About Me.

About Me.

About Me

I am a multidisciplinary creative with a practice rooted first and foremost in graphic design. The applied arts have been my central passion for as long as I have known such a thing existed, and graphic design has given me the widest and most meaningful range of creative opportunities.

My work spans print ads, billboards, video games, records, posters, apparel, short films, and more, but the thread that ties it all together is design. Regardless of medium, I approach each project with the same passion for detail.

Outside of commissioned work, I maintain a practice in music and photography. I have played guitar and piano for nearly twenty years, released an EP and a full-length album, produced several singles, and have twice been nominated as Best Instrumentalist in Tampa Bay, Florida. Whenever I travel, I reignite my love of photography, practicing composition and storytelling on the go. Both disciplines are woven throughout my work and continue to shape how I think about visual storytelling.

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Resumé

    • Graphic Design
      Advertising, Branding, Typography, Outdoor, Digital, Packaging, Email Marketing, Animation, Motion Graphics

    • Adobe Creative Suite:
      Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Lightroom, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Premiere

    • Email Marketing:
      Campaign Monitor, Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Emma, Litmus, HTML

    • Development:
      Coding Languages: HTML5, CSS, Javascript, React Native, Lua, GD Script
      Software: Google Web Designer, Godot, Pico-8

    • Music Production:
      Skills: Composition/Songwriting, Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Publishing.
      Software/Tools: Reaper, Logic Pro, Izotope Ozone, Distrokid

    • Performance:
      I can perform live or in recording sessions on Guitar or Piano.

  • 2020-Present
    Senior Art Director
    Paradise Advertising

    2015-2020
    Art Director
    Paradise Advertising

    2015
    Art Intern
    PPK

    2014-2015
    Paid Creative Intern
    Star2Star Communications

  • 2015
    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and Minor in Art History
    Magna Cum Laude
    University of South Florida
    St. Petersburg, FL

    2012
    High School Diploma
    Manatee School for the Arts
    Palmetto, FL

  • Most of the awards listed here were not won on my own, but with an agency team. So allow me to clarify some criteria for inclusion: In some cases I directly created all of the work included in the award submission, but in other cases, a campaign was the result of a large team. For such cases, I have only listed the award here if my contributions to the campaign were part of the materials reviewed by the judges or my name was credited in the publication. The works I'm most proud of, and have played the largest role, are featured on this website and hyperlinked below.

    2025 HSMAI Adrian Awards

    2024 HSMAI Adrian Awards

    • Silver: Paradise Coast "Only Paradise Will Do"

    • Bronze: Paradise Coast Hurricane Recovery Campaign

    • 2024 Visit Florida Flagler Awards with Paradise Advertising

    • Silver: Paradise Coast ¡ARTE VIVA! Festival Branding and Advertising

    • Bronze: Paradise Coast "Only Paradise Will Do"

    2023 Visit Florida Flagler Awards with Paradise Advertising

    2022 HSMAI Adrian Awards with Paradise Advertising

    2021 Flagler Awards with Paradise Advertising

    • "Henry" Gold: Paradise Coast "Paradise Pledge"

    • "Henry" Gold: Zoo Tampa Digital Advertising "Dinos Alive"

    2021 HSMAI Adrian Awards with Paradise Advertising

    • Bronze: Paradise Coast "Only Paradise Will Do" Campaign

    • Bronze: Paradise Coast "Paradise Pledge"

    2020 Visit Florida Flagler Awards with Paradise Advertising

    2020 HSMAI Adrian Awards with Paradise Advertising

    2019 HSMAI Adrian Awards with Paradise Advertising

    • Gold: Paradise Coast Post Hurricane Messaging

    • Gold: Mote Sea Debris Print Advertising

    • Gold: Mote Sea Debris Online

    • Silver: Visit Savannah “This isn’t ordinary.”

    • Silver: Navarre Beach Visitor Guide

    2019 Addy Awards with Paradise Advertising

    2018 Visit Florida Flagler Awards with Paradise Advertising

    2018 USF Graphic Design Alumni Show

    2018 HSMAI Adrian Awards with Paradise Advertising

    2017 Addy Awards with Paradise Advertising

    2017 Flagler Awards with Paradise Advertising

    2008 “Film Rush”, Sarasota/Manatee County Film Competition

    • First Place in Animation

    • Communication Arts, 2017
      Vacationauts Space Florida Campaign with Paradise Advertising

    • Ads of the World, 2016
      Vacationauts Space Florida Campaign with Paradise Advertising

    • Illustration Daily, January 2, 2017

    • Creative Quarterly, 2015

    • Creative Quarterly, 2014

    • 3x3 Illustration Mag, 2016

    • Coctel Demente, 2015

    • Art Vibes, 2015

    • Ih8war.com, 2014