TL;DR
I’m an award-winning creative director and art director who’s had the privilege of learning from some of the most talented minds in the industry—at some of the best shops around. I’ve worked on major brands like Taco Bell, Ford, and Kia, as well as smaller, beloved ones like Gardein.
I’m not a “do-it-all-myself” creative director—I believe in building strong teams, giving clear, constructive feedback, and guiding the process toward bold, buzz-worthy ideas. I love making great work with great people—and doing it all without being an asshole.*
*Great work is hard enough to make without the added assholery, so let's all just be good partners already.
TL
Beyond my personal pursuit of recognition for the most creative decks built in a lifetime, I try to avoid my laptop as much as possible.
I have studied martial for the past twenty years. I meditate every day and volunteer my time to teaching the art with an eagerness to share self-defense skills with other women.
I live to play outside. I volunteer teaching backpacking and other outdoor skills with the Sierra Club WTC program. I’m a seasonal blogger for The Trek and have completed two major thru-hikes: the 486-mile Colorado Trail ('23) and the 213-mile John Muir Trail ('24). When I’m not obsessing over pack weight or calculating how many chocolate chip cookies it takes to fuel a thru-hike, you’ll find me hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, car camping, snowboarding, volunteering on trail crews, or advocating for the outdoors. I also love to load my 1984 VW Vanagon—partner, dog, and all—and seeing where the road takes us (or doesn’t… it is an ‘84 VW, after all).
I am married to my favorite human who is also an art director. We have a Frenchie slash miniature hippo named Leo.🦛 And together we have collected a lot of mid-century modern furniture and shitloads of art we paid to have moved to three different cities before recently hanging it on our walls in Los Angeles.
EXPERIENCE
LOS ANGELES / CURRENT
I am an Executive Creative Director at MullenLowe. Previously I was as a SVP, Group Creative Director at Deutsch LA onTaco Bell where I led teams to create numerous integrated campaigns and award winning work. I lead their first-ever brand campaign, their most talked-about Nacho Fries campaign, launched their first global campaign, created a musical starring Dolly Parton and helped them sell out of Mexican Pizzas in record time with the help of Doja Cat.
Prior to Deutsch, I was a Group Creative Director at David & Goliath on Kia where I was a creative lead on multiple integrated campaign launches including the Kia K5 and the Telluride.
BOULDER, COLORADO / 5 YEARS
I was as a Creative Director and 2nd employee at startup WorkInProgress working on truTV, Nescafé, Gardein, Udi’s, 37.5 as well as being a part of the team who won new business pitches for Jimmy Johns and Village Inn.
Before WIP, I worked at the iconic shop CP+B for four years where I was Global Creative Director on American Airlines as well as a Creative Director on Hershey's, overseeing Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, barkTHINS and Breath Savers and various Kraft projects. While at CP+B I also worked across several accounts including Domino’s, Best Buy, Microsoft, Fruit of the Loom, Triscuit and won numerous awards including an Emmy Award for my digital work on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
DETROIT / 11 YEARS
I was a VP, Associate Creative Director at GTB Detroit, specializing in social and digital, where I spent five years working on Ford. During that time, I helped create the award-winning Mustang Customizer Integrated Campaign and the Fiesta Movement. I was also nominated for their high-potential program.
Born and raised in the Motor City, I cut my teeth on automotive work early in my career, contributing to brands like Lexus, Toyota, Cadillac, and Chrysler at o2—a small, seven-person startup. I spent six years there as an art director and content creator, back when startups weren’t “cool” and art directors who were makers were still a rare breed.
TEACHING
I have had the opportunity to teach at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit and the University of Colorado in Boulder. I currently teach backpacking classes with the Sierra Club's WTC program and Martial Arts to adults.
EDUCATION
I studied film, editing, design and digital media at College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI where I graduated with a BFA. I was recognized with the Top Graduating Senior Award, received a featured Center Gallery Exhibition, made the Dean's List, won a SIGGRAPH Top Honors Interactive Award, Michigan Competitive Scholarship and CCS Scholarship and a lot of student loan debt I finally paid off in 2018.
SHINY SHIT 🏆
Clio Grand. Emmy Award. Cannes Lion Bronze. Cannes Shortlisted. Webby People’s Voice and multiple Webby Awards. Gold Effie. New York Festival Finalist Awards. One Show Merits and Shortlisted. Brand Film Award Finalist. Gold Obie. Facebook Studio Awards. Shorty Awards. FWA sites of the Days. AICP awards. Other dust collectors. I've also had the opportunity to judge multiple award shows from AICP, to AdClub Boston and AdCraft Detroit's D Show as well as filled in on judging for an iconic ad person who will go unnamed because he gave me decent bottles of wine in exchange for it. Award shows are a total racket anyway.