work EXPERIENCE
CREATIVE/ART/DESIGN DIRECTOR
August 2018 – Present
AGENCIES: R/GA, HUGE, Jack Morton, NVE Experience Agency, RPA, Advertising + Non-Profits.
BRANDS: HBO, Google, JetBlue, I♥️NY, Honda, Netflix, Prime Video, Shirley Chisholm State Park, The New LGA, Verizon, Smirnoff, Crown Royal, Johnnie Walker, Ketel One, and more.
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
January 2015 – August 2018
AGENCIES: Big Spaceship, 360i, Digitas, Cramer-Krasselt, Publicis, Xenopsi, Wunderman, SS+K, M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment, LOOP Digital, Watercooler Group + more.
BRANDS: Coca-Cola, Sprite, American Express, Hilton, Reebok, Miracle-Gro, Lean Cuisine, Bounty, Charmin, Puffs, French's, Jackson Hewitt.
SENIOR ART DIRECTOR
The Concept Farm
March 2013 – December 2014
BRANDS: Aruba Tourism, ESPN, Empire State Building, Heineken + Amstel New Products, Rockefeller Foundation, and TRW Automotive.
FREELANCE ART DIRECTOR
January 2012 – March 2013
AGENCIES: Digitas, Wunderman, SS+K, Maude, Noise NYC, Sylvain Labs, Naked Communications, MTV.
BRANDS: Citibank, Chevy, Levi's, United, NBC, Pepsi, D'usse Cognac, Bespoken Clothiers + more.
ART DIRECTOR / IDEA ARCHITECT
People Ideas & Culture
May 2010 – December 2011
BRANDS: ask.com, Club Monaco, CNN, Coda Automotive, Match.com, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Mohegan Sun, Russian Standard Vodka, Samsung, Veev + more.
FREELANCE ART DIRECTOR / GRAPHIC DESIGNER
May 2008 – May 2010
AGENCIES: Publicis, McGarry Bowen + more.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER + ART DIRECTOR
January 2004 – August 2007
Various design shops + agencies
life experience
I've gotten lost in Patagonia, trekked with mountain gorillas, and have been chased by a rhino. I’ve been to the only place in the world where lions sleep in trees.I snowboard but I’m the world’s worst at surfing. I’m scared of heights and the street sweeper.
EDUCATION
VCU BRANDCENTER
MS, Mass Communications / Advertising
2006 – 2008
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
BA, Art & Visual Technology (Graphic Design)
1999 – 2004
AWARDS
EFFIE, Gold
Sustained Success for American Express Small Business Saturday, 2017
EFFIE, Bronze
Aruba Tourism, 2014
Magellan Award, Gold
Aruba Tourism, Digital Marketing/Advertising, 2014
Magellan Award, Gold
Aruba Tourism, Overall Family Destination, 2014