RESUME

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Jobcase - ACD Copywriter - 2022-2024

  • Sole writer, carrying the brand identity through all lines of business

  • Cross-functional collaboration with product (app & web), email, member (brand) employer (B2B), digital marketing and social media

  • Wrote AI / ChatGPT prompts for multiple career coach chatbots, giving them unique personas like "Cheer Captain" and "Laid-back Guru"

Redbox - Sr. Copy Editor & Video Producer - 2017-2022

  • Head writer for core brand, DVD, streaming, and free live TV

  • Presented work to the CMO & senior leadership on a daily basis

  • Wrote and proofed 4 emails per week including subject lines

  • Led the team for all TV & multimedia video production, creating unique content for everything I wrote from concept to finish


Havas Chicago - ACD Copywriter - 2015-2017

  • Head writer for AutoZone and Duralast brakes

  • Witnessed Joey Logano crash a Ford Mustang GT 

  • Ran weekly national radio campaigns for multiple markets

Commonground - Sr. Copywriter - 2010-2013 / 2015

  • Head writer for the Coors Light “Who’s the Coldest?” TV & radio campaign that ran for 3 years, featuring rapper ICE CUBE

  • Lead all ICE CUBE radio spots and gave him acting direction 

  • Acted as reality TV star “Chuck Perry” on AMC’s The Pitch

GiveForward - Sr. Copywriter - 2013-2014

  • Sole writer responsible for the full-company rebrand

  • Left my comfort zone to try something new at a startup

Freelance - ACD Copywriter - 2010 / 2017 / Random Side Gigs 

  • Clients: Arc Worldwide, Civilian, Two x Four, SpotHero

DDB Chicago - Copywriter - 2007 - 2009

  • Swung for the fences at my first real job

  • Won an Emmy Award for a TV spot about a turkey


BRAND EXPERIENCE:

  • Jobcase

  • Redbox Movies / Games / Free Live TV

  • Anheuser-Busch

  • MillerCoors 

  • Nike

  • AutoZone

  • SpotHero 

  • Ragu-Bertolli

  • Wrigley's Extra

  • Illinois Lottery

  • Beam Global Spirits

  • Baxter Biosurgery

  • McDonald's 

  • Coca-Cola

  • Laughing Cow

  • Cars.com

  • Northwestern Medicine

  • Bayer CropScience


EDUCATION:
  • VCU Brandcenter (Adcenter)
    Master of Science - Advertising / Copywriting

  • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Bachelor of Science - Communications / Advertising