Art direction + design leadership

Utilised during tenures at Agency & In-house Creative Teams, Chai Lifeline Canada, Jarden Consumer Solutions / Newell Brands, The Drawing Hope Project, Life in Detox and Fanshawe College.

1. Art Direction · Design · Production Leadership

   Earlier career

   Agency & In-house Creative Teams

   Agency and in-house creative roles across consumer, healthcare, education, government and cultural clients - plus early music/entertainment publicity photography and album artwork connected to Sony Music. The range that underpins today's leadership work.

2. Marketing & Communications Manager

   2025 - 2026

   Chai Lifeline Canada

   Conceived, wrote, designed and delivered the inaugural Rosh Hashanah Meal Program campaign across direct mail, print, email, organic social and paid - $140K+ net against a $40K goal

3. Creative Director, Consumer Brands & CPG

   2005 - 2009

   Jarden Consumer Solutions / Newell Brands

   Led and mentored a 4-6 person in-house creative team responsible for international brand, packaging, retail marketing and product-launch execution across an 18+ brand portfolio

4. Founder + Executive Creative Lead

   2011 - 2016

   The Drawing Hope Project

   End-to-end: concept, family collaboration, photography, art direction, production and media rollout

5. Author + Independent Publisher

   2018

   Life in Detox

   #1 Amazon Bestseller. Long-form editorial project translating addiction, treatment, shame, resilience and dignity into human storytelling. Owned voice, narrative, editing, art direction, production and launch campaign.

6. Professor, Advanced Photoshop

   2018 - 2020

   Fanshawe College

   Taught third-year students advanced compositing, retouching, image-making and professional creative judgement