
I have 2 decades of
digital and print design experience in the advertising, media, marketing and retail industries. I’m looking to lead creative and mentor designers to create compelling visuals at scale.
skills
ADOBE CC
SKETCH
UX UI
HTML CSS
MANAGEMENT
KEYNOTE
MS OFFICE
June 2021 - Current
APPLE TV
Senior Digital Creative - LA
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Managed several design teams both in-house and remote to develop creative for streaming, paid, social and video for Apple TV+ original content and later for two sports categories—Major League Soccer and Major League Baseball.
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Role required quality control, attention to detail, expert technical knowledge, ability to negotiate creative decisions and a deep understanding of branding.
Mar. 2021 - June 2021
PUBLICIS SAPIENT
Visual Design Lead - LA
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Client-facing design lead for three different pods at Capital Group.
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Oversaw and managed a team of seven offshore and two in-house designers.
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Created campaign ideas from concept to complete.
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Worked in a fast-paced environment that often require managing up to 5-10 time-sensitive projects daily that can range from power point presentations to UI/UX webpage redesigns to brochures and social posts.
June 2018 - Mar. 2021
TBWA \ CHIAT \ DAY
CARUSO
T3 MICRO
SOMETHING MASSIVE
KERN
Freelance Creative Lead - LA
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Led and mentored a digital design team for Apple product campaigns that have included Holiday 2020, Back-to-School, Apple TV+, and iPhone 11 launch.
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Digital design for Facebook Oculus.
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Art directed photoshoots and worked closely with photographers and creatives on 360 seasonal advertising.
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Designed large-scale digital billboards displayed at the Grove.
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UI/UX work on micro-sites and brochures.
Oct. 2016 - June 2018
YAHOO!
Creative Director - LA
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Led all creative for Storytellers—Yahoo’s content marketing division before Oath.
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Managed a team of 3-4 freelancers and in-house creatives.
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Hired and worked closely with in-house and outside vendors to achieve quarterly goals.
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Concept and designed campaigns that saw a 20% increases in CTRs.
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Streamlined process with Slates that achieved a 24-hour turnover pitch rate.
May 2015 - Oct. 2016
DONNER
POSSIBLE
Freelance Art Director - LA
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Print + banner design for Microsoft’s “The Collective Project” campaign, which received Adweek’s ‘Ad of the Day’ mention.
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Lead designer on Microsoft’s Office 365 social campaign that utilized stop action photography and motion graphics.
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UI/UX lead on Nescafe’s US website redesign that went from concept to complete in two months.
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Mentored 1-2 junior designers.
Mar. 2015 - Apr. 2016
DEUTSCH
Senior Designer - LA
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Part of a 4-person team that won first place at the mayor’s Save the Draught hack-a-thon.
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Designed UI that was utilized across all Volkswagen model bucket pages.
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Led graphic design across all Sprint digital + print.
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Pitched and presented ideas to clients and senior staff with a reduction in rounds of edits.
Mar. 2011 - Apr. 2014
WIEDEN+KENNEDY
Visual Designer - NY
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UI Designer on Delta’s Innovation Class microsite that won a Silver Cannes Lion.
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Visual Designer on Southern Comfort’s website redesign that received an FWA ‘Site of the Day.’
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Designed WKNY’s submission for Adweek’s “Agency of the Year”.
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Print designer on Target’s Emmy nominated campaign “Color Changes Everything.”
Aug. 2008 - Mar. 2011
EILEEN FISHER
STYLESIGHT (WGSN)
Freelance Graphic Designer - NY
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Designed campaign storefronts for Eileen Fisher’s flagship NY store.
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Created seasonal style guides used by all department and standalone stores across the nation.
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Perfected retouching skills by creating 8-10 “mood boards” daily for Stylesight.
Jan. 2005 - Apr. 2008
REDENVELOPE
Print Production Associate - SF
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Managed photographers, stylists and retouchers on-set and in-house for photoshoots.
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Retouched assets for the website.
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Designed spreads and layouts in conjunction with the art director.
EDUCATION
Boston College, MA
2002 Bachelor of Arts, Communication