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Strategic brand and design leader with extensive experience in CPG, brand identity, and experience development on both agency and client-side.Led design team of artists and illustrators at Walt Disney World, creating products for Disneyland Park. Hired as the first Creative Director at Cranium, Inc., the fastest-growing independent toy and game company in the U.S, where I established an in-house design group specializing in identity, packaging, in-store, and multi-media. Led design teams for many of Procter & Gamble's billion-dollar brands, including the transformation of Old Spice, Secret, Gillette, Olay, Pantene, and Head & Shoulders. Integrated Design and Design Thinking at The Hershey Company, building an internal capability across product, package, and experience. Led Design and experience across a portfolio of soft drinks, hydration, and innovation for PepsiCo Beverages North America.In 2020, founded Courage The Agency, a brand and design consultancy focused on ensuring courageous, creative ideas are realized in the market vs. left on the cutting room floor. Specialties: Portfolio and positioning development. Visual identity development. Building internal organizations/studios. Ability to articulate the value of Design in right-brain organizations. Design budget/forecast. Design thinking as a business accelerator. Typography. Photo direction, casting, styling (environment/food/lifestyle). Corporate mergers/integration. Public speaking/motivation. Ability to meet both consumer and customer (retailer) needs. Trend (color, theme, movement) forecasting. Team building/development.

Listed skills include Packaging, Creative Direction, Brand Architecture, Concept Development, and 46 others.