Creative Director/Copywriter

RÉSUMÉ

 

RÉSUMÉ

 

STREET CRED

TRADE SCHOOL // Creative Director // Remote // February 2024 - Present

ISELLMOSS
// Creative Director Consultant // Remote // August 2019 - Present
CLIENTS: ROTU Entertainment, Wizkid Creative, Arts District of Winston-Salem, LEAD Girls of NC
HIGHLIGHTS: Named and developed Arts District of Winston-Salem event, ART CRUSH, earning over $50K in grant funding, over 20,000 event attendees, and a 2023 Downtown Excellence Award.

THE VARIABLE
// Associate Creative Director // Remote/Hybrid // January 2021 - October 2023
CLIENTS: Woombies, Mental Health Association, Electrolux, Frigidaire, NAPA Auto Parts, FCK CANCER, CURRENT, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, LEAD Girls of NC, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, OUT at the Movies
HIGHLIGHTS: Wrote new taglines for multiple national brands, won awards for giving a shit, appointed Chair of DEIB task force, and voted “Most Likely to Change the World.”

DAVID&GOLIATH PRO-BONO
// Creative Director // Los Angeles, CA // June 2020 - December 2020
DAVID&GOLIATH
// Associate Creative Director // Los Angeles, CA // April 2019 - December 2020
CLIENTS: KIA Motors, Today, I’m Brave, California Lottery, Stacy’s, Crowns & Hops Brewing Co, The Antidote LA, Aradi Boutique
HIGHLIGHTS: Got three of Hollywood’s top stunt drivers to pull off a never-been-done stunt in a midsized sedan, checked “Super Bowl” off my advertising bingo card, and developed a pro-bono program to provide advertising support for Black-owned businesses in the LA community.

CRISPIN PORTER + BOGUSKY // Senior Copywriter // Boulder, CO // November 2015 - April 2019
CRISPIN PORTER + BOGUSKY // Copywriter // Boulder, CO // September 2012 - November 2015
CLIENTS: Domino's, American Heart Association, American Airlines, Friday's, Otterbox, Lifeproof, Fruit of the Loom, Infiniti, fairlife, Triscuit, Jose Cuervo, Ketel One, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, JELL-O, Applebee's, Bing, Best Buy
HIGHLIGHTS: Made work that mattered, pitched & won new business, earned some awards, wrestled Alex Bogusky. (No, really.)

MULLEN ADVERTISING // Copywriter // Winston-Salem, NC // December 2011 - September 2012
MULLEN ADVERTISING // Junior Copywriter // Winston-Salem, NC // August 2010 - December 2011
MULLEN ADVERTISING // Creative Intern // Winston-Salem, NC // Summer 2010
CLIENTS: TRESemmé, Hanes Brands, Kumon, Provocraft, La Quinta, Suntrust, Krispy Kreme, Extended Stay Hotels, CSX 
HIGHLIGHTS: Produced creative campaigns for every client I worked on. Got a full-time gig.

HOWARD, MERRELL & PARTNERS // Creative Intern // Raleigh, NC // Summer 2009
CLIENTS: Georgia Pacific, Great Harvest Bread Co, BASF 
HIGHLIGHTS: Intern project led to new business for agency. Produced work for national clients.


KNOW-HOW

APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science in Communication 
Triple-Major: Advertising, Journalism & PR
Minor: English 

UC SANTA CRUZ
Feminism & Social Justice Certificate 

UDEMY
Women’s Circle Facilitator Certificate


AWW SNAP

AWARDS // RECOGNITION
2024 Shorty Impact Awards Winner — Serious Foreplay
2024 OMMA Awards Winner — Serious Foreplay
2024 AAF National Gold ADDY — Woombies
2024 AAF District 3 Silver ADDY — Woombies
2023 Downtown Excellence Award — ART CRUSH by Arts District of Winston-Salem
2023 Ad Age Small Agency Awards Pro Bono Campaign of the Year — Woombies
2023 Shorty Awards Social Activism Audience Honor — Woombies
2023 Shorty Awards Social Activism Winner — Woombies
2022 Voted “Most Likely to Change the World” — The Variable Agency Awards
2021 One Show Merit — Kia K5 Live
2019 Graphis Silver — Piece of the Pie Pursuit
2019 Graphis Gold — Bonnie Award
2019 Graphis Silver — Domino's Stock Box
2018 One Show Merit — Bonnie Award
2018 New York Festivals Finalist — Bonnie Award
2018 FWA Site of the Day — Piece of the Pie Pursuit
2018 Graphis Gold — TomboyX Underneath It All
2018 Graphis Gold — Beyond I Do
2018 Graphis Silver — Beyond I Do
2018 D&AD Wood Pencil — Domino's Stock Box
2018 Graphis Silver — Domino's Stock Box
2018 Clio Bronze Direct Print/Mail — Domino's Stock Box
2018 Clio Bronze Brand Design — Domino's Stock Box
2018 Clio Silver Fashion — Professionals Collection
2018 One Show Bronze — Professionals Collection
2018 Graphis Gold — Professionals Collection
2018 Project Isaac Gold — Professionals Collection
2018 Loyalty 360 Awards Platinum — Domino’s
2017 Loyalty 360 Awards Gold — Domino’s
2015 FWA Site of the Day — Tuck Effect
2015 AWWWARDS Site of the day — Tuck Effect
2010 Silver ADDY — Planned Parenthood
2010 ADDY Judges’ Choice — Canterbury Rugby
2010 Gold ADDY — Canterbury Rugby
2010 Gold ADDY — Planned Parenthood 
2010 Silver ADDY — Titleist for Women 
2010 Silver ADDY — Great Harvest


WRITING // FILM // ART
2024 Poppies for Persephone — DOSE Artist Collective Selection
2024 Lose the Laurels — Our Bodies, Our Minds Art Show Selection
2024 Let’s Take Up Space — League of Stars Artist Residency Selection
2024 Rosy Imperialism — selected & sold, DOSE Artist Collective
2023 She is Risen — published, Heroica
2019 Just Facts — Semifinalist in Screencraft Cinematic Short Story Contest
2011 Drawing Blood 48 Hour Film Festival — Best Film Runner Up 
2011 Drawing Blood 48 Hour Film Festival — Best Editing
2011 Drawing Blood 48 Hour Film Festival — Best Cinematography 
2010 Just Facts — published, PEEL Literary Arts Magazine