Employment
November 2007 to Present
Bridge Marketing Group, Kansas City, MO
Creative Director, Art Director, Copywriter
Serving design & copy needs on a variety of clients, including Commerce Bank, UMB, Haldex,
Caterpillar, Volvo Construction Equipment, Walmart, Hilton Worldwide and Pulse Systems, Inc.
April 1997 to November 2007
Bernstein-Rein Advertising, Kansas City, MO
Associate Creative Director
Served on Walmart, Commerce Bank, Capital One and dozens of new business efforts.
Oversaw 5 seasons of Walmart Rollback campaign with annual budgets > $60mm.
Conceived and developed Walmart Good Works umbrella campaign, unifying all Walmart
charity and volunteer programs.
December 1995 to April 1997
Valentine Radford Communications , Kansas City, MO
Senior Art Director
Lead creative on Hallmark Cards, producing B2B trade association collateral materials, trade ads
and Hallmark retail circular pages for Osco, CVS and Walgreens.
Redesigned company server organization and Traffic system, led software and systems training
for Valentine Radford creatives.
April 1988 to December 1995
Hickerson Phelps & Associates, Kansas City, MO
Senior Art Director
Lead creative on Kansas City Power & Light, various manufacturing, industrial and B2B accounts.
December 1984 to April 1988
Christenson, Barclay & Shaw, Overland Park, KS
Art Director
Served on True Value Hardware, Bandag tires, Lister-Petter diesel and Hopkins automotive.
Education
Oklahoma State University
BFA in Commercial Art
Registrar’s Honor Roll. Director’s Honor Roll.
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