CREATIVE DIRECTOR
BBDO, Atlanta, GA | May 2016 – September 2018
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
KBS, New York, NY | March 2012 – May 2016
ART DIRECTOR
KBS, New York, NY | July 2011 – March 2012
ART DIRECTOR
Walrus, New York, NY | November 2007 – July 2011
SKILLS
Team Leadership. Creative Direction. Brand Narrative and Strategy. Brand Activation. Creative Brief Development. Integrated Campaigns. Art Direction. Graphic Design. Copywriting. Illustration (Hand & Digital). Brand Standards. Remote Creative & Art Direction. Remote Production.
Programs and Applications: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Keynote, Microsoft Powerpoint, Pencil & Paper, Accidentally Launching Siri, Cracking One-Liners.
Recognition
CANNES LIONS: Expense-a-Steak, Gracie A.I.
CLIOS: Baseball For All
ONE Show: Expense-a-Steak, Gracie A.I.
The Effies: Honey Baked Ham, Street Grace.
Advertising Age Small Agency Awards: Expense-a-Steak
D&AD Student Competition winner, 2007: Lonely Planet
Heyward G. Smith Award, 2005: Given annually at The University of Georgia to the graduate with the highest GPA in the advertising school
First Place, DeKalb County Social Science Fair, 1994 (age 12) For the seventh grade research project "How Do Advertisers Hook Consumers?"
Education
The Creative Circus, Atlanta, GA
Art Direction
Fall 2005 - Fall 2007
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
BA Advertising, Minors: Sociology & New Media | Summa Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Fall 2001 – Spring 2005
References available on request.