Freeman

Associate Creative Director | June 2019–Present

• Lead creative strategy, brand design, and delivery for a portfolio of tech companies including Oracle, AMD, VMware, and CTA (CES).

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Sales, Strategy, Operations, Staging, Environmental, Digital, and outside agencies) to ensure the delivery on project goals.

• Design creative teams and execute projects with variable team sizes. Oversee all components of creative from ideation, pitch, environmental, art direction, digital, and brand design.

• Create high-impact experiences ranging in scale from 500-Attendee Product Launches to 182K-Attendee Conferences.

• Develop digital experiences and applications working closely with agencies and subject matter experts.

• Work and present directly to clients throughout the lifetime of a project.

• Hire, mentor, and inspire mid- and junior-level teams.

Art Director | April 2016–June 2019

• Conceptualized, created, and art directed innovative brand solutions for clients including CTA (CES), SAP, Marketo, Sitecore, and ToyFair.

• Interfaced directly with clients to strategically develop design concepts, taking the lead on projects from brainstorming to launch.

• Led the creative and art direction for all digital and print components of brand campaigns. Directed a team of graphic designers and 3D designers. Managed relationships with a broad range of freelance creative resources and print vendors.

• Worked with the Sales, Operations, Graphic production, and Account teams on deadline-driven projects. Collaborated and communicated with these teams from the ideation phase through post-production.

Senior Graphic Designer | November 2013–April 2016

• Led the design of projects ranging from the PEMEX global event experience  to Salesforce VIP events.

• Developed and created brand campaigns for physical and digital environments at various scales.

• Worked with Creative Directors to align brand campaigns to overall experience strategy.

• Created production calendars to organize the work flow for the creative team. Coordinated production pricing and delivery with external print vendors.

CSG Creative

Senior Graphic Designer | July 2009–October 2013

• Created campaigns for associations, trade show organizations, corporations, and events. Design work included print, environmental,  and digital — logos, show guides, conference brochures, promotional direct mail pieces, web ads, app components, and email templates.

• Proactively designed process for and led creative brainstorm sessions that resulted in international, award-winning campaigns.