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CV

 
 

ROLES

Creative Director, Producer, Artist //

Freelance 2023- 2024

I chose to return to a freelance status leading creative and art direction for my previous clients in DTC, apparel, home goods and tech industries focusing on event activations, content development and product launch campaigns. I am also pursuing my art full time and in 2023 I showed my art in 8 different art shows, including a solo show. 2024 is already taking off with a solo show at the end of March. 

Director of Creative Production and Studio //

MINTED 2022

This hybrid role straddled Creative Director and Production Director responsibilities. I revitalized a photo and video studio, hired and mentored a team of designers, project managers, copy writers, photographers, retouchers and stylists, while managing a cross functional brand relaunch. Our emphasis; elevating brand creative in direct to consumer art, home goods, soft goods, stationery and wedding announcements.

Director of Creative operations //

LaunchBoom 2020 - 2021

I led a team of 15 at an agency focused on DTC brands and targeted social advertising for crowd funding product launches. I developed standard operating procedures, budgeting structure and team project management for sustainable business growth.

Senior Producer //

The North Face 2011 - 2019

Leading and hiring a team to support the global marketing needs of this behemoth apparel brand was a true joy. It brought me all over the globe on productions and allowed me to build a team whose mantra, ‘Make Cool Shit’, won countless advertising awards and disrupted the outdoor apparel space in a very exciting time of change in culture.

Photographer //

Sandbox Studio 2006 - 2010

Photographing for clients in the apparel, home goods and luxury consumer industries introduced me to a balance of life on the road and life in a studio.

Photographer //

The Kansas City Star 2003 - 2005

Immediately after graduating with a Journalism degree with an emphasis on Photo Journalism I began photographing full time as a staff photographer for the same paper where Ernest Hemingway worked, just many years apart.

 
 
 

ART CV

DOOM LOOPS: Mission Bar, 2697 Mission, SF, CA. Solo show. 03/23/24 - June 2024.

To Be Continued: Art Fuse, 2051 Market St, SF, CA. Group show. 03/23/24.

Not So Lonely Hearts Club: Emperor Norton’s Boozeland, 510 Larkin Street, SF, CA. Group show. 02/10/24 - 03/07/24

Deck The Walls: 540 Rogues, 540 Clement Street, SF, CA. Group show. 12/7/23 - 01/26/24

Tis the Season: MAG Galleries, 3931 18th St, SF, CA. 2023 Group show Retrospective. 12/8/23 - 12/23/23

Painted Ladies: Molotov’s, 582 Haight, SF, CA. Solo show. 9/30/23 - 12/01/23

Refusés of the Bay: Voss Gallery, 3344 24th St. SF, CA. Group show. 9/29/2023 - 10/28/23

What’s Left: MAG Galleries, 3931 18th St, SF, CA. Performance. 10/6/23

Art for the Sick: Moth Belly Gallery, 912 Larkin, SF CA. Group show. 10/5/23 - 10/27/23

Poolside: 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna St, SF, CA. Group show. 7/14/23 - 9/21/2023

Biggest Little Bay Area Collage Show: Moth Belly Gallery, 912 Larkin St, SF, CA. Group show. 7/06/23 - 7/29/23

Rise, Sunflowers: Luna Rienne Gallery, 3318 22nd Street. SF, CA. Group show. 7/16/23 - 8/14/23.

THHE Auction, Hospitality House Benefit: Fleetwood, 839 Larkin, SF CA. Group show. 4/01/22 - 4/06/22.

City Canvas: A Paint The Void Retrospective: Pier 70, SF CA. Group Mural show. 01/22/22 - 01/30/22.

100 under $100: Fleetwood, 839 Larkin, SF CA. Group show. 11/20/21 - 01/01/22.

 
 
 

AWARDS

Gold Clio Music Award - ‘Imagination’, Sherpas Cinema/The North Face.

Role: Executive Producer. 2018

Silver Lion Cannes Film Festival - ‘Imagination’, Sherpas Cinema/The North Face.

Role: Executive Producer. 2018

Gold 2018 Telly Awards General-Direct Marketing for Non-Broadcast - ‘Steep’, Stept Studios/The North Face.

Role Art Director, Executive Producer.

Silver 2022 American Advertising Awards San Diego Competition - Internet Commercial ‘Author Clock’.

Role: Director of Creative Operations.

Bronze 2022 American Advertising Awards San Diego Competition - Internet Commercial ‘Introducing CyberX’.

Role: Director of Creative Operations,

Silver 2018 Telly Awards General-Corporate Image for Non-Broadcast - ‘Legacy Starts Here’, Stept Studios/The North Face.

Role: Executive Producer.

2015 Communication of the Year ISPO - ‘El Sendero Luminoso - The Shining Path’, Camp 4 Collective/The North Face.

Role: Senior Producer.

2014 Creative Excellence Award BANFF Film Festival - ‘El Sendero Luminoso - The Shining Path’, Camp 4 Collective/The North Face.

Role: Senior Producer.