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
