• Direct all creative work, including print, web, outdoor, email, social, and broadcast advertising from concept to completion.• Lead and motivate a creative and project management staff.• Manage outside vendors for web and brand design work.• Serve as a leader for brand and content strategy at the organization level.• Present creative and strategic work to executive management, board committees.Accomplishments:• Led the overhaul of the symphony’s new visual identity system including logo, motion graphics, typography and web site.• Launched a new membership portal (October 2020).• Streamlined processes and workflow that resulted in a nimble and collaborative creative department.

Visual creative director for Wright Creative Agency, a branded content and video production company that blends journalism experience with content marketing, content strategy, platform-building, and award-winning creative. WCA applies talent, skill, and a passion for narrative to our clients' business challenges, with a keen eye for unheard stories.

• Designed prototypes and presentations for new business pitches• Collaborated with world-class illustrators and photographers• Managed the design/edit teams for several top-tier clients• Respected design budgets and schedules every waking moment• Launched new content programs for Walmart, Trulia, Choice Hotels, Verizon Wireless, Bluetooth Special Interest Group, California State Automobile Association, USAA, and Wells Fargo

A very short, satisfying stint at the world's best source for the business of entertainment.