Experience

SENIOR ART DIRECTOR | Juice Design
2008 – present | San Francisco, CA

Clients
Specialized, The North Face, Santa Cruz, Form Boxing, adidas, Masterclass, LG, Converse, Coca-Cola, Uniqlo, Levi’s, Gap, Nike, Dakine, Old Navy, Jones Snowboards, SIA

Juice Design is an independent San Francisco based advertising, design and media studio. I held many roles from being Senior Art Director responsible for taking projects from start to finish while managing design teams to Digital Design Director responsible for large and small websites and social media channels. Additionally I was in charge of technical issues and created a video and design production workflow for a team of 20.

Led a creative team to produce print, web & social design solutions for major brands
Pitch ideation and concepting for new business and brand campaigns for product releases
Created technical infrastructure for design and video based workflows

FREELANCE ART DIRECTOR | Various Agencies - G2, Skona, EuroRSCG, Carat
2005 – 2007 | San Francisco, CA

Clients
Adobe, Nascar, Chevy, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mastercard, NetApps, EA Sports, Cunard Cruises and Meyer Sound

For 2 years I worked at various advertising agencies shuttling back and forth working on email campaigns, print materials, online advertisements, pitch decks and websites.

Produce and conceptionalize print and online advertisements.
Assist design teams in visual content creation and production
Experienced extending concepts into efective interactive marketing, web and motion-based designs

art director | Terpstra Design
1996 – 2004 | San Francisco, CA

Clients
FJH Music Co., Faber Music, Nonesuch Records, Songline/Tonefield, 6 Degrees, Adventure Music, Stillwater Sound and Ellipsis Arts

At Terpstra Design, a small design firm focused on music teaching materials and record labels, I was the sole designer under the owner/creative director. I helped design and illustrate hundreds of music teaching books and materials while also designing record covers for over 20 different record labels.

Design and production for various record labels
Manages projects from pre through to post production, finished art and delivery working with creative directorundefined
Created illustrations for Piano Teaching books and materials

skills

art direction
Strong conceptual abilities, art direction skills and a solid knowledge of the advertising landscape

design
Strong visual design sense and a keen eye for detail in both traditional and digital enviroments

Motion Design
Design, direction, and production of motion graphic elements for web, broadcast and social

illustration
Stong ability to take a concept and apply that to a variety of different styles

project mangement
Highly organized with excellent attention to detail

toolkit

Adobe Creative Suite
After Effects
Blender
Sketch
Powerpoint, Keynote, Google Slides
Webflow, Visual Studio
Dropbox, Slack, Trello, Jira, Basecamp

education

Graphic Design
San Diego State University
1992-1996