RESUMÉ
SUMMARY
Creative director / Art Director. Global brands. Techn launches. Work that can be funny, epic, or deeply human, sometimes all three. For over a decade, served as an embedded creative partner for Apple, Meta, and AI-native technology companies as well a go-to creative for top agencies—concepting and directing product launches, brand campaigns, and multi-channel storytelling systems. Equally fluent in the visual and the verbal. Equally at home shaping a product narrative or leading a team to scale it across every channel.
EXPERIENCE
Venables Bell & Partners, San Francisco
Art Director / Writer / ACD / 2024 — present
Lead concept, visual, and narrative development for national and global brands including Scout Motors, Chipotle, and PG&E. Work spans film, brand systems, social, experiential, and emerging technology platforms. Partner closely with strategists, designers, and production to turn abstract brand and product ideas into emotionally resonant, visual stories that connect.
· Develop campaign concepts from early narrative through final execution
· Direct visual systems that scale across paid, owned, and experiential channels
· Craft and refine messaging that makes complex products and brand purposes feel human and accessible
· Collaborate with product, brand, and marketing teams to translate innovation into storytelling people can connect with
Freelance Creative Director / Art Director / Writer
2012 — 2024
Trusted creative partner for some of the world’s top agencies and technology companies. Called on repeatedly by the best shops in the business—Wieden+Kennedy, Goodby, Silverstein, TBWA\Chiat\Day, 72andSunny, BBDO, and others—as well as directly by technology clients including Apple, Meta, and Intercom, to shape visual language and campaign systems for major product launches and brand moments.
· Apple: Created “Dear Apple” films for Apple Watch keynote launch events—emotionally resonant films documenting real life-changing and life-saving customer experiences with Apple Watch.
· Meta: Contributing creative on the Facebook Portal launch—supporting campaign development and storytelling for a new hardware product entering a skeptical market
· Intercom: Created integrated brand campaigns for an AI-powered customer service platform spanning film, paid social, podcast/audio advertising, and digital—translating a technically complex AI product into clear, human, and persuasive storytelling across every channel
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco
Art Director / Creative Director / 2004-2012
Created and led award-winning work for brands including NBA, Comcast/Xfinity, Corona Light, Modelo, Chevy, Sprint, Adobe, and Bud Light.
· Directed integrated campaigns across film, digital, social, and experiential
· Led visual development for brand systems and product launches
· Collaborated with writers, designers, producers, and technologists
· Promoted over eight years from Art Director to Creative Director based on leadership, and the ability to consistently deliver breakthrough work
EDUCATION
The Creative Circus • Art Direction
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio • BS