I’m a Creative Director at Chiat Day LA. I live for narratives of all kinds. For stories that move people.
I took a mid-career detour in to academia and was a Stegner Fellow for 2 years at Stanford University. I taught there fulltime for 3 more. I’ve published some stories -- this is one of my favorites. Someone almost gets pantsed in it. This one, about a guy selling fraudulent Red Hot Chili Peppers memorabilia on Craigslist, is about as long as this paragraph.
I spend an inordinate amount of my free time on a bike with the Fireflies, a fantastic club raising money for cancer research at City of Hope hospital.
Work Experience:
ChiatDay, Los Angeles, CA
January 2021 – present
Creative Director
Clients: Jack in the Box, Behr Paint, Blue Diamond Almonds
ChiatDay, Los Angeles, CA
March 2019 – December 2020
Associate Creative Director
Clients: QuickBooks, Frontline Workers Counseling Project, Standard Chartered, The Grammys.
Media Arts Lab, Los Angeles, CA:
January 2016 – March 2019
Associate Creative Director
iPhone, Apple Watch, Apple TV and more.
Chiat/Day, Los Angeles, CA
February 2012 – December 2015
Associate Creative Director
Nissan
Freelance, San Francisco and Los Angeles
2006-2012
Apple, iShares, Virgin, Microsoft, Williams Sonoma
William M Chace Lecturer
September 2009-August 2010
Stanford University
I taught fiction writing classes in the continuing studies program.
Jones Lecturer
September 2006-August 2008
Stanford University
I taught fiction writing classes to undergrads.
Stegner Fellow
Stanford University
September 2004-June 2006
2-year fiction writing fellowship
Ogilvy, New York, NY
December 1998-August 2002
Copywriter, Partner
Clients: IBM, Sprite, Motorola
Before that: Hal Riney and Partners, SF, and Fallon McElligott, NY.
Honors: Clios (Gold and Silver), Effies (Bronze), One Show, Shorty Awards, Andy Awards, Spikes Asia Awards, Ad Age Best Award, Adweek Best Spots of the Year, CA Advertising Annual, Archive, Graphis and more.
I took a mid-career detour in to academia and was a Stegner Fellow for 2 years at Stanford University. I taught there fulltime for 3 more. I’ve published some stories -- this is one of my favorites. Someone almost gets pantsed in it. This one, about a guy selling fraudulent Red Hot Chili Peppers memorabilia on Craigslist, is about as long as this paragraph.
I spend an inordinate amount of my free time on a bike with the Fireflies, a fantastic club raising money for cancer research at City of Hope hospital.
Work Experience:
ChiatDay, Los Angeles, CA
January 2021 – present
Creative Director
Clients: Jack in the Box, Behr Paint, Blue Diamond Almonds
ChiatDay, Los Angeles, CA
March 2019 – December 2020
Associate Creative Director
Clients: QuickBooks, Frontline Workers Counseling Project, Standard Chartered, The Grammys.
Media Arts Lab, Los Angeles, CA:
January 2016 – March 2019
Associate Creative Director
iPhone, Apple Watch, Apple TV and more.
Chiat/Day, Los Angeles, CA
February 2012 – December 2015
Associate Creative Director
Nissan
Freelance, San Francisco and Los Angeles
2006-2012
Apple, iShares, Virgin, Microsoft, Williams Sonoma
William M Chace Lecturer
September 2009-August 2010
Stanford University
I taught fiction writing classes in the continuing studies program.
Jones Lecturer
September 2006-August 2008
Stanford University
I taught fiction writing classes to undergrads.
Stegner Fellow
Stanford University
September 2004-June 2006
2-year fiction writing fellowship
Ogilvy, New York, NY
December 1998-August 2002
Copywriter, Partner
Clients: IBM, Sprite, Motorola
Before that: Hal Riney and Partners, SF, and Fallon McElligott, NY.
Honors: Clios (Gold and Silver), Effies (Bronze), One Show, Shorty Awards, Andy Awards, Spikes Asia Awards, Ad Age Best Award, Adweek Best Spots of the Year, CA Advertising Annual, Archive, Graphis and more.