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San Diego, California, United States

Clients include Bank of America, Merrill, UnitedHealthcare and Tillamook. I lead the creation of fully integrated, insight-driven campaigns with cheeky wit and attention to detail.

San Diego, California, United States

Greater San Diego Area

Head writer at this innovative boutique branding agency catering to top-tier health and science clients including Foundation Medicine, BD, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Medtronic, Luminex, NAVICAN and Bing Innovations. I also worked with startups to develop their branding from the ground up including naming, concepts and website development.

Greater San Diego Area

Greater Chicago Area

Member of the lead team for one of Leo Burnett's top clients, Allstate Insurance. As a Creative Director on work for Allstate's 14 regional markets, supervised/mentored a group of eight copywriters, art directors, and designers on a daily basis and engaged more than 20 additional team members as needed.Responsible for $65M in local advertising and 500+ pieces of creative every year. Managed and optimized the best use of media and production budget dollars.Conceived the "Voice of… Show more Member of the lead team for one of Leo Burnett's top clients, Allstate Insurance. As a Creative Director on work for Allstate's 14 regional markets, supervised/mentored a group of eight copywriters, art directors, and designers on a daily basis and engaged more than 20 additional team members as needed.Responsible for $65M in local advertising and 500+ pieces of creative every year. Managed and optimized the best use of media and production budget dollars.Conceived the "Voice of Allstate" TV campaign featuring Dennis Haysbert's iconic voice.Introduced the #OutHoldingHands and "Chain of Hands" campaigns, helping Allstate become the insurance company perceived as most supportive of the LGBTQ community.Activated Allstate's popular "Mayhem" campaign in individual markets by leveraging regional insights in radio, out-of-home, digital, and social media with custom creative. Also introduced the campaign in Canada, which reversed sliding market share.Presented weekly in person to Allstate clients, producing a constant workflow for creative review boards including senior level clients.Incorporated meeting theater to enhance delivery of pitch ideas.Managed outsourced work performed by sister agency, the Martin Retail Group (Birmingham, Alabama), ensuring quality control of all executions.Won new business pitch for Exclusive Resorts with the emotional "There's no place like together" campaign, leading account through client marketing initiative. Show less

Worked on national Allstate, Hallmark, and PetSmart campaigns including the award-winning "Bobo" spot.

Produced TV commercials for Kellogg's and wrote weekly radio spots for Toys "R" Us featuring Jim Hanks as Geoffrey the Giraffe.

Learned the ropes of the advertising business by working on campaigns for Velveeta, Kraft Salad Dressing, Crayola, and Morgan Stanley.

Wrote and proofread the weekly mailer, conceived promotional events, penned in-store signage, and named deli salads for this top grocery store chain in the nation's most competitive market.

Certificate, Copywriting

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Communication Arts & Business Administration

Activities and Societies: editor of the weekly college newspaper, concert band oboist, Homecoming King