Good work happens with those who care.

I’ve spent over 15 years building brands and teams that give a damn.

Translating product value into customer love has helped deliver breakthrough brands, business-defining funding rounds, acquisitions and an IPO.

I ground my work in human truths about the company, the audience, the moment. Well-anchored teams and creative can outlast any hype cycle. Agency-side or in-house, my approach is the same: be intense about the work, easy to be with.

Kindness and craft need not be opposites.

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$71M

Raised with brand and investor stories I led or co-led

+284%

Year-over-year Udemy Business enrollment growth

5 regions

Brand work across NA, APAC, EU, LATAM, and Africa

In-house Experience

Beautiful.ai
Creative Director

Mission Barns
Freelance Consultant

Candid Wholesale
Head of Creative

LinkedIn
Associate Creative Director, Contract

Udemy
Associate Creative Director

Wikia
Art Director

Agency Experience

State Farm @Agent3

Intel @Agent3

Palo Alto Networks @Godfrey Dadich

Cisco Meraki @Hero Digital

PayPal @Publicis Modem, @Agent3

Early Experience

CBS Interactive (2012) · Energy BBDO · Publicis Modem · Publicis & Hal Riney · Euro RSCG · Made Studios · Asian Art Museum of SF

Education

IDEO U
Leading for Creativity

Miami Ad School
Art Direction Program

UC Irvine
BA in Theater
Minor in Digital Design