design. other good ideas. writing.

The Doing

I’m a creative director, writer, and designer based in Boston and I’ve spent the last 23 years years helping bring brands to life through thoughtful marketing, strategic design, and copy that resonates.

The Thinking

I believe every brand has a story to tell, and the best stories aren’t just heard—they’re felt. That’s why I focus on creating (digital) stuff that sparks curiosity, builds trust, and leaves something valuable—a lasting impression. My process is rooted in deep listening, researched understanding, and turning ideas and data into designs and solutions that truly connect.

At the core, I’m a storyteller, leading with emotion, creating compelling, human-first brand stories while making space for the unknown. I take the unfamiliar threads of a new concept, and weave them into a context which lets them mesh gracefully into your world with style, and meaningfully align with minds and emotions.

The Being

My real value comes from years of hands-on experience at a Creative/Communication/Marketing Director level, both leading design in-house, and working independently with startups and tons of non-profits. I’m uniquely positioned with broad perspective and experience to provide the kind of holistic design solutions that are typically expected to require a larger design firm.

Most clients are all too familiar with the pains of digital design, campaigns, and/or communications that feels disconnected from brand. That’s not something you need to worry about when you work with me. Carrying across the spirit of your brand into all contexts is an aspect of creative development I’m well versed in. I make sure no matter where your brand needs to live, it feels like it should.

I was born and bred B2B, learned B2C, but strongly believe that all communications are H2H. It’s my job to help find relevance, resonance, and the human in the complex. I develop ways to get it out there and keep it simple.

The Tools

The Adobe Creative Master Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, XD, Premiere Pro, Audition, Rush, Lightroom, InCopy, Bridge, Acrobat, etc.)

 

Final Cut

Garage Band

Virtual DJ

Audactiy

Logic

 

The MS Office Suite

 

The G-Suite

 

Most major  front end
webdev tools

The pro-level WordPress Universe (Elementor Divi, SeedProd, etc.)

 

GitHub

 

Nearly Google Analytics 4 certified

 

All major digital asset
management tools

 

Dropbox

Google Drive

Zoom

Slack

Calendly

All the major mailing tools (ActiveCampaign, Brevo (formerly Sendinblue), Campaigner, Constant Contact, MailChimp, Klaviyo, etc.)

 

Midjourney

DALL-E

ChatGPT

 

Asana

Jira/Trello

Monday

Hive

Workfront

ClickUp

HubSpot

Zendesk

Salesforce

ClickUp

 

Notion

Loom

Grammarly

Todoist

Evernote

 

All major freemium services (Prezi, Canva, etc.)

 

I’m probably missing a bunch. I’m a quick study.

YSKP
Poster

design, art direction

CityWide
Annual
Report

writing, design, photography, art direction

TechSolve

writing, design

The
Equation

design, photogrpahy,
art direction

Oral
Cancer
Awareness

concepting, writing, design

Predatory
Lending
Solutions

Writing, design, photography, concepting, art direction, production

The
Antiochian
Store

design, photography,
art direction, development

miami
university

design, concepting, production

AK Steel

writing, design, concepting, production

The City of
springfield

writing, design, concepting, photography, art direction, concepting

non-profit
fundraising
video

design, concepting, production

lean manufacturing brochure

writing, design, concepting, production

wenco
billboard

concepting, design, production

health
social
campaign

concepting, writing, design, production

virtual
event

concepting, design, writing, production

performance
concrete
brochure

writing, design, concepting, art direction, production

grease
poster

concepting, design

Dr. Bez
Social
Media

concepting, design, writing, production

alumni
magazine

design, concepting, art direction, production

yskp
handbook

design, art direction, production

president’s
report

design, art direction, production

political
direct
mail

design, concepting, production

G&S opera
company
website

writing, design, concepting, art direction, development

County
licensing
campaign

concepting, design, art direction, development, production

dayco
brochure

writing, concepting, design

shook construction

design, concepting, writing, production

ultralume
Type 1 steel
Brochure

design, concepting, production

cadidate
campaign
materials

concepting, design, development, production