
Creative Director at Schematic
Greater Atlanta Area

Creative Director at Schematic
Greater Atlanta Area
I'm an Art Director, Designer, and Developer with over 10 years of experience working in the interactive space creating unique experiences in both online and offline media. I've lead both small and large teams of creatives, developers, editors, animators, producers, and account people on projects for brands such as National Geographic Channel, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Audi, REI, IBM, ING, and Showtime Channel.
My work has won over 40 major interactive awards in the past 5 years including Cannes Cyber Lions, Webbys, FWAs, One Shows, Communication Arts Interactive Annual, London International Awards, New York Festivals, Effies, Macromedia MAX, Macromedia Site of the Day, and Horizon Interactive Awards.
Below you can find some of my featured projects:
ING Your Number Microsite: www.ingyournumber.com/site.html
Celebrity's Europe: www.celebrityseurope.com/site.php
Cruise Century: www.cruisecentury.com/site.html
Celebrity.com: www.celebritycruises.com/destinations
Freedom of the Seas: www.freedomoftheseas.com
IBM ForwardView eMagazine: forwardview.showmail.tv/0411/?testing=true
IBM Express Portfolio (archive): www.iqinteractive.com/ibm/expressportfolio/ibm/
Audi Dream Showroom (archive): www.iqinteractive.com/clienthosted/audi/audicpo/
interactive design & development, IA/UX development, branding, idea generation, project management, animation
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
July 2008 — Present (6 months)
Schematic at #2 on AdAge Digital A-List 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/47laao
Schematic featured as one of 5 "Next Generation" shops to watch on AdWeek.
http://tinyurl.com/5ksonk
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 2 months)
CLIENTS: REI, ING, Capital One, Georgia Lottery
OCTOBER '07 UPDATE: Won multi-million dollar pitch with ING for agency, which was the first in well over a year. Was also the first interactive account that the agency has ever won in its history. Look for first fruits of our labor in early spring.
DEC '07 UPDATE: Instrumental in winning $28 million REI account which will focus primarily on online media, original content, and print. Read about it here:
http://www.adweek.com/aw/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=100
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http://adage.com/agencynews/article.php?article_id=122742
MARCH '08 UPDATE: just launched ING Your Number Microsite and Online Advertising Campaign: www.ingyournumber.com
MAY '08 UPDATE: successfully sold online campaign to REI for their Snowsports '08 initiative. the campaign will launch end of September '08.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2003 — April 2007 (3 years 8 months)
CLIENTS:
American Cancer Society, Audi, Celebrity Cruises, Cox Communications, Genworth, IBM, InterContinental Hotel Group, National Geographic Channel, Royal Caribbean, Showtime Channel, The Weather Channel
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2001 — August 2003 (2 years)
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; BTC; E-Learning industry)
October 1997 — July 2001 (3 years 10 months)
CLIENTS:
Harvard University, Boston University, Northeastern University, Emerson College, Tufts University, Suffolk University, Wellesley College, Simmons College, Mass College of Art
BFA, Graphic Design, Minors in Photography & Art History, 1995 — 1999
Studied photography under re-knowned Finnish-American photographer Arno Minkkinen.
http://www.arnorafaelminkkinen.org/
interactive design, integrated advertising, rich media, flash, html/css design, photography
My work has won over 40 major interactive awards in the past 5 years including:
8 Horizon Interactive Awards
2 Webbys
2 FWAs
2 One Shows
2 London International Awards
1 Communication Arts Interactive Annual
1 Macromedia MAX Award
1 Cannes Cyber Lion