One of the local breweries in Kansas City decided to expand their distribution to include cans. Since their brand was originally designed around bottles, it offered an opportunity for a revisit and evolution of the brand look. The evolution wasn’t radical, but definitely enough to garner better shelf appeal and brand recognition.

My Role: Freelance Designer responsible for packaging redesign. Direct contact with client for presentations and feedback. Also built final artwork for production.

The Missouri Craft Brewers Guild is one of many states that celebrate Pint Day. This year, MCBG asked me to create a theme and glass design for the event. Most states simply plaster their state name and some identifying markers on their assets. We took a little different approach by giving the event an extraterrestrial twist.

My Role: Freelance Designer responsible for thematic and design. Direct contact with client for presentations and feedback. Also built final artwork for production.

Consumers complained that they don’t like dairy, but they also didn’t realize the scope of products that contain dairy. With a first ever brand identity and unified voice, we rallied the dairy industry together to educate consumers on what is and isn’t dairy. And in the process, we helped consumers understand that most of the things they love, like pizza, yogurt parfaits, and grilled cheese, all contain dairy. With this new insight, we helped reignite consumers love affair with dairy and all the deliciousness that it creates.

My Role: Creative Director responsible for leading creative development, liaison between client and agency, establishing creative strategy, presenting work, sharing client feedback with appropriate next steps, keeping projects on brief, within budget, and on schedule.

4Runner enables drivers to be adventurous, but the marketing needed more context. So my partner and I created an online video series using a campfire as a thematic for storytelling. Campfires are the place where stories of the great outdoors are shared. This content consisted of short documentaries based on four key influencers experiences and shared across their social outlets as well as Toyota’s touch points for a total reach of 44.2 million. Content was also served up on a landing page that allowed the viewer to select stories based on the influencer that interest them.

My Role: Freelance Creative Director team responsible for digital creative development, establishing creative strategy, keeping project on brief, within budget, and on schedule.

We were the lead agency for all of Kellogg’s digital marketing, so we had the opportunity to create every type of digital content imaginable. Here’s an entire year of digital efforts for Kellogg’s summarized in a :60 video.

My Role: Group Creative Director responsible for leading creative development, liaison between client and agency, establishing creative strategy, presenting work, sharing client feedback with appropriate next steps, keeping projects on brief, within budget, and on schedule.

The CBD category is overloaded with CBD dog products that are basically human products diluted down for dogs. Chou2 Pharma has a unique process that distills the cannabinoids down to just the ones relevant to the ailment being treated and made only for dogs. Once they perfected their process, they needed an identity system as unique as their product. We started with the logo and brand guidelines. From there, we built out the packaging and website.

My Role: Freelance Creative Director responsible for creative development, establishing creative strategy, keeping project on brief, within budget, and on schedule.

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If you've heard of the Toyota FJ Cruiser, my partner and I are responsible for putting it on your radar. If you think it's a badass, capable off-roader, we made you think that. We started when it was just a concept vehicle, gave it a personality and established its off-road credentials. We had a modest budget and big ambitions, but through a true grassroots effort, we locked-in its legacy as part of the long list of successful Toyota nameplates.

My Role: Associate Creative Director team responsible for leading creative development, liaison between client and agency, establishing creative strategy, presenting work, sharing client feedback with appropriate next steps, keeping projects on brief, within budget, and on schedule.

Target Audience: Educators. Fuel Up To Play 60 is the largest in-school nutrition and physical activity program in the nation. It’s co-sponsored by the NFL and the Dairy Industry to utilize educators as influencers in an effort to encourage today's youth to live healthier lives.

My Role: Creative Director responsible for leading creative development, liaison between client and agency, establishing creative strategy, presenting work, sharing client feedback with appropriate next steps, keeping projects on brief, within budget, and on schedule.

Have you ever considered a weekend trip to KC? Working with Kansas City Visitors and Convention, we created broadcast and digital content that used real people from KC to share insights and stories about the area. With all this authentic content to share, there’s really no reason not to visit KC.

My Role: Group Creative Director responsible for leading creative development, liaison between client and agency, establishing creative strategy, presenting work, sharing client feedback with appropriate next steps, keeping projects on brief, within budget, and on schedule.

About me: I believe in cross company collaboration to ensure all work has a holistic approach founded in key insights. Constantly aware of emerging technologies and best practices. I’ve inspired various sized teams and clients, but I also like to get my hands dirty helping build presentations and crafting impeccable deliverables. I’ve spearheaded projects for some of the biggest clients in the world — but I get most excited when there is genuine client enthusiasm for strategic, breakthrough work, no matter what the budget or client size. I adhere to financial goals and budgets. Excellent presentation skills. Self-starter who digs in and participates across all levels.

On the personal side, I'm a father, artist, carpenter, welder, mechanic and traveler. I enjoy tacos, bbq, my three kids, a well made old fashioned and the occasional cubist painting.

CliftonStrengths: 1. Achiever 2. Strategic 3. Futuristic 4. Maximizer 5. Arranger

Myers-Briggs: ENFJ-A