EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Art Director with more than 20 years experience in the creative field and more than 10 years in leadership positions.
Expertise in brand development and management, campaign development and ideation as well as managing client
relationships and other art directors.
Developing, leading and supervising art direction on a 5 million dollar oncology brand for the past 5 years.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
He has won several gold, silver, bronze, and finalist Clio, Webby, DTC, OMMA, MM&M and Addy awards, for both independent and group contribution on local, regional and national levels for campaign and branding work.
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
Photoshop CC / Illustrator CC / InDesign CC / Dreamweaver CC / HTML/CSS / Acrobat Pro /
Font Forge / After Effects CC / Midjourney / Firefly /
Fontographer 4.0 / Powerpoint / Word
Education
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Creative Director, June 2023- Present
Associate Creative Director, April 2016- June 2023
DDB New York, NY (Health and Wellness group)
went on staff after freelancing for several years
Clients including: Novarts, Merck, Johnson & Johnson
(During that time launched 2 brands one for Novartis
and one for Merck)
Creative Direction / Art Direction / Client Relations /
Brand Management / Print / Web / Social Media / Illustration / Story Boarding / Shoot Supervision /
Creative Strategy & Brand Planning /
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Freelance Creative, Art, September 2014-2016
DDB New York ACD (for 5 years) / Yellow Pages / iJuke Box / Digitas Health NY / TeraDrill, Austin, TX
Creative Direction / Art Direction / Client Relations /
Brand Management / Print / Web / Social Media / Illustration / Story Boarding / Shoot Supervision /
Creative Strategy & Brand Planning /
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Lead Creative (ACD), April 2013-September 2014
Senior Art Director October 2011- April 2013
Digitas Health, New York, NY
Clients including: Novarts, Pfizer, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Forest, Sanofi, Gentech (Lanched Auvi-Q DTC, Eliquis DTC, Linzess DTC & HCP)
Creative Direction / Art Direction / Client Relations /
Brand Management / Print / Web / Social Media / Illustration / Story Boarding /Shoot Supervision /
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Creative Director, 2003-2011
Oktoberproject, Baton Rouge, LA
Founded Oktoberproject, a full service design boutique.
As an intimate design collective, Oktoberproject handled multiple disciplines
Creative Direction / Art Direction / Client Relations /
Brand Management / Print / Web / Social Media / Illustration / Interior Graphics / Story Boarding /
2D Animation / Motion Graphics / Interior Signage /
Apparel Design