I do a lot of different creative things, I went to Northern California, then Italy and on to New York City, in search of creative mastery. I don’t really chase titles, I’d rather wear as many hats as I need to, to ensure that the job is done right.

I redefined graphic standards for the City of New York Dept. of Design and Construction while in grad school at SVA. At points in my career I was the web master and deli guy/ butcher’s apprentice at a Colorado grocery store; while simultaneously remotely production designing an exhibit for the Houston Museum of Natural History. Once I moved back to NYC, I joined Time Inc. Consumer Marketing, producing digital marketing creative for iTunes, Amazon, social media and the web.

As the tide of media consumption shifted away from print magazines I shifted gears to Senior Digital Project Manager. My exclusive account was Burberry, and my territory was the Western Hemisphere, talk about an oh sh!t moment. Humble accommodations for a work week in London, getting briefed before getting the keys to a multi million dollar account. While I enjoyed the challenge and rigor of such a cool account, the hours and lack of creativity pushed me in another direction. I stuck it out for almost a year, and handed the account off in good standing before shifting gears back to creative.

As Owner of Uptown Breakdown, I put together teams to effectively dispatch logistic solutions for event breakdown, and venue turn over. Restoring reusable assets to clients and working with locations to safely and sustainably dispose of decorative, display and marketing collateral for corporate and private events nationwide. Before the plague I worked closely with NYC event designers to provide graphics and display solutions for events, and product experiences, for brands like Starbucks, HP and American Express.

My portrait painting of Ida B. Wells hangs in Brooklyn Borough Hall. Having creative homies I managed to get featured in a display as an ancient hominid in American Museum of Natural History. I braved the reverse steering bike on the Nat Geo show, Brain Games, proving a theory in neuroplasticity. I dedicate a substantial amount of my creativity to minority community representation in history and civic awareness through the efforts of the Harlem Historical Society and beyond. 

I am open to collaborating to produce meaningful experiences for brands, organizations and events, from start to finish.