About
I received my BA in English from the University of Texas at Austin and AAS in Visual Communications from the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago. I began my career in Austin, TX, designing posters and record covers in the burgeoning “DIY” music scene there throughout the 1990’s as a founding member of a once notorious punk rock band, the Motards — before continuing my art and design practice in Chicago in the aughts.
As a senior art director in Chicago, I developed marketing programs for clients like Miller High Life, Grolsch, Corona, and GoGo Inflight Internet. I worked directly with client executives — brainstorming and pitching concepts, visualizing multifaceted ideas, directing photo shoots, and producing final artwork on deadline and on budget.
Since my arrival in NYC in 2009, I’ve focused on digital design — initially accruing extensive agency experience in the digital advertising space. Since 2016, I’ve focused on visual design and user experience design in the context of agile, multidisciplinary, and collaborative digital product development. I am passionate about the potential for effective visual design to fulfill the promise of collaborative product development.
My work has been recognized by the AIGA, HOW magazine and Communication Arts, was featured in Gestalten’s, Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress & Graphic Design (2010), in Basheer Graphic Group’s, Creative Calendar Collection (2011), and in The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years Music / Friendly / Dancing (2017) from Curbside Splendor Publishing. I have exhibited artwork in galleries in New York, Chicago, Charleston, and Austin, my art and design work reside in the permanent collection of the Chicago Historical Society, and I’ve toured the world a few times playing guitar in a punk band.
