Experience
Creative Director, Partner
Austin, TX
Nov 2023 - Present
Clobber & Co. is a motion and design company specializing in visual storytelling, presentations and videos.
• Develop the stories, concepts, design language and animations for videos and presentations.
• New business development and helping grow existing client relationships
Sr. Director of Design and Marketing
Legal Exchange (LitX)
June 2023 — Oct 2023
Legal Exchange (LitX) is a shared legal document management B2B SaaS platform providing collaboration tools between adversaries in the legal industry.
Led the product design and user experience for the launched product and feature updates
Conducted user testing and research gaining insights that guide the product roadmap
Developed marketing strategies and creative ads campaigns and landing pages for Google, Facebook and legal industry B2B networks
Managed digital ad and email campaigns and gather analytics using Hubspot, Meta Business Manager and BrandGen platforms
Supported the sales team with the creation of collateral materials and presentations
Austin, TX
The Hawthorne Effect
Director of User Experience
May 2022 — May 2023
The Hawthorne Effect Clinical trials platform connects researchers, clinicians, and trial participants to deliver high-quality, verifiable, clinical trial data that helps bring important medical breakthroughs to the market faster.
Led the overall User Experience for the Hawthorne Effect health technology SaaS platform
Led innovative platform enhancements in advance of the product roadmap
Collaborated with product managers and engineers to define and implement solutions and enhancements
Iterated platform designs, adjusting to technical and compliance requirements, while incorporating usability improvements
Supported the marketing team with design, creative direction and video production
Austin, TX
Cognizant Softvision
Austin, TX
User Experience Director, Austin Studio Community Manager
July 2018 — May 2022
Creative leadership helping bring to market consumer and B2B enterprise products, Apps, platforms and channels
New business development including leading new business pitches and helping grow existing client relationships
Austin studio Community Manager responsible for hiring, managing and mentorship of team of 10 UX Designers and UX Researchers
Led/facilitated innovation and design thinking workshops with clients, teams and partners
Managed multiple client projects, UX teams, and client partnerships on an on-going basis
Avanade
Austin, TX
Creative and Experience Director, Southwest UX Community Lead
September 2015 — July 2018
Creative leadership and development of consumer, B2B, enterprise and internal products, web sites, platforms, channels and Apps
Creative and user experience southwest regional lead
Hired and built the Avanade southwest region experience design team
Facilitated branding and design thinking workshops with clients and partners
Managed multiple UX teams, partnerships and clients on an on-going basis
Mutual Mobile
Austin, TX
Creative Director
November 2014 — September 2015
Creative leadership and conceptual development for consumer mobile Apps and web sites
Co-led a 30 person user experience design team
Managed multiple project teams and clients on an on-going basis
Collaborated with cross functional teams across all disciplines and levels
Razorfish
Austin, TX
Associate Creative Director and Creative Director
August 2007 — September 2014
Creative leadership and conceptual development for enterprise consumer web sites and mobile Apps
Strategy and creative leadership of digital marketing campaigns
Led the creative development for branded social channels
Motion design including video production, sound design, and Flash animation
Presentation of creative strategy, design and concepts to clients and internal groups
Participated in new business pitches
Developed User Experience briefs (plan) for clients
The Concept Farm
NYC, NY
Associate Creative Director
April 2006 — July 2007
Creative leadership, strategy and conceptual development for consumer web sites, micro-sites and digital marketing campaigns
Creative digital lead of BMW Motorcycles and Windstream accounts
Managed creative teams, project managers and Flash designers
Developed information architecture and user interface design
Designory (Agency.com)
NYC, NY
Art Director
October 2004 — April 2006
Conceptual development and design of digital campaign strategies
Design and Flash animation for branded digital media ad campaigns
Client presentations of initial concepts through polished designs
FLIP181
NYC, NY
Art Director, Partner
April 2000 — October 2004
Small design company offering web design, Flash animation, digital display ads, printed materials and video motion graphics
Created interactive kiosks for cultural institutions including the Boston Museum of Science, the Liberty Science Center and Brooklyn Children’s Museum
The HUB/AOL
NYC, NY
Art Director
October 1998 — February 2000
Created by America Online (AOL) and New Line Cinema, The HUB was a web and AOL entertainment channel geared towards 18 to 34 year-old audiences.
Art direction for web and AOL channels
Managed a team of designers, Flash animators and front-end developers
Directed photo and video shoots
People.com
NYC, NY
Senior Designer
May 1996 — October 1998
Design and content creation for weekly and daily internet magazine, specials and events
Managed a production team of designers, front-end developers and digital producers
Produced and edited video content
Education
School of Visual Arts, Advanced Animation
NYC, NY
Ad House
NYC, NY
Upright Citizens Brigade, Improvisation
NYC, NY