The best work happens when the team gives a damn.
I've spent 15+ years pushing teams to do just that, translating what a product is into what an audience needs to feel to say yes. The work has resulted in IPOs, funding rounds, and breakthrough brands.
It always starts with a simple human truth — about the company, the audience, the moment they're in. Creative anchored in that truth holds up long after the campaign.
Whether I'm in-house or agency-side, my approach is the same: be intense about the work, easy to be with. Kindness and craft are not opposites.
That’s how good work gets made and how good teams stay good.
Most recently: Creative Director at Beautiful.ai.
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$71M+
Total venture capital raised across clients.
1 IPO
Led brand work that took Udemy public at $420M.
Global
Brand work across NA, APAC, EU, LATAM, and Africa
In-house Experience
Beautiful.ai
Creative Director
Candid Wholesale
Head of Creative
LinkedIn
Associate Creative Director, Contract
Udemy
Associate Creative Director
WIkia
Art Director
Early Experience
CBS Interactive (2012) · Energy BBDO · Publicis Modem · Publicis & Hal Riney · Euro RSCG · Made Studios · Asian Art Museum of SF
Agency Experience
State Farm
Cisco Meraki
Intel
Palo Alto Networks
PayPal
Education
IDEO U
Leading for Creativity
UC Irvine
BA in Theater
Minor in Digital Design