What’s your deal anyway?

Great question! My deal is mostly art direction. I say mostly because I love writing just about as much as I love art direction. I wrote a bunch of sketch comedy at the UCB theater before they imploded. I still write sketch for my sketch team in New York. I love fun ideas and figuring out how to express them, whether that’s a doodle or a chunk of copy or a power ballad.

Let’s talk art direction.

Sure thing. I love it. For me it’s about controlling and crafting an aesthetic that’s right for the brand and the campaign. I love the entire process, from dreaming about concepts to casting the right collaborators to getting into the nitty gritty details of edits and motion graphics. And it’s even better to that I get to do it as part of a team. It’s just like being in a garage rock band, except instead of a garage it’s a downtown office and instead of making rock ‘n roll, we’re making marketing materials for various brands and corporations. But you know what? It’s great. I love that I get to do this as a job.

Now to the important stuff. If you were a celebrity which celebrity would you be?

I relate so hard to the Hamburglar.

Burgers are great, but what’s your favorite kind of pizza?

I like Hawaiian pizza.

Booooooooo!

Sorry! I just like it! Also it’s kinda funny that Hawaiian pizza has Canadian bacon on it.

Hey can you write up a somewhat comprehensive list of awards you’ve received as an Advertising Creative?

I thought you’d never ask!

D&AD 2023 Creative Director Rankings
(#9)

The Drum 2023 World Creative Rankings
(Top 100 Creative Directors on the Planet, #26)
Emmy x1 (Digital Innovation in Sports)
Cannes Lions x9 (4x Gold, 2x Silver, 3x Bronze, 12x Shortlist)
D&AD x14 (2x Yellow, 4x Graphite, 8x Wood)
One Show x25 (12x Gold, 7x Silver, 6x Bronze)
Clios x25 (2x Grand, 8x Gold, 8x Silver, 7x Bronze)
Art Directors Club Cubes x13 (1x best of discipline, 6x gold, 4x silver, 2x bronze)
Clio Sports x11 (5x Gold, 4x Silver, 2x Bronze)
Andys x5
London International Awards x11 (3x gold, 5x silver, 3x bronze)
Webby x1
Ad Age A-List Best B2B Campaign
Graphis New Talent Annual Gold
Lürzer’s Archive
Lürzer’s Student of the Year Nominee

Whew.

Anything final thoughts?

Robble Robble.