EXPERIENCE
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, ART | APR’21-JUL’22, MAR’23-DEC’23
Uber, San Francisco, CA
Long-term contract creative direction, creative lead, art direction, creative strategy. Responsible for leading teams, hands-on work, agency oversight and seeing projects though from initial concepting through delivery, including post-delivery creative optimization.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, ART | NOV’09-PRESENT
Long-term contracts with various agencies:
• Seattle (DNA, Yale & Olive | Possible | Wunderman Thompson, Copacino + Fujikado, Bread N Butter, Rupert) )
• New York (Ogilvy, Digitas)
• San Francisco (Mortar, Shaklee, Freestyle Interactive, AKQA, Razorfish, Organic, Publicis, Aegis)
• Sydney (Circul8)
Creative direction, creative lead, art direction, creative strategy. Responsible for leading teams, hands-on work and seeing projects though from initial concepting through delivery, including post-delivery creative optimization.
Participated in winning pitches for Amazon Fire TV, Diageo | thebar.com, Diageo | Crown Royal, Panasonic & Accenture
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR | AUG’05-NOV’09
Freestyle Interactive, San Francisco, CA
Responsible for managing a team, concepting, designing and overseeing various forms of online advertising to completion, including banners, landing experiences, websites, social and viral campaigns
Participated in winning pitches for EA Sports & Burton
ART DIRECTOR DEC’99-AUG’04 | MAY’05-AUG’05
Ogilvy, New York, NY
Art direction lead on IBM digital brand advertising
CREATIVE ASSISTANT | SEP’98-DEC’99
Ogilvy, New York, NY
Assisted Executive Creative Director, Creative Directors and Creative Resources Manager | Supported creative teams as an Art Assistant, helping with design and art direction
ART INSTRUCTOR | SEP’01-JUN’02
LEAP, Inc., P.S. 163, New York, NY
Taught art to 1st and 2nd graders in an after school program at a New York City public school
JUNIOR DESIGNER | JAN’98-AUG’98
Great Scott Design Inc., Tucson, AZ
Designed logos, print advertising, outdoor advertising and corporate identity materials for a range of agency clients
ART INTERN | AUG’96-DEC’96
Swanstock Agency, Fine Art Photography Specialists, Tucson, AZ
Sourced photography on behalf of the agency’s creative artists
EDUCATION
BFA | VISUAL COMMUNICATION EMPHASIS | ‘94-’98
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
AWARDS
2016
HEALTHCARE IMPACT AWARDS
Gold | Best Digital Campaign | Hospice by the Bay: TMI Campaign
Silver | Best Integrated Campaign of the Year | Hospice by the Bay: TMI Campaign
2012
WEBBY AWARDS
Official Honoree | Branded Content | Samsung Galaxy SII: Freddie Wong’s Gamer Commute
2011
W3 AWARDS
Silver | Games & Gaming | EA: The Sims 3 Sidekick
2010
MI6 AWARDS
Bronze | Outstanding Overall Integrated Marketing Campaign | EA: The Sims 3 Launch Campaign
2007
MI6 AWARDS
Category Winner | Best Product Websites | EA Madden 07: Maddenoliday Microsite
Category Winner | Best Online Advertising Campaign | EA: The Sims Life Stories Campaign and Microsite
AD:TECH AWARDS
Best in Show | EA Madden 07: Maddenoliday Microsite
Category Winner | Best Consumer Website | EA Madden 07: Maddenoliday Microsite
2005
NEW YORK FESTIVALS PRINT ADVERTISING AWARDS
Finalist | Websites: Jump Pages | IBM: On Demand Interstitial
EFFIE AWARDS
Gold | Sustained Success | IBM: On Demand Integrated Campaign
WEBAWARDS
Standards of Excellence Award | IBM: On Demand Interstitial
MIXX AWARDS
Gold | Brand Awareness Positioning | IBM: On Demand Campaign
2004
CEBA AWARDS
Winner | IBM: On Demand Campaign
AD:TECH AWARDS
Category Winner | B to B Campaign | IBM: On Demand Campaign
XXVII JOHN CAPLES AWARDS
2nd place | Website Business Single | IBM: eBusiness Fusion Webisodes
CANNES LIONS 51st INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING FESTIVAL
Shortlist | Integrated Campaign, Interactive | IBM: Linux Prodigy Campaign
2003
XXVI JOHN CAPLES AWARDS
Second Place | Website, Business Single | IBM: eBusiness Fusion Webisodes
FLASH FILM FESTIVAL
Category Winner | Video | IBM: eBusiness Fusion Webisodes
MC ICON AWARDS
Bronze | Pop-up or Microsite | IBM: eBusiness Fusion Webisodes
2002
NEW YORK FESTIVALS PRINT ADVERTISING COMPETITION
Bronze World Medal | IBM: eBusiness Infrastructure "Havoc" Banner
EFFIE AWARDS
Grand EFFIE | Single Best Work of 2002, Gold | Integrated Campaign | IBM: eBusiness Infrastructure integrated Campaign
MC ICON AWARDS
Silver | Banner Campaign | IBM: eBusiness Infrastructure campaign
Silver | Banner With Pop-up or Micro Site | IBM: eBusiness Innovations "Meet the People" Banner and Landing page
ONE SHOW INTERACTIVE
Merit | Single Banner | IBM: eBusiness Infrastructure "Pronunciation" Banner
2001
NEW YORK ADDY AWARDS
Gold | Banner Campaign | IBM: eBusiness Infrastructure campaign
Gold | Single Banner | IBM: eBusiness Infrastructure "Pronunciation" Banner
2 Silver | Single Banner | IBM: eBusiness Infrastructure "Havoc" Banner, IBM Infrastructure "Bounce" Banner
Silver | BtoB Website | IBM: e-business Website
ONLINE ADVERTISING SUMMIT
Included in "Top Ten Advertising Campaigns of 2001" | IBM: eBusiness Innovations Campaign
AD:TECH AWARDS
Category Winner | Best BtoB Campaign | IBM: eBusiness Infrastructure Campaign
Finalist | Best BtoB Campaign | IBM: eBusiness Innovations Campaign
LONDON INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING AWARDS
Finalist | Link Only Banner | IBM: eBusiness Infrastructure "Bounce" Banner
Finalist | On-Line Campaign | IBM: eBusiness Infrastructure Campaign
Finalist | On-Line Campaign | IBM: eBusiness Innovations Campaign
MC ICON AWARDS
Gold | Single Banner | IBM: eCommerce "Street" Banner
Silver | Single Banner | IBM: CRM "Eye" Banner
Bronze | Beyond The Banner | IBM: eCommerce "Windshield" Banner
INTERNATIONAL WEB PAGE AWARDS
Winner | Creative Excellence | IBM: eCommerce Banner Campaign
Winner | Creative Excellence | IBM: eBusiness Website
2000
NEW YORK ADDY AWARDS
Addy | Single Banner | IBM: CRM "Eye" Banner
Citation of Excellence | Single Banner | IBM: eCommerce "Windshield" Banner
DISTRICT TWO ADDYS
Citation of Excellence | Single Banner | IBM: CRM "Eye" Banner
NATIONAL ADDYS
Citation of Excellence | Interactive Media/Banners | IBM: CRM "Eye" Banner