Work with founders and CEOs to formalize creative ideas and provide guidance on how creative can be brought to life.Consult and advise on creative strategies, branding, and visual identities.Design visual identities, brand books, and web products.Guide clients on how to structure their teams/organizations and hire new talent.

Worked hands-on and lead the creative team on digital-focused creative across multiple offices.Responsible for a full range of creative output - from branding, creative strategy, UX, and digital product design. Conducted company-wide branding workshops with clients.Concepted, supervised, and directed product-focused and lifestyle photoshoots.Met with potential clients across Europe to win new business.Prepared and presented proposals to prospective clients.Acted as an executive sponsor on projects, interacting directly with stakeholders and/or founders.Integral in establishing Wondersauce’s London operation in a new geographical market.Interviewed and hired new staff.

Lead multiple creative project teams at a time, encompassing a full range of creative output.Lead teams to create branding, product development, print production, videos, best-in-class eCommerce sites, brand, and marketing platforms.Developed in-house creative studio; Assist in hiring all roles including photographer, videographer, video editor, and production designers.Successfully present creative work to a wide range of clients.Acted as an executive sponsor on projects.Hired and mentored designers, art directors, design directors, associate creative directors.Managed staff of 20+ creatives, with a high retention rate.Responsible for conducting biannual reviews, giving raises, and department promotions.Established employee career development programming.Estimated projects and assemble staff for new project teams.Represented the company in new business meetings, helping win new work.Guided and steered large company initiativesCreated the company’s hierarchical organizational structure and professional development structure.

Lead a creative team to design a visual identity for a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded nonprofit, Student Achievement Partners.Concepted, designed, user-tested, and launched free web-based tools for educators that continuously get 150k visits per month.Conducted interviews, hired and mentored designers.Worked closely with small teams on digitally-focused brands/companies on branding, visual identities, and user interface design.

Concepted and designed large digital campaigns for brands like The NFL, Advil, Alcon, Esso.Worked on pitch teams to help the company win new business.Supervised the work of 2-3 designers.Worked closely with Executive Creative Director and Company President on projects.

Operated as creative lead on the companies largest client, DPSG, and was responsible for all digital creative output; ranging from marketing websites, global brand websites, display advertising, and social content production.Supervised a team of 3-6 designers at a given time.Worked directly under and closely with company founders.

Responsible for creating visual identities and designing eCommerce websites for a wide range of clients.