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Portland, OR, US

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Oregon Area

After having been solely focused on Nike, Jordan and Converse for 15 years, I decided it was time to expand my brand view. Over the last two+ years I have lent my expertise and energy to brands like Nike, ESPN, Beats by Dre and NBA 2K.

Portland, Oregon And Brisbane, Australia

Coaching athletes to marketing victories.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Golf has an image problem. Old. Stuffy. Slow. We asked 18-24 year olds all over the world and heard the same thing. The brand objective became clear: Position Nike Golf as the future of a new culture of Golf. A culture led by athleticism and style, connected digitally, and a culture open to new truths and new ideas. With Rory McIlroy and Michelle Wie as.

London, England, United Kingdom

Going from NBA All-Star Game parties to refugee camps in Rwanda was shocking. But good shocking. If we could get just a percentage of the 160 million girls living in poverty around the world to enter the workforce, the Global economy would see an uptick of almost $1 trillion. But how? The answer again, would be girls. Connected Girls around the globe.KEY.

Portland, Oregon, United States

When a brand is named after, and the logo is a picture of, the GOAT of all GOATs, expanding beyond basketball and hoop-inspired style is going to be a stretch, even for Jordan. But we knew there was elasticity and growth in the brand. With plans to reach into football, baseball, running and training, we had to tell the story of Jordan as not only an.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Nike Basketball was stuck. We had the best athletes in the game in LeBron and Kobe and just signed KD. But consumers weren’t wearing hoop sneaks casually anymore. The challenge was clear: How do we continue to assert innovation and performance dominance while growing off-court business? By using LeBron and Kobe as accessible characters in the Basketball.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Managing the largest brand at that brand’s largest account? Foot Locker, Inc represented over 30% of Nike’s North American business. Maintaining a relationship with the Foot Locker teams, the Nike Brand teams, and several agencies all while driving revenue in a down market proved to be an incredible challenge.KEY WIN: Opened the original House of Hoops.

Greater Boston

First in sport. First in rock n roll. A brand with such broad authenticity can be a blessing and a curse. How do you develop a position and a voice that speaks to the diversity, the history and the future of a 90 year old brand?KEY WIN: We gave our voice to the consumer by using the early days of social media to contact influencers and produce one of the.