Career History
Creative Director and Experience Designer with 12+ years experience in Visual Design,
Information Architecture, Identity & Branding, and Experience Strategy.
Interested in working with an innovative design team
Skills
Creative Direction and Experience Design for online/desktop/mobile applications,
integrated physical/virtual experiences, multi-channel content delivery,
digital marketing, and cross-media editorial projects
Identity & branding work for corporate, consumer, and ideological enterprises
Independent art and design practice including work in Environmental Design, and Furniture & Lighting
Experience
Guided full life-cycle of design development from conception to delivery
Managed experience design teams and mentored designers, researchers, information architects/interaction designers, and copywriters/content strategists
Responsible for development and execution of account strategy and project plans in collaboration with account directors, project managers and team leads
Successfully led business development initiatives and ongoing opportunity development
Managed client relationships in an engagement lead capacity
Artifacts
view work products
Awards
AutoTrader UK iPhone App
Cannes – Silver Lion, 2010
Prada Broadway "Epicenter" Store
IDSA/BusinessWeek – Silver and Bronze, 2002
Flakemaster
Art Directors Club NY – Distinctive Merit, 2001
Omni Intermedia – Gold, 2001
Education
M.Arch., School of Architecture
Princeton University / 1994 – 1997
Graduate education in architecture
B.A. [Architecture]
Columbia University / 1989 – 1993
Liberal arts education with a major in architecture
Creative Director, SapientNitro
Chicago, Detroit & Atlanta / June 2005 to date
SapientNitro takes creative, strategy and technology services out of their silos and weaves them together through an open and client-focused culture
to deliver a new approach to problem-solving. We create emotionally-resonant customer experiences that deliver business results.
My role is to lead integrated design teams;
tying together user research, concept exploration, requirements development, brand expression, and experience design activities
to deliver solutions that achieve their objectives by focusing on user needs and desires
clients – Coca-Cola, Home Depot, GM & GMAC, Manheim, AutoTrader, GE Energy, DHL, AT&T, Newell Rubbermaid, Target
Creative Director – UI, The Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta / April 2008 – December 2008 (contract)
At TCCC, I have worked with product innovation teams to guide the design & development of market-leading touchscreen-driven customer experiences
Art Director and Information Architect, EzGov
Amsterdam / April 2003 – Mar 2005
As an AD/IA at a software company –
online transactional applications for government agencies, e.g. tax filing, benefits claim, disbursement, etc. –
I worked to refine project processes to better integrate the range of user-centered design activities into the requirements,
analysis, design, and testing phases of software development methodologies
clients – Inland Revenue (UK), US Dept. of Customs
Designer, Self-Employed
June 2002 – March 2003
Economic dry spells have the salutary effect of simultaneously broadening the range of one's design activities and concentrating the mind on one's own artistic obsessions and initiatives
Art Director, IconMedialab
New York / July 2000 – May 2002
At IconMedialab, I art-directed creative teams working on award-winning projects, including the Prada Broadway Store.
The objective of this project was the enhancement of the shopping experience through the use of technology to
improve access to and knowledge of inventory and brand content on both sides of the customer-salesperson relationship.
In collaboration with AMO/Rem Koolhaas and IDEO amongst others, we developed applications and interfaces for handheld devices,
touchscreen displays, an intranet, and a customer-service extranet
clients – Prada, Chubb Insurance, iClassics
Senior Designer, Hearst Interactive Studios
New York / July 1996 – June 2000
Hearst Interactive worked with a diverse range of media properties in the magazine, book publishing, broadcast,
and entertainment & syndication divisions of Hearst to develop editorial, marketing,
and community sites to support cross-media brand extensions.
We developed online features in concert with publication and broadcast cycles to create cross-media feedback relationships with readers & viewers
clients – Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, Avon Books, King Features
Web Designer, School of Architecture
Princeton / January 1996 – December 1996
Design and maintenance of the school's web site