Winning awards for your work is always great. But, for me, there are other measures of doing outstanding work that rise above winning industry awards. Like having  my work become a clue on Jeopardy. Twice. (see Ram and T-Mobile). Or having my ads spoofed on Saturday Night Live. (see T-Mobile). Aside from creating obscure pop culture references, I also find joy in my Australian Shepherd, Dakota. He thinks a treat is as good as a Gold Lion. It all keeps me motivated and very grounded. 

Awards
The One Show
CA Advertising Annual 
Clio
#1 Campaign Time Magazine’s Top 10 Ads
Addy Interactive “Best of Show”
The San Francisco Show
The Minneapolis Show
The Seattle Show
Graphis Advertising Annual
Graphis Design Annual
Archive
Print
Adweek’s Ad of the Week
PDN Photo Annual Feature
Creativity
Addy

Experience
TRG (The Richards Group) 
Group Creative Director, 2011-2024
Floor & Decor, Ram Trucks, The Home Depot, HD Home, ESPN’s College GameDay, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Orkin, Volunteers of America

Publicis Seattle
SVP Group Creative Director, 2001 - 2011
T-Mobile, Safeco, Chevy, Washington Lottery, Washington Tourism

Lowe and Partners, San Francisco 
VP Associate Creative Director, 1998 - 2001
Eddie Bauer, DisneyQuest, ESPN, Sun Microsystems, AutoWeb

Citron Haligman Bedecarre, San Francisco 
Senior Art Director, 1996 - 1998
Kenwood Electronics, Copper Mountain, PowerBar

Education
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
BA in Advertising Design
Minors in Journalism

Hyper Island Master Class

Instructor
Guest Lecturer, Ad Layout & Design, California State University, San Jose 
Guest Lecturer, History of Graphic Design, School of Visual Concepts, Seattle