FORMER LIVES

REDDIT [Kansas City, MO] 2021 - Present
- Sr. Creative Strategist

VMLY&R [Kansas City, MO] 2020 - 2021
- Associate Creative Director/CW

BARKLEY [Kansas City, MO] 2017 - 2020
- Associate Creative Director/CW

CRAMER-KRASSELT [Chicago, IL] - 2017
- Sr. Copywriter

GOOGLE’S GLOBAL SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS SUMMIT [Chicago, IL] - 2017
- Keynote Speaker
Explained ways to make better, smarter and funnier branded content. Even if you’re broke.

ONION LABS (at The Onion/Clickhole) [Chicago, IL] 2014 - 2017
- Sr. Writer & Video Director

CRAMER-KRASSELT [Chicago, IL] 2012 - 2014
- Copywriter

DIGITAS [San Francisco, CA] 2012
- Freelance Sr. Copywriter

HEAT [San Francisco, CA] 2010 - 2012
- Copywriter

CP+B [Boulder, CO] 2010
- Intern Writer & Freelance Writer

FREELANCE [All over the place] 2009 - 2010
Agencies / Clients — Darby O'Brien Advertising (South Hadley, MA); PI&C (NYC); Rocketdog NYC; MIDEM Int'l Music Festival (Cannes, France); Sasi Creative School of Business (Combatore, India)

FORMER CLIENTS

Corona, Heinz Ketchup, Anheuser-Busch, Progressive Insurance, Edward Jones, Bank of the West, Porsche, Quaker State, Perdue Chicken, Cheetos, Vitamax, Speed Stick, Scotts Nature's Care, EA Sports/EA Games, Cedar Fair Amusement Parks, Carnival Cruise Lines, NBC/Golf Channel, Pizza Hut, Red Robin, Firehouse Subs, Comcast/Xfinity, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Sprint, eBay, AOL, Kmart, Old Navy, Maui Jim Sunglasses, Dairy Farmers of America, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Dairy Queen, WingStop, Vanity Fair Lingerie, Gallo Family Wines, Russell Athletic, GoldieBlox Toys, Bass Pro Shops, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City and many more. 

SOME PRAISE

Cannes
ADDYs (Regional & National)
Clios
Creativity Magazine's Top 5 Ads of the Week
One Show
Webby's
Communication Arts
Effies
LIAs
Obies
YoungGuns International
National Film Challenge (ask to see the film, it'll scare you.)
IAB Mixx Awards
D&AD (Student Competition)
CMYK Magazine's Top 100 New Creatives (Issues #42 & #43)
University of Kansas's Campanile Award for Most Outstanding Senior

SOME LEARNIN’

VCU Brandcenter [Richmond, VA] 2009
MA, Mass Communications

University of Kansas [Lawrence, KS] 2007
BA, Economics
BS, Journalism