Resume

I built my career from the ground up starting at design agencies and mentoring under designers whom I admired. These mentorships and experiences created the foundation to launch my career into leading roles in some of the world’s most forward thinking companies.

Experience

Accenture Song
Head of Digital Product Design, ASG
Full-time
Sep 2023 – Present
Hamburg, Germany

University of Washington, School of Art + Art History + Design
Lecturer, Graduate Program
Jan 2022 – Mar 2022
Seattle 

Vander McClain
Freelance
May 2021 – Sep 2023
Seattle 

eBay
Senior Design Leader
Core Product Experience
Full-time
Dec 2019 – May 2021
Seattle 

Amazon
Creative Director (UX)
Amazon Devices
Full-time
Jan 2017 – Dec 2020
Seattle

Capital One
Creative Director (UX)
Enterprise Design
Freelance
2016
San Francisco

SYPartners
Creative Director
Freelance
2004 – 2010 & 2016
San Francisco 

Wolff Olins
Creative Director
Freelance
2016
San Francisco

Thumbtack
VP of Design
Full-Time
Dec 2014 – Sept 2015
San Francisco

Google
Creative Director (UX)
Google Brand Studio
Freelance
2014
San Francisco

Apple
Global Creative Director (UX)
Apple Online Store
Full-Time
Feb 2011 – Dec 2013
Cupertino

Tolleson Design
Creative Director
Freelance
2010 – 2011
San Francisco

Duncan/Channon
Creative Director
Freelance
2010
San Francisco

Crate & Barrel
Creative Director (UX)
Freelance
2010
Chicago

Landor Associates
Creative Director
Freelance
2007 – 2009
San Francisco

Odopod
Art Director (UX)
Freelance
2009
San Francisco

Ammunition
Creative Director
Freelance
2009
San Francisco

Factor Design
Creative Director
Freelance
2008
San Francisco

Method, Inc.
Creative Director
Freelance
2004 & 2009
San Francisco

Cahan & Associates
Creative Director
Freelance
2005 – 2008
San Francisco

Apple
Art Director (UX)
Marcom
Freelance
2006
Cupertino

Publicis Modem
Creative Director
Freelance
2005
San Francisco

SYPartners
Art Director
Full-Time
Sept 2002 – 2004
San Francisco

R/GA
Art Director (UX)
Full-Time
1998 – 2002
New York

Patents

 Apple
20140059237
August 27, 2013
Scheduling and Conducting a communication Session with a Remote Agent. 

Amazon
15/839,736
December 12, 2017
Generating an Audiovisual Overview of Item Information.

Amazon
15/839,689
December 12, 2017
Synchronized Audiovisual Responses to User Requests.

Select Awards

One Show, Silver 
IBM, Icon’s of Progress
Brand Identity / Logo Design

365: AIGA Year In Design 27
GE Innovation Lab
SYP, Creative Director

Graphis Design Annual 2007
GE Innovation Lab
SYP, Creative Director

Communication Arts
Design Annual 47
GE Innovation Lab
SYP, Creative Director

One Show, Bronze
AICP 2001 Title Sequence
R/GA, Art Director

I.D. Magazine Interactive
Design Review, Bronze
AICP 2001 Title Sequence
R/GA, Art Director

365: AIGA Year In Design
Prada Kiosk
R/GA, Art Director

One Show, Silver
Prada Kiosk
R/GA, Art Director

Young Guns - Art Directors’ Club of New York
AICP 2000 Title Sequence
R/GA, Art Director

British Design & Art Direction Annual Prada Kiosk
R/GA, Art Director

Select Publications

Communication Arts Magazine
May / June 2005
Designing Change
P. 40-49

Eye Magazine
(45) 2001
R/GA.com, Self-Expression,
Self-Promotion

Communication Arts Magazine
Design Annual 41
AICP Titles 2000
Cover Design, P. 150

Communication Arts Magazine
Design Annual 40
R/GA and Discovery Channel Store Kiosk, Technology Feature, November 1999,
P. 222-229

Education

Parsons School of Design
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Painting
1997 – 1999
New York

Oklahoma State University
Bachelor Of Fine Arts (BFA)
Studio Art
1991 – 1995
Stillwater

Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE)
Apprenticeship
Bill Goldston, Printmaker
1993 – 1995
New York

Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain
Scholarship Participant
Robert Zakanitch
1990-1991
Quartz Mountain

Brands

ABC
Adidas
AICP
Amazon
Apple
Autodesk
Bed Bath & Beyond
Benadryl
Carl Sagan
Cartoon Network
Capital One
Charles Schwab
Coca-Cola
Citibank
Cablevision
Colliers International
Columbia University
Crate & Barrel
Dell
Discovery Channel
Ebay
Ericsson
Esurance
Finlandia Vodka
Fortune Magazine
General Electric
Gensler
Google
Greater Bay Bancorp
Helmut Lang
Hewlett-Packard
HSBC Direct
IBM
Johnson & Johnson
Kohler
Levi Strauss & Company
Marsh
Mercedes-Benz Microsoft
MOMA, New York
Myspace
Nike
Proctor & Gamble
Palm
Parsons School of Design
PWSP
Playstation
Prada
Richard Saul Wurman
Rolling Rock
Saturday Night Live
Sony
Sesame Street
Southern Comfort
Semeotext(E)
The First Marblehead Corp.
Thumbtack
Tylenol
Universal Limited Art Editions
VH1
Visa
Verizon
William Morris Endeavor
Wild Kingdom
Yahoo