I am CURRENTLY EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT SPROUT PHARMACEUTICALS LEADING THE RE-LAUNCH OF a PRODUCT IN THE WOMEN’S HEALTH SPACE.
Prior to that, I was EVP, Executive Creative Director at Barkley/OKRP, where I directed creative teams in the KC and Denver offices.
cAREER Client experience includes:
Nationwide insurance, U.S. Bank, Planet Fitness, American Airlines, Dairy Queen, Discovery channel, CARFAX, Microsoft XBOX, Microsoft surface, Midas, Mariner Financial, Surest Health Plans, ARAG Legal Insurance, Emerus Hospitals and Elanco Pharmaceuticals.
In my time at BarkleyOKRP, I helped lead pitch teams that won AOR assignments for CARFAX, Mariner Financial, Cholula Hot Sauce, French’s Mustard and Emerus Hospitals as a well as a brand assignment for Elanco’s Credelio Quatrro.
In 2021, I helped launch and lead the Barkley Creative Accelerator, an experimental apprenticeship / portfolio school. The program won the AAF’s Mosaic Award in 2022, and Kim Chungong, a graduate of our inaugural class, has already won a Clio.
Storytelling is in my blood. In 2014, I joined the Screen Actors Guild to become the voice of the Dairy Queen brand. Since then, I’ve done voiceover work for Marmot, H&R Block and narrated a 60-minute ESPN documentary.
In 2014, I co-founded a video production company called Rockbox. I learned how to produce, direct, manage a P&L, you name it. We grew it from a team of 2 people to a team of 8, and took annual revenue from $0 to $1.3MM. A highlight was writing and co-directing a brand film for the Minnesota Vikings that’s on permanent display in US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
As a copywriter, I helped rebrand Discovery Channel and American Airlines, earning a Gold Effie and a Cannes Lion for the same global American campaign. I wrote a Nielsen-ranked Top 3 Super Bowl spot for Nationwide Insurance, also named TBS’ Funniest Commercial of the Year, and one of The Wall Street Journal’s Best Ads of the Year.
I once rode a Harley Davidson Road King across the state of Wyoming. My brother and I went from Rapid City, South Dakota to Yellowstone. We got stuck on our bikes in the middle of a herd of buffalo. It was like bumper to bumper traffic.
I will always write for a living.
Words matter now more than ever.
And the world always
needs a better story.
writertomd@gmail.com