APPLE, VML, NFL, etc...
Freelance CD Writer, Strategy 2013 - current
Working directly for clients: Apple, NFL, et al.... Plus ongoing freelance at VML.
BRANDS: Apple, NFL, Motorola, Liberty Mutual, J.P. Morgan, Borgata Casino, Dell, Chevron, Havoline, Ferrari, et al.
SAATCHI - NY + LA
CD Writer 2005-2006, 2016 - 2018
Happy to be back at Saatchi, integrating all digital and traditional work for Walmart.
BRANDS: Walmart, Toyota, NDSS, Luvs, Tide.
R/GA - NY
ACD Writer 2010 - 2013
Started out as a freelancer and just loved these guys: brilliant people asking fresh questions to create the future of media - and therefore of mankind.
BRANDS: Nike, Capital One, Verizon, Walmart, Master Card, AARP, Coke, Coke Zero, Ad Council, Degree, Ameriprise, Microsoft.
HAVAS / EURO - NY
ACD Writer 2009 - 2010, 2014
During the economic tantrum of Winter '09, no client was more fascinating than the NYSE. Was invited back years later to help rebrand Liberty Mutual.
BRANDS: NYSE Euronext, Credit Suisse, Liberty Mutual, Belvedere Vodka.
MCCANN - NY
ACD Writer 2007 - 2009
Supported by a great team at my first ACD gig. Within my first month our client suspended all broadcast so we explored new ideas with digital and print.
BRANDS: Intel, Microsoft.
BBDO - NY
Writer 2006 - 2007
David Lubars said he loved my book, so I headed east to say thanks. As a floater across accounts I worked with scores of legendary talents. Did lots of TV and nearly sold a reality cable show for E-Bay.
BRANDS: Pepsi, GE, AIG, eBay, AT&T, M&Ms, Pizza Hut, Bank of America, Lowes, Target, American Cancer Society.
Here's what happened.
Before I fell in love with ads, I had this very conscious thirst for life that led me to explore lots of places: Politics in the Mississippi Delta. Law school in California. Tutoring kids in Harlem. P.R. in rural Virginia. Going back to finish Pre-Med. Studying Navajo. Teaching math. Building barns. Tending bar. Acting. Singing. Lifeguarding. Journalism. Raising a camel named Tula at the Alaska Zoo. Just to name a few.
Today I apply all these experiences to innovating for brands. Looking at systems honestly and creating the spaces - via mobile, social, film, design, language and business ideas - where the ambitions of clients and real people can naturally come together.
Gratitude.
This is a great opportunity to say thanks to Mom and Dad, who taught me fearless questioning, and who modeled integrity and caring about the world. Besides them, I appreciate our last remaining parcels of wilderness and the intuitive sense of direction that always brings me home. Then also jalapenos, although all of the serious peppers should be admired. And finally I love my truck - which has taken me all over North America and is still beautiful as the day she was born.
Favorite soda.
For me it's a root beer. We used to sip them in the Ozarks as tornadoes roared over our house. Meme and Grandad kept their old Eisenhower-era refrigerator stocked. As a kid in the 80's you just drank soda with every meal. I wonder how that became a reasonable thing to do?