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Freelance Art Director & Designer
Orange County, CA
Sep 1996 - Present (28 years 2 months)
Creative work for agencies across OC, LA, San Diego, and San Francisco.
Shops include: EWI Worldwide, Five & Done, metajive, Smarty Social, Spinifex, and more.
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Accociate Creative Director
Aliso Viejo, CA
Jun 2018 - May 2023 (4 years 11 months)
Responsible for developing and transforming the initial vision into creative solutions while ensuring client objectives are achieved. Works both with junior art directors, UX/UI peers, and also 100% autonomously. Accounts included Epic Games, Fender, Hagerty Insurance, Toyota, and Ubisoft.
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Associate Creative Director
Big Picture Group (bpg)
Feb 2013 - Sep 2013 (7 months)
Partnered with CD leadership to ensure all entertainment advertising was true to strategy, elevates creative standards and boosts creative credentials. Accounts included CNBC, CNN, E! Network, Fox, HBO, HGTV, Lifetime, NBC, Netflix, Showtime, Smithsonian and USA Network.
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Senior Art Director
Critical Mass
Oct 2012 - Feb 2013 (4 months)
Led a team of designers and copywriters for HP (Hewlett-Packard), developing creative concepts, microsites, social networking programs and integrated campaigns.
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Senior Art Director
Juxt Interactive
Feb 2011 - Oct 2012 (1 year 8 months)
Led the art direction of ground-breaking, cross-platform solutions that are both uniquely creative and easy to use, both hands-on and through the junior teams. Worked with top brands such as Aquarium of the Pacific, Cisco, Honda, Motorola, PacSun and Toyota.
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Senior Art Director
ELA Advertising
Oct 2009 - Feb 2011 (1 year 4 months)
Creative leadership and direction for premium brands such as Asus, Black & Decker, Intel, Mariott Hotels, MGM Grand Hotel & Casino and Warner Bros Games. Design, evaluate and evolve work to ensure executional excellence for integrated advertising and branding solutions, within web, mobile and print mediums.
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Senior Art Director
Atomic Curve
Jan 2005 - Oct 2009 (4 years 9 months)
Provided companies such as Capital Pacific Homes, First American, IHOP, Irvine Company and Sir Speedy, with traditional and new media collateral strategy, brand re-imaging, advertising, on-demand marketing, interactive and integrated marketing solutions.
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Senior Art Director
ideas and images (now Push 22)
2003 - 2004 (1 year)
Produced interactive initiatives in various mediums such as web, motion graphics, digital video and corporate marketing materials.
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Senior Interactive/Graphic Designer
Nedd Worldwide
2002 - 2003 (1 year)
Responsibilities ranged from design, creative direction, programming and producing of both print and digital media.
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Senior Graphic Designer
Gryo Creative
Jul 1999 - Nov 2001 (2 years 4 months)
Responsible for concepting, creative design, Flash design and interactive development. Accounts included DaimlerChrylser, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit Science Center, The Detroit Institute of Arts, and WDET Detroit Public Radio.
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Multimedia Designer
Idetix
Jan 1996 - Jun 1999 (3 years 5 months)
Involved in design and development stages of interactive projects such as websites, CD-ROMs, intranets and kiosks.