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