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Greater Seattle Area

Based in Seattle, WA, USA, I provide freelance and contract creative direction, copywriting, narrative design, scriptwriting, story creation, production management, and other services across the creative industry. Recent clients include Marvel, GIPHY, Disney, Clarion West, and a soon-to-be-announced regional F&B rebrand. Services include:· Creative strategy consultation and pitch / proposal support.· Concepting, writing, and presentation of pitch decks.· Establishing the narrative, art direction, and overall creative strategy of projects.· Art direction for both motion graphic and animated shorts, including storyboarding assistance.· Developing style guides, voices, narratives, and content strategies.· Creating brand names and identities, signage / wayfinding, website content, and product labels.· Managing client and stakeholder relationships across distributed teams, including communicating clear feedback and revision notes to collaborators.

Jakarta, Indonesia

Managed all aspects of creative production for the Sundance, SXSW, & Webby-nominated creative studio & production house, including:· Built the company from the ground up, driving 11+ years of consecutive year-over-year revenue growth.· Designed & maintained the aesthetic sensibility & working ethos of the studio.· Conceptualized, developed, & promoted the studio's award-winning slate of original IP across all mediums, including animation, film, design, & mixed-media.· Pitched & won new business, landing 30+ accounts.· Commissioned to create a show for Cartoon Network & Max, managing work streams from concept through pilot. Selected to go to the Warner Bros. Discovery greenlight committee in 2024.· Developed & executed an integrated, mixed-media advertising, social media, & KOL campaign to launch Netflix in Indonesia. Achieved #1 position as the most-used streaming platform in the country.· Led a 7+ year partnership with GIPHY, creating & managing 1K+ .GIFs & animated shorts. Received 18B+ views to date, ranking as a top-50 channel worldwide.· Partnered with clients to deeply understand strategic objectives & brand guidelines, translating insights into creative briefs & actionable feedback.· Implemented workflow processes & project management tools to streamline operations. Built project schedules, maintained status reports, & proactively communicated with internal teams, vendors, & clients to drive on-time & on-budget delivery.· Ensured all creative outputs aligned with brand's quality standards & achieved client goals.· Performed corrective production realignments, including mock-ups, boarding, & rough animation of scenes or concepts that needed to be reworked.· Oversaw 40+ team members from recruiting & hiring through coaching & development & achieved a 92.5% employee retention rate.· Built, nurtured, & maintained positive relationships with C-suite clients from highly-matrixed international orgs, achieving a 75% repeat client rate.

Jakarta, Indonesia

Whilst establishing myself in Indonesia, I worked for a severe Buddhist cultural center, wrote fascinating copy about eggs and why you should eat them, and taught small children English.My feelings on these things, in order:1. I'd make an abysmal monk.2. Eggs are, in actuality, quite good.3. Teachers are the real heroes. Also, I have no desire to be that hero.

Seattle, Washington, United States

I learned the fine art of political reporting, the savageries of minor fame, and how to win traffic on Seattle's Only Blog at Seattle's Only Newspaper.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Having read various submissions ranging in quality from 'poor' to 'please make it stop', I fell into a deep depression and decided that the life of a literary journal editor was no life for me.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Produced content for those that might have you believe that 'Bro, we're taking the country back!' was the anthem of our day.