Lake Buckley is a Brooklyn-based director and designer rostered at 1stAveMachine. She holds an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design, where she has served as faculty and guest critic, and an honors degree from Oberlin College. Commercial directing credits include Lipton (Boat), Instagram (True Stories Japan), Bumble (Dessert), Google Pixel 3a, Frooti (Alia), and a Webby Awards intro. In 2022 she directed a documentary-style Meta Reality Labs piece with SpecialGuest, also credited as co-production designer. She previously served as Creative Director at Brooklyn hybrid agency-production company SpecialGuest, with agency clients including Facebook, Google, YouTube, and National Geographic. Brand associations across her directing and design practice include WhatsApp, Patagonia, MTV, Walmart, Chewy, Gevalia, Tushy, Coda, and Luminary. Recognition includes an SPD Awards Gold, Fast Company World Changing Idea Awards nominee status, a Patagonia Environmental Grant, ADC Young Guns finalist recognition, and Sundance Film Festival Six Second Shorts. Work has been noted by AdWeek, Fast Company, TechCrunch, Nowness, and Vimeo Staff Picks, with pieces in the National Museum of Norway permanent collection.