Led American Express Global B2B marketing across channels and geographies from 2019 to 2023.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Held advertising roles at Grey and Deutsch, then worked at BBDO on accounts including The Economist, Sony, Pepsi’s Aquafina and E*TRADE.
- **2008-2009** — Served as CEO of Cliff Freeman & Partners.
- **Before 2011** — Ran the New York office of British advertising agency BMB.
- **2011** — As a global marketing leader at The Ritz-Carlton, helped launch the “Let Us Stay With You” brand platform.
- **2013** — Named an Internationalist of the Year.
- **2015-2018** — Served as Senior Vice President, Global Brand Management at American Express and helped implement its first global brand strategy.
- **2018** — American Express received Adweek’s Marketer of the Year recognition during his brand leadership tenure.
- **2019-2023** — Served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Global B2B Marketing at American Express.
- **2023-2025** — Served as Chief Creative Officer at Comcast, leading marketing, brand, media and performance marketing for the consumer business.
- **2024** — Named No. 88 on the Cablefax 100 Operations Leaders list.
- **2026** — Spoke at SXSW on making brave brand decisions where data meets creativity.
- **2026** — Joined TransUnion as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, effective June 15.

## Achievements

- Helped launch The Ritz-Carlton’s global “Let Us Stay With You” platform in 2011.
- Implemented American Express’s first global brand strategy while leading Global Brand Management.
- Led American Express Global B2B marketing across channels and geographies from 2019 to 2023.
- Named an Internationalist of the Year in 2013.
- Received Adweek-linked Marketer of the Year recognition for work at The Ritz-Carlton in 2012 and American Express in 2018, as listed on his public LinkedIn profile.
- Named No. 88 among Cablefax’s 2024 Operations Leaders.
- Selected to lead TransUnion’s newly unified corporate marketing, product marketing, communications and corporate affairs organization.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Joined TransUnion as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, effective June 15, and became a member of the executive leadership team.
- **2026-03** — Appeared at SXSW in the session “Where Data Meets Creativity: Making Brave Brand Calls.”
- **2025-11** — Concluded his tenure as Chief Creative Officer at Comcast.

## Links

- Website: https://www.transunion.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claytonruebensaal

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Last updated: 2026-08-21