Stupid. Smart.

I accidentally said “I love you” on a first date. That was stupid. Six years later, I purposely said “I do” at our wedding. That was smart.

I try to be the same way in my professional life. Because I believe that all great advertising is either smart or so-stupid-it’s-smart.

Resume

Senior Copywriter at Truth & Consequences; Chicago; 2023-Present

I work on the Philadelphia Phillies, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Folger Shakespeare Library, and Philadelphia Eagles. Among other things.

Copywriter at Two by Four; Chicago; 2021-2022

My work for Wrangler was plastered on billboards across Vegas. I helped the agency win four pieces of new business: the South Dakota Department of Tourism, Halo Investing, American Place Casino, and the Music City Grand Prix. And I won an Amazon gift card in the agency’s wiffle ball tournament.

Copywriter at Bader Rutter; Milwaukee; 2019-2021

I re-energized one of the most iconic agricultural brands in America. My job was to take complex scientific information and make it relevant to farmers. And it worked. A radio DJ in Des Moines who listens to hundreds of agriculture spots everyday said our Pioneer Audio Tour campaign was the best radio he’s heard in decades. And Des Moines is the New York of the Corn Belt.

MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises at Northwestern University

I went to graduate school to learn about creativity and business. I took courses in leadership, marketing, entrepreneurship, and operations. I learned that my best subject is persuasion. And that my worst is accounting.

Conservatory at The Second City

I studied sketch writing, acting, and improv in the theater’s most prestigious program. I did not make the cast.

BA in Advertising at Marquette University

I majored in advertising because I grew up in the era of iconic TV ads for Old Spice, Dos Equis, and Allstate. I made it my goal to try and create campaigns that live rent-free in people's brains until they die. The same way those campaigns live in mine.