RECENT WORK(S)
Below you’ll find cybersecurity, top-secret clearance, billion dollar blues, ad agencies, and a miasma of purply gradients... either a showcase of my favorite works from the past couple of years, or the mad-fevered start of a terrible haiku.
Worth Mentioning:
All of the design work in the work studies below (websites, logos, slides, collateral, videos, etc.) were designed by me personally. Nowhere do I claim credit for the work of any co-workers or former direct reports. That would just be gross.
WORK STUDY
No. 1
// 2020 - 2021 // CREATIVE DIRECTION // DEFENSE // BRANDING
PENTAGON
Yup, that one. I worked for the DoD doing my design thing. Finally closer to wearing a black turtleneck every day.
WORK STUDY
No. 2
// 2015 - 2018 // CREATIVE DIRECTION // IPO // LEADERSHIP
SMARTSHEET
From startup to IPO and growing from 100 employees to over 1000, I built the team that set the creative vision.
WORK STUDY
No. 3
// 2021 - 2022 // PRODUCT // START-UP // HEAD OF DESIGN
SHIFT5
Where I built the team that designed products, brand, and sometimes swag with pithy attempts at clever writing.
WORK STUDY
No. 4
// 2023 - 2024 // PRODUCTS // LEADERSHIP // CLIENT SERVICES
BLUE ACORN
Where I oversaw the agency's design department, managed the UX team, and found new love for blue gradients.
WORK STUDY
No. 5
// 2024 // BRANDING // WEB // CLIENT SERVICES // ADVERTISING
ICG
Designing good works with an avoidance of process paralysis. Wielding the power of both colors AND shapes.
WORK STUDY
No. 6
// 2022 - 2023 // PRODUCT // WEB // STORYTELLING // SALES
EXPERIENCES
UX revamps and product spec work that helped close a few deals. Masking out photos is probably my new religion.
WORK STUDY
No. 7
// 2018 - 2020 // CREATIVE DIRECTION // WEB // CLIENT SERVICES
RIOT HAUS
A churro enthusiast, a sugar addict, and a man who’ll kiss your dog on the jowels. Also, Lagavulin and Red Vines.
WORK STUDY
No. 8
// 2013 - 2021 // WRITING // PUBLISHING // AUDIO PRODUCTION
TINCTURE
“Grave robbing requires a corpse, so at most, this was all just simple thievery.” TINCTURE, a weird-west audio drama.
WORK STUDY
No. 9
// 2014 - 2019 // PUBLISHING // VIDEO GAMES // HIGHER-ED
THE CAPTAIN
Miscellaneous design given a warm yet pejorative decade-old nickname from my wife. Bonus: many blood splatters.