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ROLE #1: COPYWRITER_ & CREATIVE DIRECTOR_

EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR_

Developing campaigns for social, online, retail, print, and outdoor. Creating activation and app-based concepts.Contributing op-ed pieces for industry publications.
Clients: Costa Coffee, Fisher-Price, Fresca Hard, Mattel, Minute Maid Spiked

GERTRUDE AGENCY

FREELANCE COPYWRITER_ & CREATIVE DIRECTOR_

VARIOUS AGENCIES

Developing 360 campaigns. Writing for existing campaigns. Solving problems. Winning pitches. Creating content. B2c and B2B.
Agencies: Gertrude Agency, KLR, Mach 9, Paco Collective, Simon-Myers, Waymack & Crew

SVP CREATIVE DIRECTOR_ 

Overseeing social media, display and web. Managing cross-disciplinary teams. Helping increase social media followers. Creating 360 campaigns. Contributing to strategy. Forging new revenue streams. Pinch-hitting on pitches.
Clients: ALDI, Dick's Sporting Goods, Wonka

DIGITAS NORTH AMERICA

FREELANCE COPYWRITER_ & CREATIVE DIRECTOR_

VARIOUS AGENCIES

Developing 360 campaigns. Writing for existing campaigns. Solving problems. Winning pitches. 
26Five, A-Z Learning, Allstate (inhouse), Bandwagon, Cooper's Hawk Winery, DVK Marketing, Edelman, EG+, Escape Pod, FCB, Fingerpaint, Gertrude Agency, Match Marketing, Paco Collective, Paul Earle & Co, Simon-Myers

SVP CREATIVE DIRECTOR_ 

Overseeing multiple millon-dollar accounts. Managing cross-disciplinary teams. Helping increase social media followers. Creating 360 campaigns. Contributing to strategy.Forging new revenue streams. Winning pitches.
Clients: Allstate, Altoids, ComEd, DeVry University, Exelon, McDonald's, Reddi Wip, Samsung, Tampax, US Army

LEO BURNETT

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ROLE #2: EDUCATOR_ & TRAINER_

INSTRUCTOR_

Developing curricula in concepting, headline writing, advertising & pop culture, digital campaigns, integrated campaigns, copywriter, etc. Instructing would-be copywriters, art directors and designers. Helping mentor the next generation of creatives.

MIAMI AD SCHOOL & BRAINCO

GLOBAL CLIENT TRAINER_

Developing, designing and delivering workshops to marketers and agencies. Fostering better client/agency relationships. Cheerleading creativity. 
Allstate, Altria, Kellogg's (Mexico & US), Delta Faucet, Kraft, Leo Burnett, LinkedIn, Ogilvy, Pfizer (UK & China), Philip Morris International (Russia & Switzerland), Tyson Foods

FACILITATOR_

Facilitating marketing effectiveness bootcamp. Helping marketers get better at, well, marketing. 

EFFIES WORLDWIDE

INSTRUCTOR_

Instructing students on copywriting and campaign development. Providing portfolio critiques. Mentoring students. Championing creativity.

CHICAGO PORTFOLIO SCHOOL

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