Experience
Firewood/Monks, San Francisco
Executive Creative Director
2021–2024
2017–2021
Group Creative Director
2015–2017
Creative Director
Spearheaded creative direction for the agency's largest account, orchestrating a global team of 100+ professionals including creative leads, designers, writers, UX experts, animators, video editors, and production specialists dedicated to supporting dozens of Google brand and marketing teams.
Partnered with strategy, account, and technology leads to conceptualize and scope new business engagements, successfully securing and expanding Google-related business.
Architected the scope, pitch, and talent acquisition for a multidisciplinary creative studio embedded in-house at YouTube, focusing on establishing brand consistency, elevating creative quality, and increasing production speed. Led and scaled the team from 5 to 50+ creatives in under 4 years, establishing a high-performance unit that delivered 1,000+ annual projects while maintaining quality and efficiency across various products and audience types over 60+ international markets.
Launched and directed a dedicated team for Think with Google, developing original video content and marketing strategies that more than doubled their YouTube channel’s subscriber base.
Established a specialized Google-dedicated UX and Product Design team, developing expertise in Google tools and processes for projects ranging from internal financial tools to cutting-edge LLM-training initiatives.
Clients/brands included YouTube, Google Cloud, Think with Google, Google Play, Google Ads, Brand Studio, Gemini, and many more.
Epsilon, San Francisco
Creative Director
2015
Directed multidisciplinary teams of art directors, writers, and UX designers in creating global digital campaigns for various Google brands and products.
Cultivated client relationships through strategic work sessions, concept presentations, and brand reviews.
Led redesign of Epsilon’s website.
Clients/brands included Google Ads, Google My Business, Google Partners.
Digitas, Chicago/San Francisco
Associate Director,
Creative Technology
2010–2014
2008–2010
Lead Designer
2007–2008
Freelance Creative
Led visual and motion design teams creating award-winning landing pages, video, and digital advertising for major clients including eBay, Taco Bell, Kaiser Permanente, Sprint, Whirlpool, and American Express.
Partnered with eBay's brand and technical teams to reimagine their online marketing approach, developing innovative concepts through to implementation.
Directed motion and technical design for Taco Bell's mobile app launch campaign that earned a Cannes Lion.
Recognized with the "Heart of the Company" award in 2010
Relocated to San Francisco in 2012 to establish creative technology capability in the newly-opened office.
Various, Chicago Area
Freelance Creative
2004–2008
Delivered visual designs, art direction, animation, presentations, and front-end development for in-house and agency clients.
Clients included Motorola, Cadillac, Abbott Labs.
Quicksilver Associates, Chicago
2002–2004
Sr. Designer
2000–2002
Designer
Art direction and motion design for meetings, video, and online marketing projects.
On-site presentation design and meeting support.
Clients included Accenture, Deloitte, SBC.
Caribiner (f. Motivation Media), Chicago Area
1997–2000
Graphic Designer
1996–1997
Computer Graphics Artist
1995–1996
Graphics Group Intern
Design and production of graphics and animation for video, presentation and multi-media projects.
On-site presentation design and meeting support.
Established 3D graphics and animation capabilities to the company and managed all software and hardware for the Graphics group.
Education
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Skills + Tools
Team building and management
Branding and content strategy
Cross-channel campaign development
Creative direction, art direction, and visual design
UX/UI and product design
Wireframes and prototypes
Customer journey strategy
Motion design and storyboarding
Video editing and post-production
Native English and Portuguese, intermediate Spanish
Figma, Sketch
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
After Effects, Premiere Pro
Notion
Google Slides, Powerpoint, Keynote
Google Sheets, Excel
Google Docs, MS Word
Claude, Midjourney, Gemini
HTML/CSS