Jake Szymanski is a Peabody Award–winning comedy director represented in the US by Gifted Youth, with a branded-content roster presence at Caviar Amsterdam. He came up as in-house director at Funny or Die under Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Chris Henchy, directed SNL Digital Shorts, and built long-form credits including the feature Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), HBO mockumentaries 7 Days in Hell and Tour de Pharmacy, and Freevee/Amazon’s Jury Duty and Company Retreat. In advertising he is known for Super Bowl-scale celebrity comedy. Documented Big Game work includes Uber Eats’ 2022 “Uber Don’t Eats” (Special Group; Jennifer Coolidge, Trevor Noah, Gwyneth Paltrow), Uber Eats’ 2024 “Don’t Forget”/“Worth Remembering” (Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Usher, Jelly Roll, the Beckhams), GM’s “No Way, Norway” (McCann; Framestore), and 2025 spots for Ritz (“Salty Club” with Bad Bunny, Aubrey Plaza, Michael Shannon) and Hellmann’s/Best Foods (“When Sally Met…” with Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal, Sydney Sweeney). Additional commercial clients include Apple, Nationwide, SodaStream (Snoop Dogg), Lunar and Dodge (Will Ferrell), Old Milwaukee, State Farm, Chrysler, Lay’s, LolaVie, BT (Ryan Reynolds), and Virgin Media (Usain Bolt). LBB frames him as performance-first—casting for who can make him laugh, then giving actors freedom on dialogue and prop business. He was shortlisted for Best Director at Shots Awards The Americas.