With 20-plus years in the publishing industry, I am passionate about crafting powerful audience and reader experiences that resonate across multichannel platforms. My expertise lies in partnering with people on the inside of brands and media companies to help elevate narratives and designs so they can connect with audiences in new meaningful ways. I partner with or serve as creative leadership to help drive growth and engagement.>SUM: Multi award-winning Creative Director. I'm a designer of visual content with an editor's eye for storytelling, consistency, copy, strategy and comms who also possess an uncanny gift for honing content that resonates on a deeper level, tapping into that “SEE ME, PICK ME, BUY ME” reflex in audiences. My narrative approach captures subtextual feelings that create lasting connections. >BIO: I thrive on honing in on the big idea, refining it, packaging it, and selling it. I’m all about connecting with energetic individuals who share this vision. My approach to leadership focuses on building and developing teams that not only produce exceptional work but that also have fun along the way. As former Creative Director of the award-winning national magazine Garden & Gun, I led my team in delivering clever creative solutions at the highest taste level. It ain't always easy, but man is it fun! ¶ A proven brand-builder, my experience spans the prototyping, development, and launch of numerous national brands across diverse content areas, including SPORTS, STYLE, TRAVEL, CULTURE, and FOOD. My proficiency encompasses a wide range of disciplines—publication design, iPad, mobile, web, to corporate branding and identity. ¶ I cut my teeth in trade journals before earning a masters degree in Journalism. Upon graduation I moved west landing in Outside magazine's art department, a three-time ASME National Magazine Award winner for General Excellence. From there, I honed my craft at a number of national magazines redesigning brands and collecting experiences before finally settling down in Charleston, SC to launch Garden & Gun magazine. As founding art director the brand has gone on to amass much critical acclaim, along with a number of top honors, including the Society of Publication Designer's Brand of the Year and two ASME National Magazine Awards for General Excellence—among others. Recently, I left my post at G&G after 16 years to freelance, consult and tinker with brands and projects when not rough-housing with my son, Wiley or getting hip-deep in the garden.