A Charter School came to us needing a campaign to close the gap on funding a campus expansion, complete with a multi-purpose field, outdoor space, and additional classrooms. We built the campaign around a metaphor parents already understood - their kids were in a race to become their best, and now the schools were in a race of their own to complete the expansion.
I led the creative and visual direction across the full campaign - print, digital and on-campus signage - rallying around the tagline “Fund the Finish” that reframed fundraising fatigue into shared urgency using high-energy, sports-inspired design language.
Creative Direction | Art Direction | Campaign Design
When a personal injury attorney with a heavily tattooed, imposing build needed a brand, the obvious move was to lean into the mean. We did the opposite. Underneath his rugged exterior was one of the warmest, funniest people in the room, so we built his brand around that contrast. The Anti-lawyer Lawyer was born, here to subvert all your personal injury attorney expectations.
As art director and lead designer, I pitched the initial concept of the award-winning TVC where Byron plays it straight, but through a series of absurd mishaps, ends up destroying all the stereotypical advertising conventions his peers are known for. On the identity front, we created a logo, website and collateral that carried the same irreverence without looking out of place in the industry.
Creative Direction | Art Direction | Brand Design
Rimini Street is a leading independent provider of premium enterprise support service. They recently undertook a brand refresh, with the intent to better communicate with the technology driven industry they serve, and a way to utilize the 'street' in their name.
A complete styleguide overhaul was needed. The logo was updated, a new 'street' graphic integration was introduced, a new catalogue of photography was brought in, and new icons and motion graphics were developed to give a unified and strong presence to the brand. Everything from print, digital, video, and physical branding now has a modern, sleek, and clearly identifiable Rimini Street look.
Art Direction | Design | Illustration | Motion Graphics | Web Design
Wanting to establish their thought leadership position, Genpact needed a new way to get their content into the hands of their audience. The solution was a news delivery app that was both easy for the publishing team to use and beautiful for the end user to experience.
A custom CMS ensured publishers could easily enter and edit images, titles, copy, and tags. The app would automatically organize and display the content to users around the world through a beautiful UX that featured personalization filters, reading lists, and built-in sharing.
In addition to the app, a web-based version was built into genpact.com, giving their website a new level of user interaction and reaching an even broader audience, all controlled by one CMS.
UX/UI Design | Art Direction
Xlear, an all natural nose spray, needed a way to get consumers to think of spraying their nose as a daily cleansing routine akin to washing their hands. "Go Wash Your Nose" is the campaign solution. Using clean, bright portraits of people sneezing with big, bold text rounds out a very funny and compelling campaign look that drives the idea home.
Art Direction | Design | Retouching
NYC based Melrose Credit Union has a no-nonsense approach to mortgages. They offer competitive rates, have a no-sell policy, and they do away with many unnecessary fees. The "Mortgage Matters" campaign combines direct, truthful, and playful language with boldly displayed headlines, creating a recognizably fun identity that speaks directly to the fast-paced NYC market.
Art Direction | Design
PEP is a New York State initiative who's objective is to place individuals with developmental disabilities into people's homes to be cared for and supported. The launch of the initiative was carried out with a 2 part campaign that ran on TV, Radio, and OOH print all around New York City, and also included a pop-up shop for potential caregivers to visit and ask questions.
Stunning black and white photography (taken of actual caregivers and individuals with developmental disabilities) forms the foundation of the campaign's look, with very little color or other graphical elements to distract from the emotional impact.
Art Direction | Retouching | Web Design | Motion Graphics
After introducing the "Generating Impact" campaign, Genpact needed an overhaul of graphic elements that were interesting, colorful, and useful across many different mediums. The solution was to create a catalogue of branded graphics based off of the industries and solutions Genpact works with.
Over 25 graphics were made and applied in all types of spaces; from backgrounds of digital banners - to focal points of print ads - to the giant art installations we placed throughout their office building.
Art Direction | Design | Illustration | Web Design
ACE Group was a global provider of insurance with products covering everything from property and casualty to health and life. Spanning several years and several campaigns, their branding needed supervision and direction to maintain it's recognition and integrity across every medium, across the globe.
"Insuring Progress" was a campaign that positioned ACE as a flexible, adaptive, and capable partner that attracted future-focused companies with big, interesting, and complex to insure ideas. The 3-year campaign became more than just an advertising idea, it became the mantra of the company. "ACE Insured" was the natural evolution of Insuring Progress. It allowed ACE to explain the deeper meaning of what it meant to be insured by ACE.
Creative for ACE ranged from print, digital, and event based OOH; and sometimes required global coordination for art direction to ensure brand consistency around the world.
Art Direction | Design | Photography & Retouching
While most people probably have an OXO product in their kitchen, they may not be aware of the brand. The "Love, OXO" campaign allowed OXO to showcase its everyday items in love letters to consumers. These letters were built as rich animated banner ads, over 20 in total in multiple sizes.
Design | Concepting | Banner Development
For Hamilton Beach, the innovative engineering and thought process behind their products inspired the "Good Thinking" campaign. This long running campaign is now the tagline and company credo for Hamilton Beach, and they've run everything from national TV to print and digital.
The look of the campaign, consisting of dramatically shot products and white text on black backgrounds, helps to highlight the engineering and gives the products a more high-end appearance.
Design | Banner Developement | Photography & Retouching
Cirrus knows that college graduates love their alma mater, and that those with a home gym might want to use the same equipment the athletes at their school use. They teamed up with the NCAA and several home fitness equipment manufacturers to bring that idea to life.
To make the products look like they came from the same place the schools source, they needed a unique approach to product design and packaging. The solution was to create something that had that "strait from the warehouse" look, while also incorporating sports imagery and school colors. A stripped-down template based foundation made it easy for brands to pop in their logo and colors, and the grittiness of the packaging appealed to those die-hard fitness freaks.
Art Direction | Product Design | Packaging
