Creative studio focused on creating a process of inquiry and space for collaboration with artists, institutions, and select commercial clients.+ Art Direction+ Creative Consulting+ Graphic Design✉️ alex@beforewords.studio

Amateur soccer club formed in the kitchen of a pizza shop on the north side of Indianapolis in 2017. Five-time champions of Gotham’s Indianapolis men’s division.Responsible for internal decision making and strategic execution, art and creative direction, recruiting and retention, external partnerships, and sporting logistics. Player-manager.

Involved with the entire strategic process from client meetings to ideating to crafting to delivering. Collaborated and ideated with team members to develop well-researched strategic plans that met client objectives presented during the immersion process. Identified creative solutions to solve complicated problems and interpreted them into visual and written strategies and tactics. Delivered final strategic plans to a range of clients from Agriculture to SaaS.Selected clients:Agriculture Future of AmericaiDonateStick & HackTeach IndyThe Mind Trust: "Prolific intimately listened to, and understood, diverse stakeholders: our team, community leaders, and our city’s teachers. Not only did they listen, but their strategies and recommendations were well-crafted and tailored to our local community context." [Joe White, SVP]

Skilled writer with experience in AP, blog, essay, longform, and social. — Written for various media outlets, including Complex’s culture and fashion website fourpins.com and VICE’s music website noisey.com.— Writing tends to focus on the intersection of cultural criticism and popular culture, with consideration of an outlet’s audience.— Significant experience with the entirety of the writing process, from pitching an idea to turning a final draft around on deadline.Special Projects:AN ASTONISHING VOID [2018]—a short essay collection focusing on the World Cup in Russia. L'ULTIMA [2019 to 2020]—an archive of football iconography and original writing exploring football's place in society and the cultural implications of its role in those spaces.

Worked underneath Dr. Kristen Hoerl within Butler University's College of Communication (CCOM) on her book from the University of Mississippi Press, "The Bad Sixties: Hollywood Memories of the Counterculture, New Left, and Black Power Movements." Assisted Dr. Hoerl primarily with citations and proper formatting.