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Work Experience

Contract Creative Director

11/2015-Current

Independent Consultant

Remote, NY

Creative direction for brand, product and experience work, using AI production for speed without giving up craft. ● Revamping advertising for local businesses: moving owners off the AI slop that’s now everywhere, showing them why advertising fundamentals matter, and building AI into the craft only where it earns its place. ● Wrote, photographed, designed and self-published the cookbook Tastes of Coastal Croatia, then ran its marketing and distribution. Shot all the food photography myself and generated the settings with AI.

Contract Creative Director

11/2015-Current

Independent Consultant

Remote, NY

Creative direction for brand, product and experience work, using AI production for speed without giving up craft. ● Revamping advertising for local businesses: moving owners off the AI slop that’s now everywhere, showing them why advertising fundamentals matter, and building AI into the craft only where it earns its place. ● Wrote, photographed, designed and self-published the cookbook Tastes of Coastal Croatia, then ran its marketing and distribution. Shot all the food photography myself and generated the settings with AI.

Creative Director

12/2015-11/2025

Citi

New York, NY

Built Citi’s Presentation, Design & Video team from zero and stayed hands-on for almost a decade: executive presentations, credit cards and devices modeled and rendered in 3D, event design, mobile and web, print, motion, illustration and an internal photo studio, at half the cost and time of outside vendors. ● Built an AI-native pipeline into my workflow in 2023, two years ahead of Citi’s adoption, halving timelines and budgets. ● First design hire at Citi FinTech, the bank’s in-house startup. Designed its logo, identity and design system, including PowerPoint and Word templates for non-designers, and led the digital side of Citi’s rebrand. ● Designed and launched the Citigold mobile app for high-net-worth clients across multiple regions, bringing trading and financial advisor features into one product, with a 95% cost reduction and a 75% drop in approval time. ● Led design for the launch of the Citi Developer Hub, the bank’s first public API platform, and designed the API documentation myself. It opened with 6,700 signups and added hundreds more developers month over month.

Creative Director

12/2015-11/2025

Citi

New York, NY

Built Citi’s Presentation, Design & Video team from zero and stayed hands-on for almost a decade: executive presentations, credit cards and devices modeled and rendered in 3D, event design, mobile and web, print, motion, illustration and an internal photo studio, at half the cost and time of outside vendors. ● Built an AI-native pipeline into my workflow in 2023, two years ahead of Citi’s adoption, halving timelines and budgets. ● First design hire at Citi FinTech, the bank’s in-house startup. Designed its logo, identity and design system, including PowerPoint and Word templates for non-designers, and led the digital side of Citi’s rebrand. ● Designed and launched the Citigold mobile app for high-net-worth clients across multiple regions, bringing trading and financial advisor features into one product, with a 95% cost reduction and a 75% drop in approval time. ● Led design for the launch of the Citi Developer Hub, the bank’s first public API platform, and designed the API documentation myself. It opened with 6,700 signups and added hundreds more developers month over month.

Design Director

03/2013 - 12/2015

eBay

New York, NY

Led design on American Express’s global online campaigns, from cards to Tribeca, Broadway, the US Open and Amex Presents, across photography, motion, live action and social, plus Ameriprise, Virgin Mobile and Samsung. ● Built, trained and mentored a 25-person offshore production team in Costa Rica, cutting turnaround times by more than half.

Design Director

03/2013 - 12/2015

eBay

New York, NY

Led design on American Express’s global online campaigns, from cards to Tribeca, Broadway, the US Open and Amex Presents, across photography, motion, live action and social, plus Ameriprise, Virgin Mobile and Samsung. ● Built, trained and mentored a 25-person offshore production team in Costa Rica, cutting turnaround times by more than half.

Design Director

03/2013 - 12/2015

eBay

New York, NY

Led design on American Express’s global online campaigns, from cards to Tribeca, Broadway, the US Open and Amex Presents, across photography, motion, live action and social, plus Ameriprise, Virgin Mobile and Samsung. ● Built, trained and mentored a 25-person offshore production team in Costa Rica, cutting turnaround times by more than half.

Design Lead

07/2005 - 02/2013

Digitas

New York, NY

Led design on award-winning interactive advertising and websites for American Express, Ameriprise, Virgin Mobile and Samsung. Built and trained a 25-person offshore production team in Costa Rica from scratch with hands-on mentorship. Cut turnaround times by more than half.

Design Lead

07/2005 - 02/2013

Digitas

New York, NY

Led design on award-winning interactive advertising and websites for American Express, Ameriprise, Virgin Mobile and Samsung. Built and trained a 25-person offshore production team in Costa Rica from scratch with hands-on mentorship. Cut turnaround times by more than half.

Design Lead

07/2005 - 02/2013

Digitas

New York, NY

Led design on award-winning interactive advertising and websites for American Express, Ameriprise, Virgin Mobile and Samsung. Built and trained a 25-person offshore production team in Costa Rica from scratch with hands-on mentorship. Cut turnaround times by more than half.

Associate Creative Director

06/2000 - 06/2005

FCB

New York, NY

Led a team of 15+ designers and writers responsible for all of HP’s consumer-facing online advertising and websites, delivering thousands of campaigns a year

Associate Creative Director

06/2000 - 06/2005

FCB

New York, NY

Led a team of 15+ designers and writers responsible for all of HP’s consumer-facing online advertising and websites, delivering thousands of campaigns a year

Art Director

09/1999 - 06/2000

DDB Worldwide

New York, NY

Delivered interactive advertising and web experiences for Compaq, BestBuy.com, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Lockheed Martin. Contributed to new-business pitches and helped win projects.

Art Director

09/1999 - 06/2000

DDB Worldwide

New York, NY

Delivered interactive advertising and web experiences for Compaq, BestBuy.com, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Lockheed Martin. Contributed to new-business pitches and helped win projects.

To find our more about me, or to get my full resume please just send me an email.

To find our more about me, or to get my full resume please just send me an email.