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IADAS Member & Jury, and Latin American Design Awards 2022 Jury 
Awards include: Cannes Titanium Grand Prix, One Show, ADC, Webby's, NY Festival, Awwwards
Writing/Thought Leadership:
Campaign Magazine
Creativity Tactics
Small Changes, Big Results

2019 - Present
Group Creative Director 
BASIC/DEPT, Bay Area, California

Leading and mentoring multi-faceted teams (mostly across Google, plus new business). Teams include Visual Design, Experience Design, UX/UI Design, Art Direction/Content, Design Systems, Motion, 3D, Retouching, & Writing. Collaborate closely with client strategists and creative partners.

2017 - 2019
Global Design Director - Brand and Creative
Spotify, New York City

Collaborated with Spotify's business strategists while leading and working hands-on to create the new visual identity and branding for Spotify's most important and growth-driven section of their business: Premium. In addition, I led a separate BTL design team and directed a variety of production vendors and global agencies. Additionally, I stretched into Spotify Premium's business strategy, at the Spotify stakeholders' request. 

2016 - 2017
Associate Creative Director
Nike.com, Nike iD, Verizon, R/GA Connected Spaces
R/GA, New York City
Led e-comm, experience, and systematic work for Nike & R/GA, and led digital branding for Verizon.

2013 - 2016
Design Director
Nike.com & Nike iD
R/GA, New York City
Managed a team of designers innovating for Nike.com and Nike iD, as well as contributed to pitch work. 
In addition, worked closely with our lead XD and developers to design Bridgestone's Olympic Hub, a complex management and workflow creation tool. 

2010-2013
Senior Designer
Nike+ FuelBand, Nikeplus.com, Nike.com Converse, Victoria's Secret, pitch work

R/GA, New York City
Product design for FuelBand, confidentially developed for over 2+ years, for which my team and I won multiple awards, including the Titanium Grand Prix at Cannes 2012 for our work on Nike+ FuelBand digital product and site - the first fitness tracker on the market and an unparalleled athletic platform for Nike.

2008-2010
Senior Interactive Digital Artist 
Guitar Hero, Burger King, VW, Microsoft, Hulu, Old Navy, AmEx, B-Cycle and Coke Zero

Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Boulder

2006-2008 
Designer/Art Director 
Designer and Art Director on interactive, print, and television projects for Got Milk?, GMC, Aruba, Degree, Saab, Johnson & Johnson, Splenda, MTV, Sharp, XM Radio
Lowe NY, (Mullen Lowe) New York City

2003-2006 
Designer 
Time Warner & Hachette Book Group, New York City

2002
Junior Designer 
Richter7 Advertising, Salt Lake City