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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Greater New York City Area

Octagon is one of the world’s leading sports and entertainment marketing agencies - helping brands like Delta, PlayStation, Mastercard and The Home Depot develop and execute global content and experiential campaigns. As Creative Director, I lead the ideation and copywriting phase of this process - developing, writing and pitching everything from content series to concerts across over 15 brands. In my time at Octagon I've led successful new business pitches and RFPs including Georgia Power, Huggies, LinkedIn, and Delta, as well as received two Webby honors for best branded video content (2017 & 2020).

Greater New York City Area

Filibuster was an experiential production company I created to get New Yorkers out of the city and into nature - building micro music festivals on local farms in upstate New York with all profits going to The Nature Conservancy. In 2018, Filibuster developed a project for NatGeo called “National Anthems" and a project for Spotify called "Algorythm"

New York, New York, United States

Overhauled the development pipeline and work OS to make the creative process more collaborative, allowing us to develop 360 degree properties across the NatGeo ecosystem, discover young talent, and adapt formats for a millennial audience - resulting in a 300% YoY increase in hours green-lit. This role encompassed creative facets of development including concept and script writing, brainstorming, editing sizzles, and representing NG Studios on panels. Properties developed include the Explorer refresh, Chain of Command, StarTalk (4 time Emmy nominated), Live Free or Die, and Brain Games.

Santa Monica, Ca

Oversaw post production pipeline and editor workflows for over 150 hours of unscripted TV and development projects.

Los Angeles, Ca

Worked with the creators of “The True Cost” developing independent films “After The End” and “Here for Now”

Worldwide

Documented the Foundation’s work providing hearing aids in developing countries

Greater Los Angeles Area

Gave tours of Universal Studios backlot to over a thousand people each day. This is where I learned how to turn a brand into an experience.

Los Angeles

Assisted in live event production on the ESPN ESPY Awards and “So You Think You Can Dance”

- Assisted in visual effects development and pre-­‐production phase of two feature films- Handled day to day tasks necessary to keep a post production facility operating- Worked as a motion capture actor for film pre-­visualization

- Developed and produced video content for NBCWashington.com- Wrote articles for the website’s sports and living sections