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Resume

 

Ascend Marketing  |  Austin, Texas

Creative Director

February 2014 to Present

Overseeing creative produced by the Austin office 

  • In charge of day-to-day account management and creative production for a number of clients including the Austin office’s largest client
  • Selecting, managing, and directing outside talent including designers, writers, and photographers
  • Providing feedback and direction to the internal creative and account teams
  • Proposing concepts to the principal in charge of creative

Feature accounts:

Acorda Therapeutics, Ameriflex, Edelman, SailPoint

 

Procknow Design  |  Kyle, Texas

Owner/Art Director

February 2000 to Present

Offer a wide range of creative services for national and local clients

  • Providing art direction and design services by working in conjunction with public relations, advertising agencies, and creative teams; as well as directly with clients
  • Developing proposals and budgets
  • Concept development
  • Managing project development and expenses through all stages to assure quality and comply with deadlines and budgets
  • Establishing and maintaining client brands; adhering to the clients’ brand standards and the creative brief to ensure an effective product
  • Developing and sustaining client and vendor relationships

Feature accounts:

The Ampersand Agency, Clear Channel Communications, Greater Texas Landscape Services, Guerra DeBerry Coody, Jack Brown/Slater-White Cleaners, Potential Being Creative Consulting, Sunlight Photonics, Texas Monthly, The Wood Agency

 

The Wood Agency  |  San Antonio, Texas

Art Director

September 2008 to November 2013

Serving as lead art director on a number of accounts representing a variety of industries

  • Print and digital projects

  • Generating concepts and occasionally bits of copy

  • Attentive, deliberate, and creative brand development

  • Working closely with account executives and the traffic coordinator to consistently meet or exceed our clients’ needs and expectations 

Feature accounts:

Boggus Ford, Cordillera Ranch, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Grapevine Convention and Visitors Bureau, Methodist Healthcare System, Natural Bridge Caverns, NatureSweet Cherubs Tomatoes

 

NourzAds, Inc. (presently Door Number 3)  |  Austin, Texas

Designer/Art Director

March 1998 to January 2000

Primary responsibilities were to design client material and to participate in developing projects from concept to delivery of finished piece

  • Concepting for, and designing: advertisements, direct mail pieces, corporate identity packages, logos, newsletters, brochures, promotional items, booth graphics, and more

  • Presenting to client and in-house audiences

  • Managing projects through various stages of development