A conceptual creative and collaborative leader.
Passionate about crafting brand stories.
I’m an art director with 10+ years of marketing and advertising integrated campaigns experience, helping brands meaningfully connect with people.
My strengths are high-level big picture thinking,
hands-on design expertise, and translating concepts into brand impact.
My approach to problem solving is a blend of instincts and insight — cultural intelligence and digging into what matters to people and what influences them. Strategizing, ideating, exploring, and determining how to bring the ideas to life.
From the complex + highly regulated to the playful + straightforward. From the technical to the easy to grasp. From launches to culture forward milestones. And the in-between. Versatile range of experience — I like to cook up multifaceted advertising for multifaceted audiences.
Off hours, I’m going hard with my racquet as an amateur badminton player, circling back at antique stores to find my next mid-century kitsch planter to add to my little collection, and outside where I’m switching gears at the buzzer in IWT mode [ *whispers* Interval Walking Training ].
Say hello...
have an opportunity, that could use my libra-scorpio work ethic or curious to know more about me — let’s chat. I’d love a note. I’d love a convo.
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EXPERIENCE
BOARD
MEMBER
TEACHING
EDUCATION
AWARDS + RECOGNITION
ACHIEVEMENTS
FEATURED
JUDGE
PORTFOLIO
REVIEWS
MENTORSHIP
VOLUNTEERISM
ACD / CREATIVE LEAD
Freelance currently / Open to FT
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Cheil USA, Dallas
JUL 2024 — JUL 2025
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
The Mixx, NYC
MAY 2022 — APR 2023
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Rate, Chicago
MAR 2021 — MAR 2022
SR CREATIVE — FREELANCE
Burrell, Critical Mass, Dentsu, Energy BBDO, FCB, Havas, Leo Burnett, Ogilvy, OLIVER, Ten35
2008 — 2021
100 Roses from Concrete
Executive Board Member
2024 — 2026
CHICAGO PORTFOLIO SCHOOL
2021 — 2023
MIAMI AD SCHOOL
Art Direction | Atlanta
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
BS Advertising | Urbana-Champaign
Drum Award Best Content Marketing ROI
Effie Finalist
New York Festivals Shortlist
Drum Chip Shop Award Best Stunt Finalist
GRAPHIS Silver
GRAPHIS Merit
GDUSA American Graphic Design Award 2x
Ad Age Creative for a Cause Finalist
Rx Club Award of Excellence 3x
Rx Club Silver 2x
Medical Marketing Association IN-AWE Gold
NY Festivals Global Awards Finalist
GDUSA Digital Print Cover Honorable Mention
The Big Ad Gig Ogilvy NYC Gig Win
Amplifier Foundation Hear Our Voice Posters Exhibit
The 3% Conference Freelancer Award Scholarship
PRINT 59 Magnificent Poster Designs Feature
PRINT Regional Design Annual
HOW Self-Promotion Superheroes Issue
HOW Blog Spotlight
Pharmaceutical Executive Ad Star
The Boom List Diverse Talent
American Advertising Awards
– ADDYs Toledo 2026
– ADDYs Lexington 2024
The One Club
Next Creative Leaders 2021
The One Club
NY Creative Week 2025, 2023
The One Club
Portfolio Night 2025, 2022
book180
Mentor 2026, 2023
The One Club
Young Ones | Next Up Mentor 2025
Mentorship Matchmaking Event 2021
VCU Ad Club
Camp ADventure Mentor 2020
Toni Speed Mentoring 2020
BLAC Internship Program
Project Guide | Coach+Mentor Intern Team | Guest Speaker
Summer Internship Program 2026
100 Roses From Concrete | G.R.O.W.T.H Initiative
Creative Director, Art Lead to Team of 7-12 Fellows
Summer Internship Program 2021 — 2025
Taproot Foundation
Creative | Probono Work for Nonprofit Clients
Children’s Home + Aid 2016
Kohl Children's Museum 2017
Blue Bear School of Music 2019
EPIC
Creative | Probono Work for Nonprofit Client
We All Code 2019
Feed My Starving Children
Helped provide 125,000 meals to hungry children.
Hand-packed meals for food aid boxes shipped to Haiti, Somalia, Swaziland, and Ghana.
