FREELANCE MARKETING ART DIRECTOR
I’m a problem-solver. And solution-finder. There’s always a way (and then a better way). And when you stay curious — you find it.
The marketing-speak — As an inspiring and highly creative Art Director with a comprehensive background (brand management, audience engagement, client presentations, new business pitches, project management, photography, copywriting, public speaking, and digital/print market trends) I have an insatiable hunger, and curiosity, to learn new things, explore new ideas.
The truth, Ruth — I love hearing a client's marketing needs (no matter how large or small the company) and knowing how to creatively, with strategic and good design, solve them. After listening to my clients’ overview of a project needed, I then shift my thinking, aiming to see things from the perspective of their consumer. It is the consumer who needs to grasp the message or CTA quickly. If we do that, then the project is a success. I love the collaborative, open, engaging nature of working with my clients and always look forward to helping with their creative and marketing needs.
THE CITIES
Born and raised in Atlanta, I've since moved on to call these places home:
Chicago — BFA, from the Art Institute of Chicago. Then mingling with celebs in the Gold Coast at my very first job out of college. Worked in publishing on Michigan Avenue. Then off to a Year in Provence.
Aix-en-Provence, France — for further creative studies, travel photography, and... well, France. Then off to the Sunshine State.
Orlando — for an amazingly-energized five years as Art Director and Creative Spark for Disney’s in-house design agency. But I missed Autumn, so I headed north.
Washington, DC — for creative work with Discovery Channel. Then in 2008 I launched my creative freelance business. And am now loving working remotely with my clients from DC to ATL, and Chicago to Washington state.
But I've landed. This is it: Home sweet home.
What city are you in?
△ My 2nd pup, ‘Rocky’ (2022…)
NEW Creative-muse-in-training. Has opinions. aka Cavapoo. See more creative sparks.
△ My 1st pup, ‘Copper’ (2002–2022)
Previous creative muse and partner in crime. aka Yorkie. See more creative sparks.
△ This image is a sunrise view out of my apartment window in Aix-en-Provence, FR. At the end of this one-lane cobblestone road is the chapel where Paul Cézanne was baptized. This image has been on my computer desktop since returning to the states as a reminder that anything is possible — like that year in Provence.