4/11→ Now // Creative Director // Mike Ideas Studios

Guiding remote teams and clients to secure millions in donations, commercial RFPs, sales, and engaged brand loyalists.  My work engages direct and agency contracts from pitch to production for brands like AK Building Services, Alora Paints, Avalon Exchange, Arts Plumbing, Avison Young, Bathletix, Beaux Arts, Big Vision, Boca Bike Shop, Fuse Reel, NBA, Push, Rip-It, Rotary Club, Tech Armor, and MLB. 

10/15 → 3/22 // Creative Director // Brandhut Agency

Slowly growing into my role as creative director over 7 years, I concepted and delivered product launches, growth plans, and web platforms for leading Amazon vendors. My work has established $1M+ ARR products for brands including Amazon, Buddyphones, Zens, Pop Design, Hot Seat, Fuel Stickers, and Health Direct. 

1/15 → 10/15 // Account Executive // Safari Ltd

Leading daily call volumes, I grew over 1,000 B2B accounts by $20k in 8 months totalling $500k/year during a 70% staff reduction. Aligned invoices, quotes, orders, claims, and CRM activities while facilitating a 100,000sqft warehouse revamp.

Adobe Illustrator 9/10

Adobe Photoshop 7/10

Adobe Indesign 7/10

Adobe After Effects 5/10

Adobe Premiere 5/10

Canva 9/10

DaVinci Resolve 4/10

WordPress 9/10

Elementor 9/10

Shopify 10/10

Squarespace 10/10

Wix 10/10

Figma 6/10

HTML/CSS 7/10

Heroku 3/10

Javascript 3/10

Hosting Support 7/10

Zapier 5/10

App Development 5/10 

Google Workplace 9/10

Microsoft Word 9/10

Microsoft Excel 6/10

Keynote 8/10

Notion 8/10

Quickbooks 7/10

Turbotax 7/10

Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn 9/10

Social Media Ad Analytics 6/10

Google Analytics 6/10

Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, Flodesk 5/10

ZenDesk 4/10

Asana 4/10

Basecamp, Trello 9/10

Salesforce 4/10

SugarCRM 6/10

Fiverr 10/10

Upwork 9/10

3DS Max, Blender, Google Sketchup 5/10

Shapeways & Sculpteo 7/10

Midjourney, DALL-E Mini 6/10

Finding common ground with new people 10/10

Totally innovating the previously impossible 10/10

Solving the thing in record time 10/10

1 – Weirdly fast learner
2 – Played around with it
3 – Great foundation
4 – Made some moves
5 – He’s Dangerous
6 – Wait I never knew you could do that
7 – Wow this is pretty epic
8 – Very few things are impossible
9 – Exceptionally gifted
10 – Shamanic wizardry status

7/07 → 8/11 // Bachelor of Science in Marketing // University of Central Florida

2/12 // Certified Facilitator // The Anti-Defamation League 

2007 // Graduate // Cardinal Gibbons High School 

Volunteer Brand Strategy Consultant // Rotary Club 2022 

Marketing Board Member // Mead Botanical Gardens 2022 

10 Day Meditation Volunteer //  Dhamma Patapa 2013, 2014, 2016

Volunteer and Pro Bono Graphic Designer // IDEAS  2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Business Fundamentals Instructor // Junior Achievement 2011

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