Interesting career so far. Shot a TV spot in a WWII bunker in Poland. Fed wild lines to Joan Rivers. Also created a little ad that broke the internet, changed social media forever, ended up cited in Twitter's IPO filing, and is now part of college curriculum. Not bad.
I've spent the better part of two decades leaving creative departments better than I found them — building some from scratch, overhauling others, and everywhere in between. Different companies. Different problems. Same outcome.
Been agency side. Been brand side. Looking forward to the next side.
WHERE I'VE BEEN
TOPTAL
/ executive creative director
february 2021 - present
head of the in-house creative team. Core responsibilities are to uplevel and increase the output of creative, grow the team to match our hyper-growth and build a creative culture in a place that didn't have one.Check, check, check.
UEG
/ svp, executive creative director
september 2018 - december 2020
asics, the north face, ziploc, samsung, frito-lay, bmw
FREELANCE
/ creative director
february 2018 - september 2018
pressed juicery, playboy,
open influence
360i
/ group creative director
november 2011 - december 2017
/ creative director
february 2011 - november 2011
hbo, oreo, ubisoft, a&e, toyota, guinness, new biz, more
RAZORFISH
/ creative director
september 2009 - january 2011
/ associate creative director
august 2007 - september 2009
axe, all laundry, mercedes-benz, pfizer, capital one, travel channel, new biz, more
MODEM
/ senior copywriter
july 2006 - july 2007
delta, delta and more delta
DRAFT/FCB
/ senior copywriter
february 2002 - june 2006
/ copywriter
april 2000 - february 2002
hp, verizon wireless, avis, more
WHAT I'VE WON
/ emmy nominee (cool)
/ cannes lions - grand prix, gold, silver, bronze
/ one show - gold, bronze
/ clio - gold, bronze
/ shortys
/ effie
/ facebook studio
/ webbys
/ omma
/ iab mixx
/ adweek project issac
/ award of montreux
/ digiday
/ fab award
/ others
WHAT I'VE JUDGED
/ one show
/ iab
/ webbys
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