IN THE WILD




Freelance Art Director (April 2010 - present)


Conceptual art direction in both interactive and traditional media




TM Advertising (October 2008 – April 2010)


Nationwide Insurance, American Airlines, Bausch & Lomb, SuperMedia, Texas Tourism, Bell Helicopter, Sport Chalet, Discover Network, new business, internal projects




The Richards Group (August 2007 – October 2008)


Chick-fil-A, Fruit of the Loom, Lily of France, Vassarette, WaWa, Amstel Light, Auntie Anne's, Bridgestone, The Home Depot, new business




EDUCATION




Texas A&M University – Commerce (Graduated 2007)


Bachelors of Arts and Sciences, Major in Art Direction




BLING




Obie Awards


Gold – 2010




Luerzer's Archive (issue #309) – 2009




Addy Awards


National Student Show: Best in Show and Gold – 2008
Regional Student Show: Gold – 2008
Local Student Show: Best in Show and Gold – 2008




Art Director's Club of Houston


Silver – 2007
Bronze – 2006




SKILLS




Great At:


art direction, branding, strategy, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, hand-drawn typography,
vintage poster illustration, teaching others, learning new things, grids, eating




Good At:


design, copywriting, HTML/CSS, video-editing, dye-sublimation, illustration, swing dancing




Still Learning:


user-experience design, information architecture, how to monetize social media,
Flash, another language, how to say "no", chess, the ultimate question