+ Creative Direction

+ Teaching

+ Creative Direction + Teaching

For eight years, I taught advertising and branding classes that I ran like agencies. I assigned hypothetical briefs, clients, and objectives, and I guided students through the process of conceptualizing and designing branded elements, print ads, commercials, and digital ads. 

I provided creative leadership, structure, motivation, and constructive feedback and helped my students to create book-worthy campaigns. Many of my former students have gone on to work at companies like Johnson & Johnson, Who What Where, Curio, and advertising agencies like Big, Maris West & Baker, Mad Genius, MWB, and Mabus Agency.

I also developed a business plan and secured funding for a student agency within the College of Architecture, Art + Design at Mississippi State University. I built a team of designers from scratch and guided them as they established a brand identity and helped them to begin securing paying clients.

These days I’m an Associate Creative Director at an advertising agency that does lots of award-winning tourism work.

TOURISM WORK
(coming soon)