Creative Director at Sapient Razorfish on some app, campaign and site work. Mostly for McDonald's.

A technology-focused startup in Chicago, Wyzant is the leader in one-on-one learning. My role consisted of overseeing all the creative work for the marketing department. Evolving the brand from a younger demographic, promoting online learning and leading photo and video shoots were some of the larger projects I was responsible for. Keeping the regular promotional, CRM, social and SEM creative work running smooth were also parts of my role as well as integration with the product design team. I lead a smaller group than I was used to leading, but they were an extremely talented group of creatives nonetheless.

I spent a lot of years at Critical Mass, leaving as the Group Creative Director and head of creative for the agency's Chicago office. The creative team and myself won awards and worked on many different clients, some of the more notable experiences were on Harley-Davidson, Budweiser, Nike, Nissan, Las Vegas, Miami and more. Anything from office leadership and career development and mentorship, resourcing and budget management, client presentations, photo and video shoots, new business pitches, design and ux, presentations and speaking engagements fell under the role here. Full client and pitch list included:Alberstons/SuperValuWild Harvest OrganicsCity of Las VegasSports IllustratedAutoTraderMoenWhirlpoolTychoAutoNationHawker BeechcraftHumanaBudweiserLowesBridgestoneBordensCitiIllinois LotteryLuxottica/Lens CraftersMcDonald'sUSAAAscension HealthcareVisaBank of HawaiiCity of MiamiMemorial Sloan KetteringNissanInfiniti

Greenhouse Communications was a medium-sized marketing agency in the River North neighborhood of Chicago. I worked on the interactive side, which was called "Uncommon Thinking." They were leaders in the digital sports marketing world, creating personal and "fan" websites for some of the largest names in sports at the time such as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Andre Agassi, Scott Dixon and more. With an emphasis on NASCAR, Indy Racing League, and the PGA, the Uncommon team was great. Very smart and enthusiastic about the creative output which I respected immensely.

One of the largest publishers of regional luxury lifestyle magazines, Modern Luxury was my home for 4 years. I worked on a few of their titles as an Art Director, both in Chicago and LA. Designing layouts in editorial design, art directing photoshoots and working on their digital presence. I even came up with the identity and look and feel of the very first Mens Book Magazine in Chicago.

I was fortunate enough to work at UR Chicago when it was thriving and extremely successful. UR Chicago was a monthly magazine focused on arts, entertainment and nightlife in Chicago. In addition to leading the creative team, I was responsible for the editorial layouts of the magazine, and any art direction of photoshoots on a monthly basis. I also oversaw the production of the magazine from layout to keylines to press proofs–you name it. We won awards, spoke to design students and loved graphic design to the core.