Creative Director
CurrentLead creative concepting and execution, ensuring a cohesive and elevated brand expression across channels and platforms Partner with Art Directors, Photographers, Copywriters, Experience Designers, Producers, Marketing Program Managers, external agencies, and freelance talent to guide creative that is of the highest quality and greatest consistencyManage and inspire the creative team to uplevel their craft of work, fostering impactful ideas and seeing the best of them through to fruition with an extreme attention to detailDrive continuous process improvement to create efficiencies within the creative department - Co-authored Taco Bell’s first global brand identity system to ensure creative consistency and distinctiveness across the globe, influencing work that includes: national merchandising, retail, restaurant design, food photography and styling, packaging, social and brand content initiatives, menus (print and digital), OOH and broadcast - Led conception through execution on a 2022 Superbowl brand activation resulting in: 3,500 Loyalty Offer redemptions, 2.3B PR impressions, 407 pieces of press coverage, and a 22% increase in social engagement- Built and directed an in-house team dedicated to crafting brand-specific memes for our Brand Social channels, resulting in a notable enhancement of our effectiveness rate benchmark from 5.9% to 7.8%- Spearheaded the execution of over 15 large-scale social media campaigns, achieving an average engagement rate of 15%, significantly elevating brand visibility and cultural relevance- Developed and launched the first ever Pizza Hut Hashtag Challenge on TikTok with a macro influencer that amassed over 6B views