Award-winning Art Director, Graphic Designer, Web Designer and sometimes copywriter with ten years of advertising agency experience.

Freelance • Minneapolis, MN • 2008—present

• Door C at Carlson Marketing, FAME Retail Inc., J.T. Mega, The MN Chamber of Commerce

Art Director • BBDO Minneapolis • Minneapolis, MN • 2006—2008

• Hormel Foods, Famous Dave's BBQ Restaurants, Chi-Chi's Salsa, CommonBond Communities

Art Director/Writer • Red Circle Agency • Minneapolis, MN • 2002—2005

• Grand Casino, The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, National Indian Gaming Association

Art Director/Writer • CORNYN + PARTNERS • San Francisco, CA • 1999—2002

• A.G. Ferrari Foods, Foxy Vegetables, Six Degrees Records, Strawberry School PTA

Instructor • San Francisco Academy of Art • San Francisco, CA • 2000—2002

• Taught creative portfolio building class resulting in several award-winning student campaigns and published work

St. Cloud State University • St. Cloud, MN

• Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communications with Advertising emphasis
• Bachelor's Degree in Spanish

The Creative Circus • Atlanta, GA

• Certificate in Art Direction

Minneapolis Community and Technical College • Minneapolis, MN

• Web and Interactive Media Certificate

• Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, QuarkExpress, Flash, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Word
• Html, CSS and Javascript

• The Show (Minneapolis) – Merit
• San Francisco Show – Silver and Merit
• British D&AD International Student Competition – First Place Pencil
• ANDY Award Show – Student Distinguished ANDY
• Atlanta ADDY's – Student Best-of-Show, Silver and Merit
• L.A. Show – Student Merit