CURRICULUM VITAE
clients
1 Hotels, 1.800.Flowers, AECOM, Atlantic Pictures, AT&T, Beanitos, Capital One, CAT Footwear, Chase, Coca-Cola, Davines, Dolby, Dove, Ferrara Candy Company, Gartner, Genesis, GISI, Imaginary Forces, Imagination Publishing, interop.io, Life Time, Lincoln Motor Company, Manga Entertainment, Marmot, Microsoft, MINI, MoMA, monday.com, Motorola, New York Lottery, OpenFin, OTG, Paramount Global, Patagonia, Peabody Awards, Purina, Rebecca Taylor, Revlon, Roti, S&P Global, SL Green, Saucony, Smith Optics, SOM, Sprite, Suntory Global Spirits, TOMS, TOMY, UTC / Raytheon Technologies, University of Chicago, Vast Studios, Verizon, Volvo, Whole Foods, et al.
awards
3 One Show Merit Awards (Microsoft, 2x New York Lottery)
2 Cresta Bronze Awards (Microsoft, New York Lottery)
Cannes Shortlist (New York Lottery)
2 ADC Bronze Cubes (New York Lottery)
Smarties, Gold Winner, North America, Mobile App (Lincoln Motor Company)
Webby Award (Arizona Jeans)
Webby Honoree (“Onward, Internet” for POSSIBLE)
Webbies Finalist (New York Lottery)
Magnum Opus Grand Award (PMI / PM Network magazine)
press / earned media
ABC News, Advertising Age, AdWeek, Agency Spy, Business Insider, Bustle, Campaign, C|Net, CNN, Creativity, Digiday, Food Republic, Forbes, Fortune, Fox Business, the Hollywood Reporter, the Houston Chronicle, the Huffington Post, Mashable, New York Post, The New York Times, People, Racked, Tech Crunch, Time, USA Today, the Verge, Wired, et al.
editorial / published works
A.P. Alternative Press, The Atlantic, Bikini, Black Book, Chicago Magazine, Chicago Reader, Chicago Tribune, Cosmopolitan, Details, Frommer’s Budget Travel, Inked, Jezebel, Juxtapoz, Maxim, Playboy, Raygun, Rolling Stone, et al.
interviews
WNYC, NPR / Vocalo, Chicago Magazine, Chicago Reader
documentaries
Where We Stood: Chicago’s Resistance to the U.S. War on Iraq
The King, the Lawyers and the Cheese
experience
2018 – Present
Principal, Executive Creative Director
Here Be Monsters
2016 – 2017
Creative Director / Copy (freelance)
Hudson Rouge
2014-2015
ACD / Senior Copywriter
McCann New York
2013-2014
ACD, Copy (freelance)
POSSIBLE New York
2012-2013
Senior Copywriter (freelance)
mcgarrybowen New York
2008-2012
Adjunct Professor
DePaul University
2005-2008
Editor
Black Book’s Guide to Chicago
2003-2012
Principal, Creative Director
Zephyr Syndicate Digital Studio
1997-2003
Features Writer, Copywriter
Self-employed
2001-2002
Consultant, Software Trainer
Mac University
2000-2001
Principal, Copy Director
Schema Studios
1999-2000
Consultant, Software Trainer
Mac University
1998-1999
Associate Editor
Playboy Online