Hello
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Experience

Highdive (Chicago, USA)
Current

Leo Burnett (Chicago, USA)
2017-2022

Geometry Global  (Chicago, USA)
2015-2017

Ogilvy & Mather (Chicago, USA)
2011-2015

Breakfast Production (Seoul, S. Korea)
2009

Think247
Instructor & Creative Director
2013-2015





Client

State Farm, Airheads, Jeep, Ram, Jersey Mike’s, Firestone, Bridgestone, Wingstop, KFC, Kraft, Coors Light, Purina, Allstate, Dunkin’, Samsung, Jim Beam, Coca-Cola, Vitaminwater, Raid, Glade, Scrubbing Bubbles, Mr. Muscle, Duck, Huggies, Kleenex
Recognition

Featured in gameshow ‘Jeopardy!’
Featured in the Art Institute of Chicago
Featured in Comm Arts Typography Annual 10
Freatured in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
AdAge’s Creatives to watch in 2025

2024 Official Selection in Tribeca X
2024 Emmy Nominated
2024 #1 ad in USA Today’s Super Bowl AdMeter
2024 Best EV Campaign at the Global Automotive Marketing Awards
2024 Reggie Awards / Silver

2022 Cannes Lions / Grand Prix
2022 Cannes Lions / 2 Shortlists
2022 D&AD / Graphite Pencil
2022 D&AD / 2 Wood Pencils
2022 D&AD / 2 Shortlists
2022 AICP Next / Best in Show
2022 AICP Next / Winner
2022 AICP Next / Shortlist
2022 WARC / Silver
2022 One Show / 2 Bronze
2022 One Show / 14 Shortlists
2022 Effie / Bronze
2022 Clio / Bronze
2022 ADC / 2 Shortlists
2022 Andy / Shortlists
2022 Webby / Finalist
2022 Addy / 4 Silver

2020 One Show / 4 Shortlist
2020 D&AD / Graphite Pencil
2020 D&AD / 2 Shortlists
2020 Andy / Shortlist
2020 Addy / Best in Show
2020 Addy / Client of the Year
2020 Addy / 2 Gold
2020 ADC / 2 Shortlists

2015 D&AD New Blood / Black Pencil
2015 D&AD New Blood / 2 Yellow Pencils
2015 New York Festivals / Bronze
2015 New York Festivals / Finalist

2014 AdStars Int. Ad Festival / 3 Crystals
2014 AdStars Int. Ad Festival / 4 Finalists

2012 Ad Stars Int. Ad Festival / 1 Gold
2012 Ad Stars Int. Ad Festival / 1 Bronze
2012 Student Addy / 3 Silver
2012 Student Addy / 3 Bronze
2012 Student Addy / 1 Finalist

2011 AKQA Future Lions / Finalist
2011 New York Festivals / 2 Gold
2011 D&AD New Blood / Merit
2011 Student Addy / Best in Show
2011 Student Addy / 5 Gold
2011 Student Addy / 3 Silver
2011 Student Addy / Finalist