Freelance –
Creative Director / Art Director

2017 – Present

  • Agencies and Clients include Swift, Liquid, Opinionated, Starbucks, Google, Umpqua Bank, Walmart, Particle Design
  • Specialties: Digital, Social, Brand
  • Concept development, art direction and design
  • Partner with strategy and account leadership to develop brand platforms
  • Manage creative teams from concept development through to final execution of integrated digital launches and social campaigns

Razorfish –
Associate Creative Director

2010 – 2016 Portland, OR

  • Clients included Phillips 66, Nike Women, Bing, Surface, Microsoft Band
  •  Partnered with account leadership to develop campaign strategies and define consumer experiences 
  • Managed creative teams through concept development for major brand initiatives including Nike’s Title IX #MakeTheRules social activation, social channel and website launches for 76, Phillips 66 and Conoco, and the integrated digital launch of Microsoft’s first wearable: Microsoft Band
  • Drove all aspects of brand creative from brand ID to brand storytelling through digital and social campaigns, large-scale websites and video
  • Presented campaign concepts and brand positioning strategies to clients
  • Daily involvement in strategic concepting, art direction and interactive design
  • Worked with artists, directors and photographers to implement creative direction for film and photography production
  • Lead creative director on social brands for Phillips 66, responsible for strategy and ongoing content development for three brands across nine channels as well as daily brand management and creative point of contact for all clients
  • Worked closely with cross-discipline teams to inform project scope, time-lines and resourcing 
  • Employee management including mentorship, performance reviews and mediation

Razorfish – Senior Art Director

2008 – 2011 Portland, OR

  • Clients included Best Buy, Windows, MillerCoors and Bing
  • Developed large-scale digital campaigns including websites, landing pages, online advertising, pre-roll video and social media 
  • Played a key role in the creative development for the launch and subsequent advertising campaigns for Bing
  • Responsible for strategic concepting, client presentation, art direction, design and oversight of final production
  • Worked closely with cross-discipline teams to manage creative process through production, QA, and final analytics 
  • On set for photography and video shoots to provide creative direction

Coates Kokes – Art Director

2001 – 2007 Portland, OR

  • Clients included The Register Guard, Avista Utilities, Metro and Seaport Air
  • Worked independently and in teams to concept and execute large-scale advertising campaigns that include print, outdoor, broadcast and online
  • Designed and developed brand materials including visual identity, brand guidelines and collateral 
  • Presented to clients, collaboration on accounts 
  • Provided art direction for photographers, Illustrators, editors, programmers and studio artists

Education—Oregon State University
2001 – Bachelor of Fine Art

Graphic Design, Degree with Distinction, Cum Laude.