https://www.thecreativeday.com/Advertising and Public Relations - Provide art direction for commercial and interactive engagement concepts by strategically composing various visual storytelling elements in a way that brings each client’s message to life. Illustrate and design storyboards, shooting boards, print compositions, multimedia layout compositions, publication pitch packets and logos.Web Design and Content Creation - Utilize various design platforms to create websites and social media pages featuring highly evocative visual content and driving interaction through SEO strategy, intuitive navigation, theme consistency, and user-friendly layouts for desktop and mobile use.Convention and Tradeshow - Work closely with various wholesale production endors to design and print branded display and marketing materials: vinyl banners, tablecloths, business cards, apparel, bookmarks, buttons, stickers and other handouts. Purchase and transport pop-up display frames, stands, and accessories. Develop and execute targeted social media advertising strategies for upcoming events. Maintain a living spreadsheet tracking product inventory, pricing, sales and expenses.Clients - Leo Burnett, Energy BBDO, We Are Unlimited, Cramer Krasselt, McGarry Bowen, Purple Strategies, DDB, Arc Worldwide, Delahoyde Projects, Y&R, The Distillery Project, Norton Agency, Coca - Cola, McDonald’s, P&G, Scholastic Publishing.

SENIOR ILLUSTRATOR | ART DIRECTOR Leo Burnett - Prodigious, Chicago, IL - May 2007 - July 2014Collaborated with clients and creative teams – comprised of Senior Art Directors, Copywriters, Project Managers, Producers, Creative and Commercial Directors – to develop visual content for ad campaigns.Maintained an open line of communication with team members throughout the production process to ensure the accuracy and quality of visual assets.Conducted daily character, environment, period, product, branding and style research, which I then organized into a searchable visual reference database.Successfully balanced multiple competing priorities in order to complete project-related tasks within assigned timeframes.Contributed creative expertise to client pitch brainstorming meetings.Managed procurement of art supplies for creative team’s inventory.Accounts - Allstate, Samsung, Hallmark, Always, Pfizer, Always, Travelocity, Nintendo, Kellogg’s, Firestone, McDonald’s, Phillip Morris, Western Union, P&G, UHC, Com Ed