Hi. I’m a Freelance Creative Director with 20+ years experience working for small, start-up agencies and mega-huge agencies in New York, Boston, and Minneapolis. I'm also the creator and writer of the parenting parody newspaper/blog, The Parenteer (theparenteer.com).

Some of the places I’ve freelanced: Barton F. Graf, Wieden + Kennedy, Droga5, BBH, Goodby, Crispin, Apple, JWT, BBDO, McCann, Martin Agency, Mullen, Mother, Strawberry Frog, Deutsch, HUGE, TBWA/Chiat Day, Arnold, Ogilvy, Publicis, FCB, SS&K, and a few others.

Before freelancing, I spent nine years at BBDO in New York, rising to EVP/Senior Creative Director. There, I worked on HBO, AT&T, FedEx, eBay, Chrysler (Smart Car and Dodge), Havaianas flip flops, The Economist, Twix, Foot Locker, Best Buy, Red Stripe, The Special Olympics, and many others.

Prior to that, I spent four years at Carmichael Lynch in Minneapolis, and before that, six years at a small start-up agency in Boston that no longer exists (not my fault).

I’ve worked in virtually every category over the course of my career, and won gold at all the big shows (One Show, Cannes, New York Art Directors Club, Andy Awards, Clios). I’ve also served on the juries of  D&AD (three times), The One Show, The Clios, The New York Art Directors Club, The Boston Hatch Awards, The Minneapolis "Show", The Canadian Advertising Awards, and Communication Arts.

In 2009, I was listed as the most awarded art director in the US, according to "The Big Won," which tallies performance at all the big shows, and was named as a  "designer to watch" by Graphic Design USA magazine. Also that year, was featured as a "Creative To Know" (along with partner Kara Goodrich).

I live in New York with my wife Lisa (co-founder of the agency JOAN), and two kids - Jimmy and Marcelle.