Creative at heart, strategist at mind. Award-winning leader who simplifies complexity, makes the mundane exciting, and is passionate about marketing, advertising, and entertainment. Highly skilled digital and traditional creative director and designer for branding, social media, video and motion, advertising, web, mobile, typography, publications/catalogs, collateral and packaging. Keeps abreast of industry trends and dives headfirst into interesting challenges. Listens and gives valuable feedback to solve problems. Creates dynamic environments that free up creative teams to do their best work.Decades working in design, advertising, marketing, and entertainment:• Marketing Director• Creative Director/Art Director• Entertainer• Publisher• Business marketing, brand & process consultant• Team Building & Empowerment• Concept, ideation, brainstorming• Engage with clients from pitch to completion• Social, web, mobile, video, motion, packaging, print• Crowd-funding• Create marketing campaigns, budgets & calendars• Art direct photoshoots and videoshoots• Write, direct, produce video• Coordinate with vendors of all types (freelancers, crews, programmers, printers)• Manage print, video, and web/mobile development processes• Direct creative and marketing team efforts (including team culling)• Campaign analysis• Manage public relations effortsSpecialties: Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects), social media tools (Sprout Social, TweetDeck), Presentations (Keynote/PowerPoint), Final Cut Pro, public speaking, script writing, video production.