Studio and client facing design leader driving innovation across multiple clients utilizing agile work streams for Avanade, Accenture and Microsoft. Focus on business development for existing and new clients within the Midwest region and served as regional talent community lead for the Avanade global studio network. Leverages LUMA design thinking skill certification to add value to client interactions and cross discipline program design solutions. Sets the strategic and executional direction for all Midwest studio design and pitch engagements, contributes to pre-sales, key project stakeholder relationship building and studio capacity goals as a trusted mentor and senior level partner across the organizations.
• Participated in new business pitch wins for existing and new pursuit clients with remote and in house teams.
• Met regional headcount goals to create a cross functional visual design and user experience team, pursued certification in solution architecture to inform deal shaping and facilitated 35 design lead thinking sessions on and off site.
• Identified known gaps in job descriptions and roles, and career paths, initiated improvements for internal training and recruiting solutions in order to meet retainment and acquisition goals studio wide for 2020

Director, Visual Design at IMX (Integrated Member Experience) working within the Online Business Unit of Sears Holdings Corporation. Making plans for buying back the Sears Tower and creating a new line of hipster Toughskins, knee patches and all. You like made in the U.S.A? We got it. Hardlines and Brands like Craftsman, Kenmore, DieHard in addition to integrated retail via that battery eater called mobile make up the borders of my domain.

Hired to re-invent the Whirlpool digital creative team and tackle all digital initiatives across the Whirlpool portfolio. Responsible for managing campaigns, updates and pitches for appliances, corporate responsibility programs, national restaurant chains and the airline industry. Delivered award winning creative and strategic solutions in categories including retail, digital and mobile. Participated in industry events and presented emerging technology solutions to the agency creative community. Excelled at fostering relationships between technology and creative teams resulting in bringing effective, more target appropriate platforms to market across all media.

AWARDS:
McDonald's Big Mac Avatar Global Promotion
-2010 Reggies: Gold for Age Specific Marketing
-2010 Reggies: Gold for International/Global Marketing
-2010 Reggies: Bronze for Digital Marketing (over $1MM)
-2010 Reggies: Bronze for National Consumer Programs ($5MM+)
-2010 District Silver ADDY® Award
-2010 OMMA Awards for Restaurants/Fast Food category
Raytheon MathMovesU Sum of all Thrills website
-2010 Promo Marketing 1st Place Integrated Promotion
-2010 Promo Marketing 2nd Place Interactive Web Game
-2010 Webby Nomination for Youth Marketing
-2010 Webby Honoree Best Use of Animation/Motion Graphics
-2010 LeoIntel Award for Best Innovative Digital Strategy

Collaborated as strategic and design lead across many brands within the digital portfolio for Kraft Foods. Lead strategic ideation and design solutions for brands while leading the design development of several multi-agency promotions for
Kraft featuring celebrity endorsements, contests, sweepstakes and social media prospecting. Collaborated on successful new business pitches and internal team building initiatives while recruiting and developing talent in creative and
technology divisions.

Supervised the creation of marketing materials to maintain consistent, high quality message and presentation for the agencies brands and new business development in traditional and digital media. Directed creative and design on video and photo shoots while coordinating creative approval and delivery with technology teams and clients. Highlights include working extensively on the U.S. Army of One campaign and website launch and its successive redesigns while engaging new business pitch work, talent development and co-directing internal agency websites and promotions. Lead the content generation, design strategy and delivery solution for the premiere launch of the Leo Burnett global website and intranet.

Marketing and advertising responsibilities for family owned Organnica Inc. all natural pest repellent start up in the mid west. Identity, brand strategy and PR direction and production. Principle sales director for U.S. and international markets.

Readily available for interviews on full time positions, short and long term creative missions, and speculation on the app of the future. If you can't figure out your marketing strategy for this quarter, you should be contacting me.

Participated in student design competitions and worked in the Campus Communications department as a graphic designer producing on-campus literature.