Destined to become a Waffle House night manager, but something went wrong along the way.
THE WORK ON THIS SITE ISN'T MINE.
Behind everything here is an amazing team. Creatives, strategists, technologists and producers, all linking arms and marching towards the same goal. It's been my privilege to create with them, learn from them, push them further, and celebrate with them, while always doing my best to lead by example. This work belongs to them.
Except for the Motel 6 commercial about balloon animals. That's all me.
2017- today VP Strategy - Slingshot
Texas Tourism, UT Southwestern, LIVE Soda, White Cloud, Revlon, Taco Bueno, Dallas Museum of Art, Chimp Haven, Port Aransas Tourism
2014 - 2017 Principal/ECD - Krause
Helzberg Diamonds, Lucchese Bootmaker, UT Southwestern, William Goldberg, Daisy Brand
2010 - 2014 Partner/ECD - KSV
National Grid, Nellie’s Cage Free Eggs, Acorn Footwear, Okemo Mountain Resort, Sustain Condoms
2003 - 2010 Creative Director/VP/ECD - Slingshot
Jack Daniel's, Greyhound, Dr Pepper, ConocoPhillips, Dave & Buster's, Joe's Crab Shack, Mission Foods, La Quinta
2000 - 2003 Freelance Writer/Producer
Icehouse Beer, Molson, Logan's Roadhouse, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
1998 - 2000 Sailor
New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Tonga, cannibals, dysentery
1994 - 1998 Writer - The Richards Group
Motel 6, TGI Friday's, Florida Orange Juice, Eyemasters
Awards and Niceties
In categories for digital, social media, radio, TV and print: CA Annual, The One Show, The Webby's, the W3's, The Radio Mercury Awards, The Addy's, Graphis, and ABC's World's Funniest Commercials.
Named one of New England's Top 100 Creative Influencers by the New England Ad Club.
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