Creative marketing professional with 20+ years of experience building brand identities, advertising campaigns, and content strategies that drive engagement and measurable business growth. Known for combining creative vision with strategic thinking to strengthen brand awareness and support sales teams.
I lead end-to-end projects from concept through execution, collaborating across leadership, marketing, and sales to align messaging and design with business objectives. I also leverage AI-assisted creative workflows (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Adobe tools) to accelerate ideation and content development while maintaining human creative direction and brand consistency.
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Project Overview:
Serving as a key creative and strategic partner for this 40-year-old, family-owned corporation, I spearheaded a comprehensive modernization of our marketing and sales support infrastructure. My role involved elevating our brand identity to better connect with architects and designers by shifting from a product-inventory focus to an atmospheric, experience-driven narrative.
Scope of Work:
Creative & Art Direction: Developed a cohesive visual strategy across all channels, shifting toward editorial-style storytelling that highlights the emotional impact of our spatial materials.
Digital & Multimedia Content: Led the production of modern e-blast campaigns, high-impact animated videos, and refreshed social media content to drive brand engagement.
Strategic Sales Support: Created targeted presentation materials and sales tools to support the inside sales team, directly enhancing our outreach to architects and designers.
Brand Leadership: Modernized the company’s digital presence, acting as a creative lead to ensure that all marketing initiatives—from conceptualization to final deployment—aligned with the company’s legacy and future growth goals.
Impact:
This project successfully transformed how we communicate with our target audience, creating a sophisticated, design-forward brand presence that better supports our sales objectives and strengthens our market position with architectural and design professionals. #graphicdesigner #animator #videoeditor #content #creativespecialist #socialmediacontent
Project Overview:
Spearheaded a comprehensive brand modernization for Stand-By Personnel, transitioning the firm from a monolithic brand identity to a segmented, high-growth structure. I provided end-to-end creative direction, art direction, and team leadership to differentiate the organization’s three core divisions: Skilled, Welding, and Labor.
Strategic Scope:
• Creative & Art Direction: Redesigned and modernized the corporate logo, establishing a unique visual system for each division using distinct color coding (Navy Blue, Orange, and Grey) to drive instant market recognition.
• Campaign & Content Strategy: Developed standalone advertising and social media strategies for each division, replacing a consolidated feed with targeted, editorial-driven content.
• Leadership & Execution: Served as the project lead, managing the transition in brand messaging and community-building efforts to improve engagement with career and job seekers.
Impact:
By refining the brand architecture and optimizing the digital presence of each division, the campaign achieved a 75% increase in both social media followers and applicant volume. This project demonstrates my ability to provide full-scope creative direction, from initial conceptualization to successful market implementation.
Project Overview:
Tasked with developing a recruitment campaign for EMSA paramedic positions, I was provided with no existing assets—no content, imagery, text, or audio. I was responsible for the entire creative lifecycle, translating the essence of the paramedic role into a compelling visual and narrative campaign.
My Creative Direction & Scope:
• Conceptualization: Defined the core messaging and emotional angle required to resonate with potential candidates.
• Storyboarding: Architected the visual narrative, sequencing scenes to build an impactful, coherent story that honors the high-stakes nature of the work.
• Content Production: Executed the end-to-end creative production, ensuring every element of the advertising—from visual tone to copy—was built from scratch to drive engagement.
Impact:
By managing this project from initial concept through to final delivery, I successfully translated an abstract recruiting need into a cohesive, finished advertising campaign that effectively positioned the EMSA brand to attract career-seekers. This project demonstrates my ability to provide full-service creative direction and execute complex brand initiatives under independent creative oversight.
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