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Senior Art Director with 18 years in design and 10+ leading creative for brands in tech, healthcare, retail, music, spirits, real estate and nonprofits. I build brand systems that scale, take campaigns from idea to production, and stay hands-on the whole way.

Experience

Aug 2025 – Now

Art Director

Independent · Raleigh, NC

  • Brand identity, websites and campaigns for a small set of clients, end to end from strategy through launch.
  • Designed the identity and art directed the show floor for POC NOW 2026, a 400+ attendee summit at Pier Sixty, New York.
  • Work directly with founders and decision-makers, with no account team in between: discovery calls, briefs, scope, timelines and budgets.
  • Present and defend the work myself, from first concepts through final approval.
  • Run my own business development: outreach, proposals and pitches that turn first conversations into signed projects.
  • Keeping my craft sharp while I look for my next full-time role leading brand and creative, in-house or at an agency.
Selected work
Sep 2017 – Jul 2025

Creative Director

JWP Connatix (formerly JW Player)

  • The only marketing designer as a video technology company grew from 150 to 390+ people: every piece of brand and marketing creative, from strategy decks to trade show booths.
  • Owned the global visual brand across web, marketing, sales enablement, product launches and executive communications.
  • Led the corporate website redesign and built the brand guidelines that let teams scale it.
  • Significantly cut hosting costs by spotting unusual bot traffic and consolidating two websites onto HubSpot.
  • Art directed integrated campaigns, including a video-screen direct-mail campaign that landed several sales meetings from about 50 priority prospects.
  • Led creative for NAB, IBC, DMEXCO, SXSW and JWP’s own conferences.
  • Brought AI-assisted workflows into the creative process.
  • Received the company’s 2022 Stand Out Achievements award.
Selected work
Jan 2015 – Sep 2017

Art Director

Brasco Design + Marketing

  • Led branding, advertising, websites and integrated campaigns for healthcare, nonprofit, commercial real estate and education clients.
  • Designed visual identities, campaigns and environmental graphics.
Selected work
Nov 2013 – Jan 2015

Designer

Independent

  • Branding, web and marketing design for agencies and direct clients, between agency roles.
Apr 2013 – Nov 2013

Creative Director

Colossal Agency

  • Led branding and advertising from concept through production.
Jul 2012 – Apr 2013

Art Director

MSA

  • Integrated print and digital campaigns for clients including 3Pillar Global, Citrix, TeleGeography, UNC Health Care, Subway and Coca-Cola.
Selected work
  • UNC Health Care Children’s Hospital
Dec 2009 – Jun 2012

Web Designer

Performance Bike

  • Ecommerce marketing, landing pages and email campaigns.
Aug 2008 – Dec 2009

Jr. Art Director

MarketSmart Advertising

  • Print and digital marketing, and my foundation in advertising and branding.
Selected work
  • Subway $5 footlong campaign
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