Our industry could certainly use some fresh perspectives.
This is a true story.
I once watched helplessly as Arnold Schwarznegger farted on a friend of mine.
As a kid I swam after a sea turtle–right into a school of barracuda.
Years later, on a tip from a drunken Greek fisherman, I went looking for a sunken temple. Nearly drowned. Never found it.
In an act of defiance–and questionable wisdom–I climbed Kilimanjaro in a snowstorm.
Work
2024: CO-FOUNDER / CREATIVE PARTNER
Deep End Playground - New York, NY2021–present : FREELANCE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
2018–2021 : GROUP CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Wunderman Thompson - New York, NYClients: Medidata, Eucerin, Nicorette, Theraflu, Abreva, Flonase, Sensodyne
2017–2018 : CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Wunderman - New York, NYClients: E*TRADE, Goldman Sachs, Keurig, IOC Casinos, John Hancock
2016 : CREATIVE DIRECTOR
MRM/McCann - New York, NYClients: Cigna, OppenheimerFunds
2014–2015 : ACD/COPY
MRM/McCann - New York, NYClients: Cigna, OppenheimerFunds, USPS
2013–2014 : SR. COPYWRITER
KBSP - New York, NYClients: BMW, American Express, Bank of Montreal
2011–2013 : COPYWRITER
DRAFTFCB - New York, NYClients: Novartis
2009–2011: FREELANCE COPYWRITER
Clients: Intel, NYSE Global Web, Taproot Foundation, Opportunity Fund
2000–2008: CINEMATOGRAPHER
Los Angeles / San Francisco, CAClients: Too many to list. For details, IMDB me
Education
ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY
Advertising/Copywriting
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO
Film production and post-production
OBERLIN COLLEGE
B.A. in Art History and Classics
Awards
ONE SHOW, Effie’s, ADDYs, MM&M, Smarties, FCS Hall of Fame