Experience

Executive Creative Director - Coefficient Health

March 2024 - Present

  • Responsible for shaping the creative vision of the agency

  • Tasked with building the creative department from the ground up

  • Established processes and implemented trainings to help develop and grow the skillset of the department

Freelance Creative Director

January 2023 - February 2024

  • Created and developed creative concepts and provided strategic and creative consulting for clients including; Eversana Intouch, FCB Cure, BGB, Imre and Klick

SVP Group Creative Director – GSW New york

April 2019 - December 2022

  • Extensive experience in professional, patient and consumer pharmaceutical advertising in both US and Global markets

  • Oversaw half the creative department and leads creative efforts for fifty percent of GSW New York's total business

  • Partnered with Account, Strategy/CX, and Technology Department leads to develop and guide strategies and processes to answer client’s business challenges

  • Built strong relationships with clients, with an eye towards fostering organic growth

  • Helped drive the creative vision for the agencyTasked with building staffing plans, departmental budgets, and brand scopes

  • Assumed a leading role in mentoring and training the staff, and building the culture of the Creative Department

  • Spearheaded initiatives to improve multiple processes across the agency

  • Lead the agency’s pro-bono initiatives

  • Member of GSW New York & L.A. Leadership Board

VP creative Director – AREA 23: An FCB Health Company

June 2008 - April 2019

  • Supervised several creative teams on multiple brands across various therapeutic categories including asthma/allergies, orphan reparatory diseases and rheumatoid arthritis

  • Developed and executed creative concepts across every type of media from print to video, digital to broadcast

  • Worked on over 80 new business pitches, operating as the creative lead on more than a dozen

  • Was a key part of 5 product launches

  • Hired, trained and mentored numerous young creatives that have gone onto long, successful careers in the industry

  • Progressed from Copywriter to Senior Copywriter to Copy Supervisor to Group Copy Supervisor to VP Group Copy Supervisor to VP Associate Creative Director to VP Creative Director over 10+ years at Area 23 

Freelance Copywriter

January 2006 – May 2008

  • Provided advertising, website content, e-commerce and creative consulting to clients including; Unit 7, World Wrestling Entertainment, Manhattan Marketing Group, Waterfront Media, Ardis Communications, The Tuttle Agency and Bob Downey Productions

Writer/Producer

January 2001 – December 2005

  • Created and developed several writing and film projects

 

Writer/Producer – Urban Box Office

April 2000 – December 2000

  • Wrote and Produced flash animation projects for the web

 

Columnist – indieplanet.com

April 2000 – December 2000

  •  Wrote a weekly column for an on-line pop culture magazine

 

Assistant Producer – McCann Erickson

January 1999 – April 2000

  • Produced television and radio commercials for clients including Sprint, MasterCard, Salomon Smith Barney, Gateway, BriteSmile, etc

 

Production Assistant – Merkley + Partners

May 1997 – January 1998

  • Assisted Executive Producer on production of BellSouth television and radio campaign, worked on numerous new business video projects

 

Freelance Production Assistant

June 1996 – May 1997

  • PA on independent films, television commercial, music videos and industrials

 

Education

Clark University - Worcester, MA

1992 - 1996

  • Bachelor of Arts in Film/Communications

School of Visual Arts -  New York, NY                                                                                                         

  • Numerous copywriting and portfolio classes over the years