Experience.

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Executive Creative Director with 20+ years leading creative at the world's foremost agency networks, in-house studios, and a major social platform. Known for building the infrastructure that incites great creativity and business results. New business pro ($500M+ in wins). Cannes Titanium, Cannes Gold, D&AD, One Show, Clio, and Effies winner.

EXPERIENCE

Monks

Executive Creative Director
Toronto, CAN
May 2026-Present
Brands: Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC

• Brought in to revamp social and retail disciplines for Global GM account across anchor brands.
  

Trailer Park Group

Executive Creative Director, Contract
Los Angeles, CA
December 2025 - May 2026
Brands: Big Ten Conference, LA28, LPGA, Netflix

• Embedded creative leadership helping this top entertainment marketing agency modernize how Hollywood brands show up in culture.

• Leading integrated creative across sports, entertainment, and streaming clients with a focus on social-first thinking and platform-native storytelling.
  

Keurig Dr Pepper

Executive Creative Director
Boston, MA + Dallas, TX (IHAF Agency of the Year 2024)
2023 - 2025
Brands: Bai, Canada Dry, Core, Donut Shop, Dr Pepper, Keurig, Mott’s, 7UP + others

• Launched the KDP Social Lab from scratch, for 125 brands at scale.

• Part of the core innovation team during Dr Pepper's historic category rise, the brand's first major shift in decades.

• Rebuilt the in-house agency end-to-end: new team structure, reset creative standards, and repaired the agency's relationship with brand leadership.

• Partnered with the Innovation Group on alcoholic beverage line extensions 

Selected results:

• Dr Pepper becomes America’s #2 soft drink

• Bai "Head of Wonder"  2025 Effies Finalist: Transformed brand positioning and drove

• 1 million new households to adopt the beverage.

• Mott's "Apples to Apples": Integrated campaign saw 66% sales lift.

• "Start at the Core" campaign: Core became a Top 5 U.S. water brand
  

Havas

Executive Creative Director
Chicago, IL and Atlanta, GA (April 2015 – December 2022)
AdAge Best Place to Work 2021
Brands: Coke, Metromile, Moen, Nike, Seven for All Mankind, Sprite, Stellantis, Yellowstone + others

• Led new biz creative development with over $15 million in wins, including Coca-Cola, Metromile and Yellowstone National Park

• Pitched, built and creatively led the in-house Coca Cola Social Center
  Produced 2,000+ pieces of content annually for 10 brands
  Led the relaunch of @Coca-Cola in social media
  Oversaw creative, production and content creator team of 22 people
  Executed in 25+ global markets, with 49MM+ consumer engagements

• Led Stellantis Super Bowl project, resulting in Havas added to agency roster 

• Selected Results:
  Yellowstone National Park “The Inheritance Pass” (2X Cannes winner)
  Coca-Cola “Refresh the Feed” social campaign (multiple Shorty winner)
  

Twitter Next

U.S. Brand Strategy Lead: Automobile, Dining and Retail Verticals
Chicago, IL and San Francisco, CA (2014 – 2015)
Brands: Best Buy, Cadillac, Domino’s, Lincoln, Marc Jacobs, McDonald’s, Porsche, Wendy’s + others

• Concepted and presented platform-centric ideas to Fortune 200 C-level suite, then partnered with their agencies to execute. 

• Selected Results:
  Emoji pizza ordering for Domino’s (Cannes Titanium)
  McDonald’s “Lovin’ the Super Bowl” (Cannes Gold; Sports Clio)
  Marc Jacobs Daisy perfume launch
  

FCB Chicago

Vice President, Creative Director
Chicago, IL (2005 – 2013)
Brands: A1, DiGiorno Pizza, Jack Daniels, Jell-O, Kmart, MIller-Coors, Nokia, P&G Beauty, Valspar

• Authored the winning creative idea for FCB's $500M Walmart pitch, one of the largest new business wins in the agency's history.

• Led Valspar from unknown to business and reputational success

• Selected Results:
  Valspar “Love Your Color Guarantee” promotion resulted in double-digit sales lift
  "Cityscapes": Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show-winning poster series
  Valspar "Chameleons" Effies Finalist. TV campaign that made color selection an
  emotional decision, not a practical one
  

Ogilvy

VP, Creative Director
Chicago, IL (2003 – 2005)
Brands: Boeing, Motorola, Unilever

Upshot

Copywriter to SVP, Creative Director
Chicago, IL (1996 – 2003)
Brands: Absolut, Ford, Sony

EDUCATION

Knox College
B.A., Fiction Writing