Longtime suffer-er of Hobby ADHD
Been cast as the voice of Ferrero Rocher.
Created a yeast from an agency’s air.
Turned my 4-year-old’s stories into ai videos.
Took up wheel-throwing, metal-smithing, furniture building, screen printing, wall-paper designing, gardening, and procreate pattern making. (I think I may have a problem?)
When I found a career that let me specialize in all types of art without having to settle on just one thing, it stuck.
I’ve worked as an Art Director/ Creative Director for over a decade in Chicago and New York. I’m currently freelancing from Richmond, VA (with bigger closets to store aforementioned hobbies) but I can work wherever you need me to be.
So, let’s go.
Freelance Creative Director / Art Director 2023 - present
Terri and Sandy 2021 - 2023
Associate Creative Director
Disney, Ferrero Rocher, Nutella, Aspercreme, Keebler
Chicago Portfolio School 2020 - 2021
Virtual Instructor
Teaching the next crop of creatives how to have ideas, make things, present work and get their first job.
Pereira O’Dell 2018 - 2021
Associate Creative Director
MINI Cooper, [ yellow tail ] wine, Central Park Conservancy, Adcouncil, Pillsbury, European Wax Center, New Business
Grey NY 2016 - 2018
Senior Art Director
National Parks, Ally Bank, Folgers, Canon
EnergyBBDO 2013 - 2016
Art Director
Quaker Oats, Bud Light Lime, Extra Gum, K9 Advantix, OFF!, Dr. Scholl's, Pearle Vision
McKinney 2012
Junior Art Director
Subway, Nationwide, Mizuno, Sherwin Williams, Sennheiser, Ruby Tuesday
EDUCATION
VCU Brandcenter 2011-2013
Master Degree Art Direction
VCU 2006-2010
BFA Painting and Printmaking
AWARDS
ADDYS - 1 Gold "Best Non-Traditional 2015" Quaker
2 Bronze
Effie - Wrigley’s Extra, European Wax Center, Pearle Vision
Clio - European Wax Center
2014 Energy Award
CIMA - 1 Gold Quaker
Judge - Lebook
Also the proud recipient of the prestigious Pereira O’Dell PODDY award, for “Getting Shit Done.”
My work has also been featured as Creativity's pick of the day, Adweek and most importantly in non-ad related places like the front page of Reddit and my Mom’s Facebook page.