Areas of Expertise
An unordered list that is not, by any means, complete.
If you don’t see something that you wish was on the list, ask, it may very well be in my wheelhouse. Except this — it is most definitely not on my list.
Creative Direction: concept, creation, production
Art Direction: print, digital, tactile, photo, video, motion
Writing: copy, editing, proofing, narrative, storytelling
Brand Development + Identity
Podcast Development, Production, + Hosting
Social Media + Community Management
Print + Digital Advertising
Creative Strategy
Developing and/or facilitating the Right Idea
Live Streaming
Motion + Video Web Content
HXD (Human Experience Design, formerly UX)
Packaging
Graphic Design
Promotions
Content Marketing
Information Design
Human-centered Creative + Content (See also: HXD above)
Tools
A semi-ordered yet incomplete list.
Advanced / Expert
Adobe CC: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
Google: Slides, Docs, Sheets
Squarespace
SoundCloud Pro
Ecamm Live (Livestream Video Production)
Vimeo Pro
Intermediate
Text AI: Pi, ChatGPT, Claude
Adobe CC: Premiere Pro, After Effects, XD
Microsoft: Word, PowerPoint, Excel
Apple: GarageBand, iMovie
Figma
HTML / CSS
WordPress
Familiar / User
Image AI: Midourney, DALL-E, Dream Studio (Stable Diffusion), Firefly (Adobe), Copilot Designer (Msft Bing)
Frame.io
Miro
Sketch
Industries + Brands
An ordered list. However, due to the quirks of memory, it too is very likely incomplete.
Agriculture
Bayer Crop Science
The Climate Corporation
Corn States
Asgrow / DEKALB
Alcoholic Beverages
Miller Brewing Co.
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
William Grant & Sons
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Brown-Forman
FEW Spirits
Grand Vin Wine Merchants
Apparel
New Balance
On Our Own Supply
Beauty
Rukus (makeup)
Pacific Salon Systems (acquired by Sally Beauty)
Cannabis
Mid-South Extracts
Rev Brands / Rev Dispensaries
Education / Non-Profit / Social Justice
TransParent USA
Rainbow Makers
InsideOut Innovations
LaunchCode
Alliance for Interracial Dignity
NCADA St. Louis (now PreventEd)
Creative Reaction Lab
Artists for Peace
Missouri Botanical Garden
Food + Beverage
Domino’s
Nescafé
Park Avenue Coffee
Ann & Allen Baking Co.
Splenda
Lactaid
Health, Wellness, + Recovery
Since Right Now (addiction recovery media)
Home Improvement
Wagner Power Painters
Lucy Willis Interiors
Music Artists
Miles of Wire (St. Louis, MO / 2003-Present)
Sky Cries Mary (Seattle, WA / 1988-Present)
Cyperus (Olympia, WA / 1982-1994 / NB: The logo featured at link is an egregious bastardization of the logo family [including a razor-edged METAL! version, and a dripping blood GORE! version] I designed for them. The lead singer’s mom would not let them pay me for my work. So, according to them, they reinterpreted it. Not before he tried to pay me with his leather jacket tho.)
Publishing
Light Hustle Publishing (now Launch Pad Legacy)
Another Klēn&Sōbr Intervention
Mount Curve Press
Sports Teams
Calgary Flames
Liverpool F.C.
Real Madrid CF
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Utah Jazz
Technology / Apps / SaaS
Tappa (mobile tech)
Microsoft
LinkedIn
PlayStation
Logitech
NanoGuard Technologies
FieldView
PingPilot
Sprinklr
Nokia
BDO Digital (fka DemandGen)
Web3
Rarible Protocol DAO Working Group
Minutiæ
A selection of personal trivia that may or may not be of interest.
Video Game Platforms, Current
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series S
Meta Quest 2
Nintendo Switch
Steam (Mac)
iPhone
Video Game Platforms, Past
Pong
Atari 2600
Atari 5200
Gameboy (original)
Tiger Electronics Football Handheld Game Console
Apple IIe
Reading Preferences, Current
Science/Speculative Fiction [ex: The Punch Escrow, Klein]
Dystopian [ex: The Water Knife, Bacigalupi]
Thriller [ex: My Sister the Serial Killer, Braithwaite]
Horror [ex: Last Ones Left Alive, Davis-Goff]
WeirdFi [ex: The Southern Reach Trilogy, VanderMeer]
Reading Preferences, Additional
Latin American Magical Realism
African Fiction
Indian Fiction
Asian Fiction
Epic Fantasy
Animal Xenofiction
Postmodern Hysterical Realism