I love what we do almost as much as I love our dog.

Which is a lot. And might explain why there are two pieces of rescue shelter work here.

I love inspiring ideas. I love that moment in a conversation when one appears out of the air, and you look around the room and know you’ve got one. I love that expression on our clients’ faces when you reveal an idea and they look like they’ve seen a magic trick.

Because they have.

The work here was made for different brands, with different teams. Some of it emotional, some of it funny, wry, or a combination of all of these. Just like my dinner conversation. I’ve been part of teams that produced work awarded all over the world. My work was named among the best of the last 25 years by Archive Magazine. I’ve turned dying brands around, launched new brands, taken brands into new platforms, even innovated new platforms. I’ve led and grown Creative departments and people, and helped our agency become an AdAge Small Agency of the Year. I form relationships with clients that often go beyond business. Sometimes I spring for lunch. Maybe not enough, though.

Creativity is everything. It solves anything. It can be anything. And lead us to anything.

Our dog still ekes this out. You should see her while she’s sleeping.

January 2022-Present
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. BBDO New York, BBDO Health. The Community. VSA. Taxi. Ogilvy. Current Global.
I’ve worked on and sold work this year for brands including Comcast, Verizon, Bissell, Radio Flyer, and led a successful pitch for Glaxo Smith Kline.

October 2018-January 2022
Executive Creative Director, The Escape Pod
I lead the Creative Department and help set agency vision, including the hiring of other practice leads. Since I started, we’ve been named AdAge's National Small Agency of the Year (Silver). We’ve won five straight pitches and grown organically. I bring donuts to meetings. Well okay, some meetings.

October 2017-2018
Freelance Creative Director, Apple
I worked with cross-functional teams on-site for Apple on projects including two major product launches. An initiative I conceived turned into a multi-department initiative.

January 2017-October 2017
Freelance Creative Director, Camp & King, We Are Unlimited, DCI
I created work for McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Village Inn, and even some non-food brands like Indeed.com.

2015-2016
SVP/ Group Creative Director, Digitas
I led Social and Digital for MillerCoors, and worked with other IAT agency leads. Our work propelled Miller Lite past Bud Light in all Social Media metrics for the first time, with a fifth of their budget. I led KitchenAid and took the brand form product-focused work to the love of making. And I learned all about coffee bean grinders.

2014-2015
Freelance Creative Director, 72 and Sunny. Contract Group Creative Director FCB Chicago
My work on Google, Boeing, and The Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence won multiple Cannes Gold Lions, One Show, and D&AD pencils.

2012-2014
SVP/ Group Creative Director,  Cramer-Krasselt Chicago
I led Creative for Corona. Our work was awarded Cannes Gold Lion and Silver Lions in Media, 7 Golds/4 Best of Shows at the Addys, Clio Gold, and was PSFK's Most Innovative Work of 2014. I led our winning pitch for Maui Jim, and this work was featured in Archive Magazine's Cannes Edition.

2010-2012 Leo Burnett Worldwide
SVP/Creative Director
I led Kellogg’s adult brands, including the launch of their first new brand in a decade. Our work was shortlisted at Cannes and was profiled by the New York Times. I worked on McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Sprite, and Fifth Third Bank. Our campaign for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was awarded the Cannes Chimera award, judged by the Grand Prix winners in every category.

2004-2010 Energy BBDO
Senior Writer to Group Creative Director/SVP
My work for Jim Beam Brands won multiple times at D&AD, Cannes, the One Show, the Brand Renaissance Gold Effie, Communication Arts' Advertising and Design Annuals. 9 of BuzzFeed's Top 10 Alcohol Ads are my work from this period.