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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

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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