Executive Creative Director helping brands and people build lasting relationships.
Currently leading the creative department at Camp + King in San Francisco. Played a pivotal role in expanding the agency and earning accolades like Ad Age A-List and 4x Small Agency of the Year.
My role includes mentorship, collaborating closely with brand partners, fostering agency vision, and winning and leading new business. Approach is hands on, working directly with creatives and team members to solve problems in more varied ways, with greater attention to craft.
Work featured by the New York Times, Buzzfeed, Time Magazine, The Tonight Show, and more. Speaker roles at SXSW and Academy of Art. Business Insider named me one of the “40 rising stars of Madison Avenue revolutionizing advertising.”
Prior agency experience at Leo Burnett, Cole & Weber, Publicis & Hal Riney, and Jung von Matt. Notable awards include Cannes Lions, Clios, One Show, and Communication Arts Annual. Expertise in brand storytelling, brand strategy, and film and digital production.
Over two decades, helped brands establish their voice and create breakthrough work. Partnering with Allstate, led the team that hijacked the Super Bowl for Esurance. Working with Energizer and RE/MAX, reinvented classic brands and reclaimed global leadership positions. Partnering with Amazon Prime, created a new brand voice. For Verizon, helped build a new kind of phone company called ‘Visible.’ For Uber, launched a new platform for freight shipping. For Papa Johns, helped take back the narrative after a public relations crisis.
Partners include Microsoft, Amazon, Esurance, Allstate, Ugg, Re/Max, Energizer, Uber, Google, YouTube, Sprint, Papa Johns, Pinterest, Verizon, HP, Dish Network, Nature’s Path, RxBar, Grove Co, Tree Top, and the Sacramento Kings.
Personal interests include art, science, emerging tech, and the spaces where they meet. Based in Austin with my wife and two sons. Thanks for visiting.
