Associate Creative Director
April 2011-Present
Working on Citibank: TV, digital, print, radio, outdoor and more, more, more.
June 2010-April 2011
Returned to work on a whole lot of digital work for Citibank, including help the agency earn a 2011 Webby Award for Citi’s impressive high-tech branch in New York’s Union Square neighborhood.
July 2009 - June 2010
Lent my brain out to such agencies as Saatchi & Saatchi, MRM Worldwide, Rapp Collins Worldwide, Digitas and KWG Advertising to crank out work on Toyota, the U.S. Army, Smirnoff, Crown Royal, American Express, Mercedes Benz and Northland Juices.
July 2007 - July 2009
Accounts: AT&T, Citibank, Starbucks
June 1999 - July 2007
Accounts: DHL, American Express, Hershey Foods, Wishbone, Amtrak, Northwest Airlines, Kodak, Post Cereals, Kraft Foods, Huggies
Created the launch campaign for the card.
Result: 80,000 cardholders since summer 2005
Created the launch campaign for the new line of salad dressings.
Result: Major update for the brand, received lots of buzz on blogs and was featured on NBC's Today Show and E!
Created the launch campaign for the first filled Hershey's Kiss.
Result: Most purchased new grocery store item of 2004.
Received Bronze Effie for 2005 "Whole Grain" campaign.
Nominated as a finalist for a 2009 OMMA for Pepe Le Pew campaign.
Won a 2010 Bronze CLIO for Healthcare in the Interactive Direct to Consumer category.
Led creative workshops for students and young professionals. Served on 2007 Good, Bad, and Ugly award show committee.
Served on judging panel for 2005 award show.
Frequently spoke to groups of professionals, client interns, Ogilvy interns and college students about working in advertising. Groups include SAP, Unilever, School of Visual Arts, Fashion Institute of Technology, Savannah College of Art and Design, University of South Carolina, University of Georgia, Howard University, Brigham Young University.
Advertising Copywriting 1996 - 1999
ABJ, Journalism, 1991 - 1993
Journalism, 1989 - 1991