I am a classically trained art director and designer having attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California but, my artistic side goes deeper than the Art Center experience because I also come from a family of working artists, so the “creative thing” is in my DNA.
My parents met at J. Walter Thompson in Detroit. My Mom went on to write 27 cookbooks and appeared on Phil Donahue’s show twice before she retired. Both my aunts are working fine artists who’ve taught, shown and have been collected nationally for decades. One uncle is a highly respected sculptor and another opened a Southern California animation studio where he created Elsie the Cow for the Borden Dairy Company before his studio was acquired by Hanna-Barbera. So growing up, I got brushes, paint and canvas every Christmas and birthday. I won my first art competition in 3rd grade. My first architectural competition as a sophomore in high school and my first college art scholarship as a high school senior. I won my first Belding Bowl shortly after leaving college and joining Dailey & Associates on the $65 million Honda Motorcycle account. Over the years the awards I’ve won have covered all types of clients in all types of advertising categories winning for Creative Direction, Art Direction, Design and Copywriting.
CREATIVE STRATEGY
25+ years experience as senior creative lead with extensive expertise in traditional and digital advertising – delivering award-winning concepts for local, regional and national brands. Industry recognized for leading the development of multi-level campaigns in destination retail, travel & tourism, gaming, food & beverage, builders & developers, financial and automotive marketing, that meet advertising objectives and exceed client business expectations.
MANAGEMENT
Extensive experience managing small, medium, and large teams of diverse personalities and talents in deadline driven environments, establishing employee career development programs, leading cross-functional team collaboration, and developing production and supervising offshore back-end developers.
SOFTWARE
Mac OS, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Microsoft Office, InDesign, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, WordPress, Flash, JavaScript, PowerPoint
I know it's not very politically correct, but it is what experience has shown me.
EXPERIENCE
ECD | COPYWRITER (Freelance/Contract)
2000 — 2003, 2008 — 2011, 2017 — Present
J Walter Thompson — San Jose, CA | PointBlank Marketing — Silicon Valley, CA | EH+Y — Santa Barbara, CA | REDLine Marketing Co. — Phoenix, AZ | Janzen Idea Corp — Fresno, CA | Jeffrey Scott Agency — Fresno, CA | JP Marketing — Fresno, CA | LAads — Los Angeles, CA | Catalyst Marketing Company — Fresno, CA | 5 Creative Group — Fresno, CA
CREATIVE DIRECTOR for Multiple Fresno Ad Agencies
JSA | 2013 — 2015
Catalyst | 2011 — 2013 & 2015 - 2017
ECD | PITZER ADVERTISING & DESIGN
Chandler, AZ | 2008 — 2011
Prior to 2008, PA&D (Formerly Bozell/Scottsdale) focused primarily on marketing the luxury brands of Ferrari, Maserati and Bentley and in real estate, the luxury developments of Carver Mountain Estates and multi-million dollar homes of Prescott Homes.
Post "2008 Bubble", PA&D worked exclusively with Scottsdale entrepreneurs to:
1.) Design, develop and launch apps to stop cyber bullying and texting
2.) Design, develop and launch a scalable, internet-based, e-commerce dating business
MANAGING PARTNER/EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR for Bozell
Scottsdale, AZ | 2006 — 2008
Formerly Pitzer Advertising & Design
Responsible for the RED Development’s $900 million CityScape project in Downtown Phoenix new business win
Lead creative for RED Development’s Legends at Village West new business win, Kansas City, KS
Responsible for the Arizona Motorcycle Safety Advisory Council new business win
Opened, staffed and grew most profitable office in Bozell network 2007
VP/EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR for E.B. LANE
Phoenix, AZ | 2003 — 2006
Notable Clients: Arizona Lottery, ADHS Anti Smoking Cessation Program, CableOne, The RockResorts, Arizona Biltmore
