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Ian
/In A Nutshell
I started my advertising career as a copywriter with a subversive, stylish, and strategic lens. Over the years, my unconventional approach gained recognition from every major advertising award show including Cannes, D&AD, and the One Show. I’ve been fortunate enough to have worked internationally, managed teams, taught, and produced press-generating work for some of the most recognizable brands in the world.
In my personal and professional life, I’ve been motivated by the possibility of understanding the elegant threads that weave the complex, and often confounding, tapestry of our lives.
And as an evolving creative, I’d like to think I’m just getting started.
/Experience
Freelance Copywriter + Creative Director + Strategy (2013-Present)
- 160over90 (CW)
- The Brooklyn Brothers (ACD + Strategy)
- Denso Japan (CD, Translation Supervisor)
- CO OP Brand Partners (CD + Strategy)
- Droga5 (ACD)
- VaynerMedia (CW)
- Edelman Digital (CD + Strategy)
- Special Guest/1st Ave Machine (CW)
- Howard Hughes Corporation (ACD)
- TAXI (CW)
- Wasserman Media Group (CD + Strategy)
- Whirled (CW)
- Blue Flame (CW)
- Humanaut (CW)
- Publicis (ACD)
- Purple Strategies (CW + Strategy)
- Mekanism (CD + Strategy)
- Momentum (CD)
- Cramer-Krasselt (CW)
- Anomaly (ACD + Strategy)
- StrawberryFrog (CD + Strategy)
- Tribal DDB (CW)
Associate Creative Director - Saatchi & Saatchi, NY (2012)
Associate Creative Director - KBS, NY (2011-2012)
Copywriter - Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Boulder CO (2009-2011)
Copywriter - Leo Burnett, Chicago/Frankfurt (2007-2009)
/Recognition
Marist College Visiting Artist, Cannes Lions, Art Directors Club, London International Awards, One Show, The One Club, New York Festivals, Kellys, D&AD, IxD Interaction, Core77, AdAge Awards, Lürzer’s Archive, Graphis, Chicago Creative Club, ModernCopywriter.com, Young Lions
/Brand Strategy
Diligent, Google, Android, Renaissance Hotels, Swash Clothes Care, Seaport District NYC, Singapore Economic Development Board, Febreeze, Gillette, Diageo, Crest, Stoli, Ehrmann Yogurt, Halstead Real Estate
/School
Miami Ad School - Strategic Planning Bootcamp
University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA; Positive Psychology
The Creative Circus - Atlanta, GA; Copywriting, Design
Emory University - Atlanta, GA; Philosophy, Physics, Psychoanalysis
Jakarta Intercultural School - Jakarta, Indonesia; Int’l Baccalaureate
/Additional Experience
Counselor - Path & Partners (2020-Present)
Photographer - Music, event, portrait (2018-2023)
The Album Leaf, KAZU, Duel, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Joanna Teters, Camp Saint Helene, The United Way, Rubblebucket, Dirty Moses, Shandaken Inn, Bill Lee, Zen Mountain Monastery, Sunshine Spinwear, Kidaudra
Watchmaker - Mount Tremper Watch Co (2014-2020)
Resident - Zen Mountain Monastery (2016-2018)
Teacher - Miami Ad School, NYC (2015)
Mentor - Adcolor Futures Program, NYC (2012)
/Some More Additional Experience
Volunteer - Ulster County SPCA
Fencers Club NYC & Emory Fencing
All-American / Nerd - Emory Mock Trial Team
Eagle Scout - Boy Scouts of America
