Hickey Spurs Creative Velocity

Lisa Hickey has joined the list of notable creative executives trying their luck with startups.

Hickey, who has worked at several agencies of note during the past 15 years, dubbed her firm Velocity Advertising.

“I think I can do a better job than anyone else” in the marketplace and deliver creatively driven advertising of national caliber, Hickey said.

Hickey is the startup’s sole owner and she currently employs about a dozen staffers. In February, Hickey will move the business from Boston’s Park Plaza building to the top two floors of a 19th century mansion at 306 Dartmouth St.