How about a few things that might never make my résumé?

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Long story, short.

At the beginning of 2019, I decided to take a giant leap. To leave my job at an agency I loved and to leave the city I built my life and career in. To push myself outside of my comfort zone, explore creative possibilities, and build something new. That jump has allowed me to freelance with some amazing clients across the country in Los Angeles, then Chicago, now landing in my favorite borough of the city that never sleeps, Brooklyn, New York.

Back in Michigan, for nearly eight years I was a creative director for a multi-disciplined, multi-award-winning agency, Fairly Painless Advertising. Executing concept and strategy-based ideas across nearly every screen, surface, device, and dimension imaginable. Collaborating with brands that included Herman Miller, HopCat, Staples, Aetna, Mazda, Toyota, SpartanNash, Greenleaf Trust, Amway, Haworth, Johnson Controls, Visteon and YanFeng, and countless others.

I am currently providing freelance consulting, creative direction and design for marketing & advertising, UI/UX, motion, experiential/interactive for medium to Fortune 500 companies, agencies and production studios. I am always open to new opportunities and am actively exploring what’s next.

Outside of my day job, you can find me anywhere where the culture is; traveling, exploring cities, shooting photos, trying new food spots, seeing live shows, hunting down the perfect pair of kicks, or let’s be honest; creeping on Insta. Want to see some other random facts about me?

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Me, elsewhere.

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What’s on your mind?

Since you’ve made it this far, maybe you’d like to know a few more random facts about me.

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I’ve owned 17 cars and 3 motorcycles and now don’t own one at all.

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Brooklyn, New York is my favorite place I’ve found on this planet thus far.

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I am slowly but surely working on getting my pilots license so I can stop flying coach.

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I am fascinated by modern architecture and have remodeled three houses.

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If there is a reincarnation, I want to come back with the life of my Cornish Rex.

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I have seen over 300 live shows and truly believe it is the purest form of art.

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I was born at 7:12 on 7/12.

Still have questions? Message me. Always happy to chat.

Were I to wish for anything [it would be] for the the passion of the possible, that eye which everywhere, ever young, ever burning, sees possibility.

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As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask, be kind.

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