Experience

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  VML

  • Global Creative Chief of Staff

    • Oct 2023 - Present

  • Executive Creative Director, Global Recruiting & Retention

    • Oct 2018 - Oct 2023

    Responsible for recruiting and retention at the executive level for the global creative team at VMLY&R. In addition to identifying best-in-class creative talent globally for the agency, I help cultivate career paths for top creative talent and strategize purposeful future growth opportunities for leaders within the agency.

  • Executive Creative Director

    • Sep 2006 - Oct 2018

    Responsible for overseeing the creative work of a team of creative directors, producers, editors, motion graphics artists, art directors, copywriters and designers. I've worked on a variety of accounts along with my teams, including Allstate Financial, AMC, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Gatorade, Hostess Brands, Intuit, Invisalign, Kellogg's, Revlon, Sears, Simon Property Group, Southwest Airlines, TJX, Tom's of Maine, Visit KC and Western Union.

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  Bernstein-Rein Advertising

  • Kansas City, Missouri Area

  • Creative/Copywriter

    • 2000 - 2006
    • Kansas City, Missouri Area

    Concepted, strategized and wrote for a variety of consumer accounts including Wal-Mart, Beauty Brands, CarStar, Commerce Bank, Farmland Foods, Helen of Troy, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, The Ali Kemp Educational Foundation.

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  MMG Worldwide

  • Kansas City, Missouri Area

  • Associate Creative Director

    • 1996 - 2000
    • Kansas City, Missouri Area

    Managed a staff of art directors and writers (and served as primary writer on several accounts) in the development of integrated advertising campaigns for clients including Aladdin Hotel & Casino, Club Hotels by Doubletree and Houlihan’s Restaurant Group, as well as project work for Disney World Resorts, House of Blues, HBO, Kendall Jackson Winery, Sheraton, VISA and Westin.

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  Hickerson Phelps & Assoc.

  • Kansas City, Missouri Area

  • Copywriter

    • 1990 - 1996
    • Kansas City, Missouri Area

    Responsible for creative strategies and print and broadcast copy for clients including Argosy Casino, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Kansas City Power & Light, La Petite Academy, Maupintour, Capital Regional Medical Center and Sprint.