As Creative Director, I build teams that grow brands. My teams create world-class advertising for international brands, and have a good time doing it.
Key Accomplishments:
At the Monday Campaigns, I helped build the Meatless Monday brand from an idea into a global entity. With virtually no promotional budget, we cultivated an active network of Meatless Monday organizations in 40 countries and 22 languages using social media and branded online marketing.
At Glover Park, Sawyer Miller and Grey I recruited and developed highly motivated and enthusiastic creative groups that went on to win industry awards ranging from Webbys to Tellys to Mobius and many others.
At Saatchi & Saatchi New York, London and Frankfurt I built teams that raised the morale and productivity in the creative departments — my teams were the first to use Macs and won a One Show Pencil for our work on Fuji Film.
Key Skills & Expertise:
Award-winning advertising, team building, global marketing expertise, non-profit advertising, creative + brand strategies, health promotion, website design, public relations advertising, graphic design,
event design and promotion, digital design, Adobe Creative Suite
Experience:
Creative Director, Monday Campaigns, New York, Advertising, marketing, open source, non-profit
Hands-on creative director and strategic leader, hired and developed creative department to meet evolving needs of clients and partners in the preventive health-care arena
Associate Creative Director, Glover Park Group, New York, Advertising and public relations
Created corporate image advertising for global clients such as Visa, AMD, Pfizer, Verizon Wireless, and Microsoft while maintaining high morale and productivity in the creative department
Associate Creative Director, Sawyer Miller Advertising, New York, Advertising
Created solution-based corporate image campaigns for Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin, Bristol Myers Squibb while working within a fast-paced, turn-on-a-dime environment
Associate Creative Director, M&C Saatchi, New York, Advertising
Created award-winning corporate and tactical advertising for British Airways, Qantas, Kendall-Jackson, Mandarin Oriental Hotels, Asprey & Gerrard, The Travel Channel
Associate Creative Director, Grey Advertising, New York, Advertising
Created award-winning consumer advertising for 3M, Panasonic, American General Insurance. Fostered a collegial, highly motivated team environment within a siloed bureaucratic structure
Creative Group Head, Saatchi & Saatchi, Frankfurt, Germany, Creative Group Head, Advertising
Created award-winning consumer advertising for Fuji Film, Proctor & Gamble, Isostar (sports drink). Supported enthusiastic and productive teams that regularly created the highest-quality work
Senior Art Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, Advertising
Created consumer advertising for General Mills, Proctor & Gamble, Rums of Puerto Rico, Mexico Tourism Board. Lead and mentored two creative teams
Education:
Parsons School of Design, New York
MFA, Design & Digital Technology
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
BS, Advertising
Pomona College, Claremont, CA
BA, Fine Art