CURRENT

Group Creative Director - PPK, Tampa, FL
Creative Advisor - Heart of Darkness Brewery Asia
Dad to our boy, Addison

PREVIOUSLY

Executive Creative Director - ZLR Ignition, Des Moines, IA
Creative / Copywriter - The Art Of Good
Creative Director / Copywriter / Designer - Freelance
Board Member - The One Club for Creativity Denver
Creative Director - Human Design - Boulder, CO
Professor of Practice - Creative Advertising - CU Boulder
Chairman and Executive Creative Director - BBDO Vietnam
Executive Creative Director - JWT Vietnam
Creative Director - Ogilvy (Vietnam and Thailand)
Creative Director / Copywriter - Hong Kong and Vietnam
Copywriter - A couple shops in the US

SKILLS

Creative direction, strategy, copywriting, art direction, design, marketing, video & stills production, mentoring, management, finance, culture-building, client and stakeholder relationships, public speaking

A FEW OTHER ROLES

Woodworker, video store clerk, trail crew, youth lacrosse coach, rental car van driver, Kinko’s tech and designer, parking lot attendant, and bouncer

HAVE LIVED, DONE WORK, OR COLLABORATED ON PROJECTS IN

North America United States, Mexico
Asia Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, The Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, India, Pakistan
EMEA United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan
Australia

AWARDS

Cannes
One Show
London International
Spikes Asia
AdFest
Asian Marketing Effectiveness

JUROR

Spikes Asia (2011 and 2013)
One Club’s Young Ones (2017 to 2019)
Vietnam Young Lions/Spikes (2008 to 2015)

AFFILIATIONS

One Club Denver Chapter - Board Member, Mentorship Manager,
Award Show Committee

SOFTWARE

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Final Cut, G Suite, Microsoft Oce, Figma, InVision, Slack, Trello, Asana

EDUCATION/COURSES

University of Colorado Boulder
Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising from the School of Journalism
The Second City - Sketch Comedy Writing
Berlin School of Creative Leadership - Cannes Creative Leaders Programme
One Club Creative Leaders Retreat (2015 & 2017)
Scotwork - Advanced Negotiation Techniques
BBDO University - Strategic Planning Workshop