SUMMARY
Dynamic marketing and advertising professional with over 20 years of experience in creative direction, production, strategy, content, and business development. A seasoned motion designer turned creative director and brand manager known for leading high-impact campaigns and fostering strong agency relationships.
BUSINESS SKILLS
Creative Direction, Marketing Strategy, Digital Marketing, Project Management,
Leadership, Design Thinking, Collaboration, Training, Public Speaking
Leadership, Design Thinking, Collaboration, Training, Public Speaking
TECHNICAL SKILLS
After Effects, Cinema 4D, Photoshop, AI image generation, Figma, Lottie, Rive, Spline 3D, Illustrator, Premiere, InDesign, Google Suite
WORK EXPERIENCE
Verizon – Denver, CO Creative Director May 2019 - Current
Directed creative content that grew Visible by Verizon’s subscription base by 75x in 5 years.
Drove a 58% increase in gross adds and a 5% rise in aided awareness in less than 12 months with a new brand platform incorporating a unique 3D animated style
Cultivated agency-client relationships to produce world-class creative content for all digital marketing channels
Traveled nationwide for live-action productions, including XR stages
Built and presented decks to executive leadership, securing alignment and support
Managed production budgets in collaboration with the Assoc. Director of Marketing Strategy
Reduced agency costs by $250,000 in one year by producing certain media production in-house
Assisted with Business Insights to ensure research was driving end-to-end integrated marketing campaigns
Worked cross-functionally with channel leads on media buys for national TV, streaming video, paid programmatic ads, paid & organic social, affiliate, and owned media
Ensured legal compliance and proper disclosures in collaboration with the Legal Team
Designed assets for Visible's digital platforms, collaborating closely with the product design and engineering teams to uphold seamless and captivating user experiences throughout the customer journey
Shot and edited long-form videos for Verizon Leadership Summits, resulting in higher engagement of staff
Enhanced the user experience on our site using After Effects and Lottie to increase engagement by 200%
Created educational animations to reduce customer support needs by 12% over 2 years
Tribune Media – Denver, CO Art Director Dec 2012 - May 2019
Involved with 16 Emmy Award wins for animation work for documentaries and tv specials.
Directed visual branding across broadcast, digital, social, and mobile platforms for two tv channels
Coordinated the Art Department to design custom animated content and graphics for over 100 hours of original programming each week
Managed, hired, trained, and supported a team of six motion designers
Collaborated with the Creative Services Director on brand strategy and marketing budgets
Collaborated with Engineering and Production departments on a weekly basis to maintain, troubleshoot, and develop real-time graphics system based on HTML & Javascript
Prepared and pitched concepts, creative treatments and storyboards on a monthly basis
Principal motion designer for broadcast TV graphics packages including sports show opens, newscasts, and magazine-style show animated content
Tilt Media – Madison, WI Senior Motion Designer Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
Led motion design and post-production for clients across diverse industries
Established 3D animation as a core storytelling asset
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
Visuality Media Productions Video Editor, Motion Designer 2008-2011
Performance Courseware Graphics Development Manager 2003-2008
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin – Madison Bachelor’s of Science in Art 1999-2003
Concentrations: Graphic Design and 3D Animation concentrations
Graduated with honors; 3.6 GPA
Four semesters of Spanish Language
Syracuse University - Study Abroad, Barcelona, Spain 2002
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Attended SIGGRAPH 2024 in Denver, CO
Finished six LinkedIn Training courses on Digital Marketing 2024
School of Motion, Advanced Motion Methods, six-week online course, 2020
Took classes at SIGGRAPH Vancouver, BC, 2011
FX PhD, Maxon Cinema 4D Training, 2009
The Art Institute of CO, Final Cut Pro Apple Authorized Training, 2005
AWARDS & AFFILIATIONS
Sixteen-time Heartland Emmy® Award winner for Motion Design, 2014 – 2019
Telly Award winner - Verizon - 2021
Active Verizon Green Team Member 2019-2024
Four-time Telly Award winner for Motion Design 2008-2020
Murrow Award winner for News Documentary, 2017
Three-time Colorado Broadcasters Association Award of Excellence 2015-2016
President of Media Communications Association - International
Madison Chapter, 2009 - 2010; Board member 2006 - 2011, member 2004 - 2012
Madison Media Institute’s Advisory Committee, 2010 - 2012
Communicator Award Winner - Designer and Editor 2011
Pollie Award Winner - Designer and Editor - 2010
Thank you!