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Design and art direction for innovative startups, creative institutions and Grammy-award winning artists.Selected ClientsAirBNB, Amazon Music, Atlantic Records, ATO Records, B4 Records, Columbia Records, Cina & Associates, EMI, Foundations Music, Ghostly Records, Human Rights Foundation, Interscope Records, Lex Records, The McColl Center, Pratt Institute.

New York, NY, US

Lead Visual Designer on Quartet's 2020 brand refresh. Worked with multiple stakeholders and teams from across the company to update the logo and branding and then lead the team to launch a new website, social and collateral.

An ongoing online collection of conversations spanning science fiction, art, design and music.

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Contract creative direction and design for Charlotte, LA and NYC based digital agency.
• Established their logo and identity in 2012 and have been on hand to update and refresh the brand multiple times since then, including a 2019 brand refresh.
• Extensive redesign of entire identity including web and print.
• Logo and branding for sister agency, Palomino, whose main client is Walmart’s Vudu
• Worked hand in hand with partners and VP-level executives on RFPs and pitches for multiple Fortune 500 and leading media industry companies, a handful of which were successful at landing contracts
• Branded the content for in-app and social messaging for music app startup Vertigo—led a team of photographers and designers while coordinating with a global team of developers and meeting social and in-app goals of the.

New York, NY, US

• Worked with Foundations Artist Managament and Atlantic Records as the band needtobreathe's freelance Art Director from July 2016 to July 2017.
• Art direction for album art, photoshoots and video
• Social and Web design and art direction
• Album layout design across print, web and social
• Live graphics and merch design

• Art Director for an award-winning in-house creative team based in the Charlotte, NC areathat serviced multiple cable networks with an international reach. Oversaw talent acquisition—personally hired 7 team members.
• Broadcast, corporate and web branding for the Halogen network launch.
• Extensive branding work in print, broadcast, and web; booth and environmental design for conventions, events and marketing.
• Managed a small team of designers and a project manager while coordinating our workflow with animation, production, marketing, and sales teams.