Bill Coughlan has more than three decades of experience in design, video, and communication, working across the health care, higher education, financial services, and general corporate governance sectors. Before formally joining Edelman Global Advisory in 2022, he worked with Edelman as a freelance illustrator, animator, and presentation designer.​

Previously, Mr. Coughlan was a senior director at The Advisory Board Company, where he began as a graphic designer before creating and managing a full-service in-house video and multimedia department. He also runs his own independent design and video production company, Tohubohu Productions, via which he has written and directed several films, including the multiple-award-winning shorts “Number One With a Bullet,” “The Greater Evil” and “Tex: Wisdom of the Old West.”​

Across his career, Mr. Coughlan has garnered numerous industry awards for film and video production, script writing, directing, editing, visual effects, animation, and voice performance, as well as serving as a judge for the TIVA Peer Awards and the Emmy Awards.​

Mr. Coughlan was a longtime board member and former president of the Television, Internet and Video Association of D.C., and currently serves as the Associate Artistic Director of Jabberwocky Audio Theater, where he writes and directs the acclaimed audio drama series Quorum. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary.