Dynamic and results-driven Creative Director with 20+ years of experience leading brand strategy, creative development, and integrated marketing campaigns for global organizations. Expert in brand articulation, voice, naming, and architecture. Skilled in driving consumer engagement through high-impact creative solutions. Recognized for original, innovative, and executable ideas, and for forging high-value relationships with agency partners and stakeholders.
Core Competencies
Brand Articulation & Architecture
Creative Strategy & Design Execution
Social Media Marketing & Engagement
Partnerships Activation
Event Concepting & Production
Copywriting & Content Development
Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration
Values
Frequently recognized for:
Original, innovative, and executable ideas
Promoting positivity, authenticity, empathy, and integrity
Superior collaboration, organization, and presentation
Forging high-value relationships with partners and vendors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MAJOR FOOD GROUP | New York, NY Creative Director, Marketing Department (May 2024 – May 2026)
Lead marketing department on all strategy, creative, ideation, project workflow and execution across all brands (40+ concepts globally).
Launched social media strategy for brands, including content creation, captioning and engagement. Developed infrastructure and team to execute all social media handles in-house.
MFG liaison for 10+ agency relationships including contract negotiations with PR firms, Creative, Social Media and Paid Social agencies.
Responsible for brand campaign strategy (from concept to CRM, to reservation).
Concepted and executed high-level marketing activations and collaborations.
Managed company-wide video and photography efforts: hiring photographers, providing creative direction, attending photoshoots, overseeing edits, and organizing/disseminating content.
Supported brand openings requiring extensive marketing focus and demographic understanding: London, Dubai, Cartagena.
Acted as cross-department liaison with events, training, culinary, operations, beverage, IT, and development to integrate marketing strategies.
Oversaw luxury ZZ’s Members Club (NY & MIA) marketing efforts: monthly photoshoots, newsletters, special event coverage, social media, and programming ideation.
SBG | SilverBell Global, New York, London
Creative Director and Lead Strategist (January 2021 – June 2024)
Executed rebrand of high-end recovery concierge company through brand audit, client journey, case studies and identification of targeted areas of brand expansion
Responsible for wall-to-wall marketing efforts including digital, print, custom presentation and collateral design, branded merchandise and advertising
Developed, managed and led all Company retreats, panels and events, from concept and creative to budget, vendor interaction, strategy and logistics
Delivered business development strategies that increased growth through improved consumer relationships
Strengthened databases and organizational professional development
Inservice Foundation, New York, Miami
Executive Director (August 2021 – November 2023)
Lead start-up/founding Board of Directors in establishing, defining, naming, and branding a 501(c)3 nonprofit foundation providing tailored support for individuals struggling with alcohol and drug addiction
Responsible for developing all policies and procedures
Curated, ran and executed fundraising events raising over $200K at LSpace Gallery NYC
Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas
Creative Director (January 2017 – October 2020)
Creative partner in 2017 evolution of brand voice, creative strategy, customer journey and guest experience
Defined and executed creative strategy for media campaigns encompassing TV, digital (video and display), social media, web and PR efforts
Managed social media teams and creative branding agencies
Strategic copywriting for social, advertising, on-property collateral, headlines, taglines, namings
Oversaw brand films, photography, commercial edits and in-room video content
Business planning, ideation, creation and execution of restaurant openings, major events, concerts and food festivals
Imagined, initiated and secured brand-building partnerships to create revenue streams, delivered media value
The Luminations Group, New York
Creative Director (September 2003 – December 2016)
Responsible for creative process crafting and management of internal branding, pitches and projects
Consumer products and brand naming
Concepts, logo, event design, copywriting, presentations, speeches
Clients: Johnson & Johnson, Listerine, Rogaine, Ethicon, J&J Global Marketing, KY, Valeant, Elizabeth Arden, Novartis, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Johnson’s Baby
Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve, New York
Director, Creative Design & Licensing (February 1998 – September 2003)
Led visual creative process for branding, presentations, concepts, naming
Launched and ran licensing business: brand development, product design and marketing implementation of home goods and furniture program
Clients: Tylenol, Phillip Morris, La-Z-Boy, SnackWell’s
Ark Asset Management Co., Inc., New York
Graphic Designer (August 1993 – January 1998)
In-house designer for $4B asset management firm; responsible for branding, daily reporting, annual and quarterly presentations
DIGITAL SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Klaviyo, Jotform, Squarespace, Keynote, Basic SEO
EDUCATION
Lehigh University, B.A., Journalism, Graphic Design, 1993

