Creative Direction
Design
UX
Illustration
AnimationMy goal as a designer and creative consultant is to cut away all the baggage and clutter that surrounds a brand in order to showcase what is truly essential and necessary in support of a design. I’ve found that the only way to truly do this effectively starts by listening to the people who engage with the brand on a regular basis, the employees who operate as the face of the brand, and the client for whom the brand represents their livelihood and daily sacrifice. Ultimately my work is not done until both the people employed by the brand and the people purchasing the brand both buy into what I make.
In the course of any project, I prefer to lay out all the pieces in front of me and metaphorically sift my fingers through them, finding useful and harmonious pieces of content and fitting them together like a puzzle. I prefer not to limit the scope of tools at my disposal to do this, instead favoring a message first approach. Whether that requires responsive UX or 3D modeling is up to the message and the desired audience. To that end, I find I’m equally at home in web, mobile, print, broadcast, illustration…whatever best suits the end goal.
| Case Studies |
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| Twelvefold: Establishing a Cadence Around Marketing Trends Creative Direction, Design, Infographics |
| Foundation Beyond Belief: Crafting a Secular Humanist Brand Creative Direction, Design |
| Foundation Beyond Belief: Tithing and the Secular Community Creative Direction, UX, Third Party Integration |
| Tribune Broadcasting: Centering a Fragmented Identity Creative Direction, Design, UX, Photography |
| The Morse Theatre: Designing a Real World Experience Creative Direction, Design, UX, Third Party Integration, Photography |
| Notable Clients | Type of Work |
|---|---|
| Fleet Response | Design, UX (via current employer) |
| Austin Powder | Design, UX (via current employer) |
| Broadridge | Design, UX (via current employer) |
| EY (Ernst & Young) | Design, UX (via current employer) |
| Twelvefold | Design, Infographics |
| K&L Gates | Creative Direction, Trial Demonstratives |
| Tribune Broadcasting | Creative Direction, Design, UX |
| The Morse Theatre | Creative Direction, Design, UX, Photography |
| Matrex Exhibits | Design, UX |
| James Finn Garner | Creative Direction, Design, Illustration, UX, Photography |
| Foundation Beyond Belief | Creative Direction, Design, Illustration, UX, Photography |
| Kaye Scholer | Creative Direction, Trial Demonstratives |
| Bell, Boyd, Lloyd | Creative Direction, Trial Demonstratives |
| Lord, Bissell & Brook | Creative Direction, Trial Demonstratives |
| Imaging and Sound Magazine | Creative Direction, Design |
| Chicago Chamber Choir | Creative Direction, Design, UX, Photography |
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