CLIENTS
Toyota
Hyundai
Volkswagen
Airstream
Oakley
Sony
Electronic Arts
PlayStation
Samsung
Adidas
Visa
HBO
Bombay Sapphire Gin
Absolut Vodka
Boost Mobile
Red Lobster
The Home Depot
Atlantis Resort Bahamas
AWARDS + PRESS
The One Show
Lüerzer Archive
USA Today
Creativity
CMYK
AdWeek
Comedy Central
TBS Conan
Tosh.O
Gizmodo
ABC News
The Metro UK
GQ
The Snowboarder’s Journal
Transworld Snowboarding
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PATAGONIA
Reno, NV
Pro Team | 2020 — Present
Providing customer service and account management for all Patagonia Pro account customers.
Customer Experience | 2019 — 2020
Answering the phone at 1-800-638-6464, and chatting with our customers at patagonia.com. It was pleasure building relationships with our customers, helping them navigate their way through big orders, finding the gear they needed for their next adventure around the globe. It was particularly rewarding to help our customers repair or recycle items that had seen a life well worn.
Field Testing | 2014 — Present
As a field tester, I am responsible for providing timely, detailed feedback on a wide variety of test pieces and prototypes. Once a test window has closed, I will upload and submit my field testing reports, photographs, and notes to Patagonia’s Field Testing Forum. These reports are then shared with the designers and product development teams in Ventura, California for further consideration and evaluation. This is a non-paid position. Compensation has included free product and generous online discounts in exchange for my time, feedback, and reports.
WAVE RAVE SNOWBOARD SHOP
Mammoth Lakes, CA
1999 — 2000 and 2013 — 2018
I’ve had the opportunity to work across a variety of positions during my time at Wave Rave Snowboard Shop. My job duties included working the front registers, providing customer service, handling returns, working on the sales floor, tagging and restocking of product, helping process and back stock large seasonal shipments, and building lasting relationships with our customers. In 2014, I became a snowboard tech. I became familiar with the operation and maintenance of various Grind Rite, and Wintersteiger® base grinding and edging machines. Keeping our customer's equipment on the snow and out of the dumpster was a passion of mine.
In April of 2016, I managed a board demo day with our friends from Gentemstick, Japan. I have helped with the annual transition of the store between the summer and winter seasons. I was trusted to drive the shop van, and bring inventory to and from our storage unit. Other times, I was called upon to help prepare the shop for the upcoming winter season, snowboard movie premiers, live music events and industry parties. I completed Wave Rave’s annual sales training courses and product clinics. I was invited to participate in the annual industry on-snow demo’s, along with many team building backcountry missions across the High Sierra. I helped provide content (on both sides of the camera) for the shop’s social media accounts. Most of all, I enjoyed cultivating lifelong friendships and relationships with our team, our amazing customers, and our industry reps.
FREELANCE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Los Angeles & Orange County, CA 2011 — 2013
I started off my career in advertising as a Designer / Art Director. Somewhere along the way, I started to find my voice as a Copywriter. Towards the end of my career, I was able to combine these skills and was promoted to Creative Director. While in this position, I was in direct contact with our clients, and responsible for shepherding marketing campaigns from their inception to their launch into the world. All while managing and mentoring junior creative teams. Over the course of my time in advertising, I had the pleasure of working for, and collaborating with, some of the most talented and creative minds in the advertising industry. I’ve had a hand in making everything from humourous little hang tags, to award-winning Super Bowl commercials.
ADVERTISING AGENCIES & IN-HOUSE CREATIVE DEPARTMENTS
72andSunny, Culver City & Playa Vista, CA
Innocean Worldwide, Irvine & Huntington Beach, CA
Saatchi & Saatchi, Los Angeles CA
Deutsch, Los Angeles, CA
180, Los Angeles, CA
Peterson Milla Hooks, Minneapolis, MN
Oakley, Foothill Ranch, CA
AGENCY STAFF POSITIONS 2000 — 2011
Senior Art Director
Deutsch, Los Angeles, CA
December 2009 — March 2011
Senior Art Director / Designer
180 Los Angeles + Amsterdam
July 2008 — October 2009
Senior Art Director
TBWA \ Chiat \ Day Los Angeles, CA
January 2006 — February 2008
Brand Creative — Designer / Art Director
The Richards Group, Dallas, TX
July 2004 — January 2006
Paid Creative Intern
DiZino Thompson
San Diego, CA
December 2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Advertising Design Program
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
When I returned to Los Angeles for work in 2006, the Department Chairman of the Advertising Design Program, reached out to see if I would be interested in mentoring a few students. Within a few months, I became an Adjunct Professor and taught classes for almost five years. It was a great experience helping young men and women prepare for their careers in the advertising and design industry. I’m proud to say many of the students I mentored, have gone on to have brilliant careers in the field. I remain close to several of my former students to this day.
Core Faculty — Adjunct Professor
Advertising Design Program
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA
May 2006 — April 2011
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Snowboard Instructor | Mammoth Mountain
I worked out of the Sports School at Main Lodge. By the halfway point of the 1999 - 2000 winter season, I was one of the top ten most requested instructors for private lessons at the mountain.
I had the privilege of witnessing thousands of students “first time doing _____” on a snowboard.
It was a privilege being paid to share a life long passion with folks on the slopes of Mammoth. During my time in Sports School, I studied, trained and completed my AASI Level 1
Snowboard Instructors Exam at June Mountain in February of 2000.
AASI Level 1 Snowboarding Instructor
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area
Mammoth Lakes, CA
1999 - 2000
EDUCATION
B.F.A. Bachelors of Fine Arts, with Honors in Advertising Design
Art Center College of Design
2004
AIARE 1 Course
Sierra Mountain Guides
Mammoth Lakes, CA
Febuary 2012
MEMBERSHIPS AND LICENCES
Trout Unlimited (Sagebrush Chapter)
Protect Our Winters
NDOW Resident Fishing Licence
Pyramid Lake Seasonal Permit
CADFW Non-Resident Sport Fishing Licence
PASSIONS AND LIFELONG PURSUITS
Spending time outdoors during all four seasons with family and friends. Snowboarding, backcountry snowboarding, exploring and riding in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Alpine climbing, hiking, fly fishing for trout across the American west. Chasing swells along the California coast. Fostering a sense of stewardship for our planet and a deep love of wild places in our two young children.