WORK EXPERIENCE

Creative Director /// Mezzetta
First Creative Director in the brands 80 year history /// Building a cross-functional team to align with company growth goals /// Evaluating and evolving on-shelf labels, POS and branding /// Helping develop full funnel activations and strategy /// Redesigned brand guidelines to be more modern and functional

Creative Director /// Peet’s Coffee
Led a team of designers, writers, producers and project managers in all things design and branding. /// From rebuild and design
of 400+ page ecom site to packaging and complex retail design systems. Working with all channels; Retail, CPG, DTC, ECOM
& Loyalty App /// Evolved and optimize the in-house creative team growth, structure, creative capabilities, processes and work tools. /// Evaluated and refined organizational structure within the team to support the ongoing evolution of design offerings and needs of the business. /// Managed department's financial operations with Ops Manager setting and maintaining yearly forecast and budgets. /// Advocated the value of Design throughout the organization and educate stakeholders about the capabilities of the in-house creative team

Global Creative Director /// Denstu
Global creative lead on B2B HP /// Creative lead on Visa developer

Group Creative director /// VMLY&R
Creative lead on B2B global Microsoft relaunch, Crystal Cruise Line relaunch + new business

Founder & ECD /// Phunn & Dunn 
Started an agency with a band of misfits and malcontents. Pitched and won a number of beer accounts;
Ommegang, Duval, Chouff. Never worked so hard. Never had so much fun.

Creative Director/Art Director/Designer /// Freelance
Worked on; HP, Visa, Google, Microsoft, VW, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Chevy, Target, Adidas, Absolut @ CP+B, Cutwater,
EVB, TBWA Chiat/Day, JWT/NY, Team Detroit, McCann, MUH•TAY•ZIK, Godfrey Dadich, Isobar, Deutsch, Denstsu

Professor /// Academy of Art University
Teaching grad students the fine art of branding and persuasion.

SVP, Group Creative Director /// Publicis West
Helped manage all of T-Mobile’s advertising/branding/innovation projects.

Art Director /// Saatchi & Saatchi, LA
Managed creative output for Toyota. Specifically for Sienna, 4runner, Highlander

Art Director /// Black Rocket
Learned the craft of advertising and design from two of the finest creatives around, Steve Stone and Bob Kerstetter.
I was Art Director on Yahoo!, Musco Olive Co. and Morgan Stanley, also a million Dot Com companies that don't exists anymore.