PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE
Lead Designer / Art Director / Owner_ ENGIN3, LLC
Feb.03-Present_ Chicago IL
Designer/Art Director (Contract)_ ENERGY BBDO
Mar.2012-May.2012_ Chicago IL
Design Director (Contract)_Belly Card
Dec.2011-Jan.2012_ Chicago IL
Designer/Art Director (Contract)_ EURO RSCG CHICAGO
Jul.2011-Nov.2011_ Chicago IL
ACD/Creative Director (Contract)_ 360i
Jan.2011-July.2011_ Chicago IL
Designer/Art Director (Contract)_ EURO RSCG CHICAGO
May.2010-Jan.2011_ Chicago IL
Senior Art Director_ Wunderman
May.08-Feb.10_ Chicago IL
Designer / Art Director (Freelance)_ Leo Burnett
Jan.08-May.08_ Chicago IL
Senior Art Director_ EURO RSCG CHICAGO
Feb.06-Oct.07_ Chicago IL
Art Director (Freelance)_ Cramer-Krasselt
Jan.06-Feb.06_ Chicago IL
Senior Designer (Contract)_Discover Financial Services
Aug.05-Dec.05_ Riverwoods, IL
Art Director_ Bagby and Company Inc
Nov.03-Aug.05_ Chicago IL
Communications Designer_ NC State University, College of Design
Jun.01-Jun.03_ Raleigh NC
Graphic Design Intern_ NC Solar Center
Sep.00-Nov.02_ Raleigh NC
SOFTWARE / HARDWARE
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premier, Bridge, Acrobat, Flash, Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Final Cut Pro, Fontographer, Quark, MS Office
MAC OS and WINDOWS platforms
Photography (digital, 35mm, medium format), Digital Video, Illustration,
Pre-Press, Letterpress, Screen Printing, Typography, Book Binding
EDUCATION
Masters of Graphic Design
NC State University, College of Design.
Raleigh NC. 2000-2003
BFA, Graphic Design
Minor, Art History
Savannah College of Art and Design.
Savannah GA. 1996-2000
HONORS / PUBLICATION
Mashable.com
5 Ways to Encourage Customers to Share Your Content, July 2011
Oscar Mayer Selects Hot Dogs Facebook Taste-a-Monials
3 Lester Wunderman Awards for Creative Excellence
Chicago Xbox 2009 / Kraft DiGiorno Pizza 2009 / Burger King 2009
48 Hour Film Project Chicago, Award for Best Sound Design, 2008
NCARB Prize for Creative Integration of Practice and Education 2002
First Prize $75,000 educational grant awarded to NC State University College of Design
LOOP: AIGA Journal of Interactive Design
Concentrating, Skimming, Multitasking: Envisioning Cultural Behavior
article by Rob Wittig. Loop number 6, Dec. 2001
LECTURER / ACADEMIA
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Peck School of Art & Design
University of Cincinnati DAAP, Digital Design Department
Carnegie Mellon University Communication Design Department