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AWARDS

65+ industry awards: ADDY | AdForum | CA Advertising Annual | Cannes | Clio | EFFIE | Emmy nomination | London International | Lurzer’s International Archive | NY Festivals | OBIE | OMMA | PDN | Telly | W3

JUROR

The One Show Inaugural In-House Category Juror, Regional ADDYs, Tellys

SPEAKER

The One Club for Creativity Creative Leadership Retreat 2023, NOLA

ANA - Panelist 2022

The Wing, Washington D.C. - “From Madison Avenue to Capitol Hill” 2019

Guest Blogger for the 3% Conference

EXPERIENCE

Group Creative Director Clorox, Electro Creative Workshop / Oakland, CA • 11/19 - present  

• Leading a dynamic team of ACDs, Designers, Art Directors, Writers, and Content Makers on The Clorox Company’s Specialty portfolio of brands ensuring synergy across all digital, content, retail and packaging

• Electro leadership team

Creative Director Democratic National Committee / Washington, DC •  7/18 - 8/19

• Managed design, video content & broadcast studio

• Lead brand evolution for 2020

• Lead creative strategy and development for cross platform digital content in a rapid response environment

Activist/Creative Consultant Self 8/17 - 2/20

• Created Face2Face, a guerilla campaign sponsored by Giffords, designed to bring the NRA face to face with victims of gun violence. Seen On: ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, NowThis, Adweek, AdAge, El Tiempo and more

• Consultant to Manuel Oliver of Change The Ref on various creative activations: The Last Lockdown, Bullet Proof fashion at NYFW and the OBIE winning Colossal Valentine activation

• 1:1 mentoring with student activists and various consulting with brands

Vice President, Executive Creative Director Slingshot LLC / Dallas, TX • 8/11 - 7/17

• Managed and grew a department of 7 into a department of 22 integrated creatives and producers along with a robust freelance pool of talent

• Created “Varnish”, an in-house studio entity which turned a profit in it’s first fiscal (production design, retouching, editing, film, photography, html5 programming and presentation design)

• Responsible for leading 12 AOR wins including: Susan G. Komen, White Cloud, Texas Tourism, The Petco Foundation, Taco Bueno, Terminix, Warheads, Revlon Pro Tools, Infusium Hair Care, UTSouthwestern Health

• Won over 55 industry awards in the digital space, broadcast, print, OOH, experiential, radio, social, website, app and cross-platform campaigns

Creative Director SapientNitro / Miami • 11/10 - 7/11

• Managed a global group of creatives based out of 5 different countries to deliver a synergistic brand story and new branding system for the company internally and externally

• Led immersive, technology led experience for SXSW sponsorship

Founding Partner Toru LLC / New York • 9/06 - 12/17

• Designed and launched a charitable line of dog apparel for hipster dogs on a shoe-string budget

• Developed e-commerce and promotional micro-sites

• Managed marketing and PR efforts

• Created “Rescues Rock The Runway”, a fund-raising event benefiting Paws4You Rescue

• Seen on The Today Show, Martha Stewart, Rachel Ray, Fox News, Animal Planet, Modern Dog magazine

• Sold in 260 boutiques worldwide

Senior Vice President, Creative Director BBDO / New York • 10/96 - 6/06

• Rose from a mid level Art Director to Sr. VP, CD in the course of 7 years

• Co-ran: Pepsi Int’l, Pepsi Edge, Pepsi Twist, Visa Signature Card, Visa sports sponsorships, & Doritos

• Created award winning work/campaigns for Pepsi Int’l, Pepsi Twist, Visa

• Winning pitch campaign for the AOL $100mm AOR account

• Other accounts included: AOL, Ebay, GE Appliances, Tostidos, E*Trade,    Ms. Foundation, & Pizza Hut

BBDO ABROAD

AMV/BBDO London: British Telecom Pitch

Clemenger/BBDO Sydney: spearheaded Pizza Hut pitch with the Sydney, AU team

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts Syracuse University • Syracuse, NY

Stagen Leadership Academy Dallas, TX