I’m currently a substitute teacher working at Inocensio Casanova PS 62 in The Bronx. Objective: A long term art teaching assignment in New York City.
WINNING CREATIVE PITCH TEAMS TO SECURE ACCOUNTS: CONVERSE, CONS, DIESEL, BUDWEISER, THE NBA, BUD LIGHT, TOPGOLF.
FREELANCE: Creative Director 2011- PRESENT
For top agencies in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, Chicago, and Boston, I’ve assisted in creative ideation for a wide range of clients. Full list available.
-“A to B” crafted B2B brand Planview’s communication platform.
-“Let’s Unify,” crafted client service company advertising strategy.
-“FICS,” branded boutique physical therapy operation.
-“Scent of October,” Launched Yankee Fragrance
-“Positively Addicted,” Co-created campaign for Beanfield.
TRANSLATION: Senior Copywriter March 2014 – April 2015
Met needs of creative briefs. Clients include: State Farm, Sprite, McDonalds, Sprint, Champs, Budweiser, and Google.
-“Hands,” radio/broadcast :30 for McDonalds
-“Podium,” broadcast :30 for McDonalds
-“KD Law,” broadcast :60, 2 supporting :30s, for Sprint.
- Winning pitch for NBA business.
MTV: Writer/Producer June 2011-March 2012
Crafted promotional material for use over airwaves.
-Beavis & Butthead, “Jersey Shore Hijack."
-Punk’d, “Friends With No Benefits,” “#BFFU.”
-Ridiculousness, launch promotion and VMA tie-in material.
-Creative lead for Cage’d, Death Valley, launches.
-Assisted in “Choose or Lose/Power of 12” rebranding.
ANOMALY: Writer/Art Director March 2007 – November 2010
Clients included Virgin America, Converse, CONS, Diesel, Beverage Partners Worldwide, Coke, Budweiser.
-"Everybody" Virgin America launch campaign.
-“I’m With Basketball,” Converse Basketball manifesto.
-“Weapresent,” Converse 2008 NBA FINALS experiential.
-“Domaination,” Effie winning Converse digital campaign.
-“Charles Charles MaGalls,” Converse digital/social campaign.
-“Band of Ballers,” Converse experiential event.
-Winning pitches for Converse, CONS, Diesel, and Budweiser
EDUCATION:
CALARTS School Film/Video: BFA 2002
SKILLS AND INTERESTS:
Stand-up comedy, on stage over 1000 times.
Creator of two comic books, “Pantstown”, “The Everything”.
Completed 6 marathons, NYC, LA, BOSTON.
Exhibited Oil Painter.
Published writer and illustrator.
WIDE RANGE OF CLIENTS INCLUDE: Converse, Cons, Nike, Google, McDonalds, Toyo Tires, Ikea, State Farm, Budweiser, Topgolf, Tylenol, Olay, Chobani, Fabletics, Sprint, Paramount, NBA, Android, Dicks Sporting Goods, Caribou Coffee, Beverage Partners Worldwide, Unify, Planview, Champs, Hewlett Packard, Wells Fargo, Georgia Lottery, California Lottery, Apple, Urby, Mass Mutual, Aereo, D’Addario, Diet Coke, Virgin America, Body Armor, Core, Spoiled Child, Jet Blue, Hyatt Hotels, Frontier, Mikes Hard Lemonade, Dunkin, Botox, Mini Cooper, Headspace, Baxter of California, Milk.
SKILLS AND INTERESTS:
Stand up comedy, on stage over 1000 times.
Created two comic books, “Pantstown”, “The Everything”.
Branded FICS a Manhattan physical rehabilitation cetner.
Completed 6 marathons, NYC, LA, BOSTON.
Exhibited Oil Painter.
Published writer and illustrator.