Strategist. Creative Director. Writer.

 

I'm Director of Digital Innovation at HBO Max, leading the digital innovation team, influencers & talent recommendation initiatives on the brand marketing team. We launched the Dracarys App and Recommended By initiatives, among others.

I also write middle grade & YA novels. My author page is here.

I was SVP, Content & Social for Big Spaceship, where I worked from 2009-2019. I started and led our social/content practice. I was lucky enough to bring Skittles to social media, to grow YouTube as a brand and cultural force over seven years, to help revolutionize the way products are created and marketed at Hasbro, and to partner with JetBlue, Google Maps, Google Play, Starbucks, Samsung Mobile, Sonos and other brands to establish and evolve their campaigns & content/social media strategy, with an eye towards innovation across social platforms.

I'm a writer & filmmaker turned content/creative marketer. I’m obsessed with culture and the way it’s expressed online. I'm fascinated by modern fandom, the dynamics of communities, the way ideas shift and mutate as they leap between social channels, and behaviors that emerge on new and evolving platforms. I'm also an author – I love words and stories.

I wrote, produced and marketed a documentary about the culture of the metaverse in ‘08, and when those communities moved to early social networks, I went to Big Spaceship as their first content/social hire. I spent a decade there, studying culture and behavior in a hybrid creative, strategic, innovation-focused role.

 

Timeline

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HBO MAX: 2019-PRESENT

I’m Director of Digital Innovation at HBO Max, leading the digital innovation team, influencers & talent recommendations initiatives on the brand marketing team. We launched the Dracarys app and the Recommended By initiative, among others.

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YOUTUBE: 2012-2019

As YouTube’s social agency of record and creative partner for the past seven years, my team helped them evolve from being considered a cat video database to becoming Gen Z’s most-loved brand. From making the biggest brand in social also best-in-class to launching the careers of dozens of the world’s biggest celebrities and influencers, to creating some of YouTube’s biggest campaigns, I’m proud of the impact we made.

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GOOGLE: 2014-2019

As social agency of record for Google Maps, Google Play, Google Fi and Google Store, my team helped nail their brand voice, grow brand love, and establish each as a category leader.

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HASBRO: 2016-2019

I worked with Hasbro across most of their game, toy and entertainment brands. Our agency’s remit: help Hasbro stay relevant in an ever-changing cultural landscape, through everything from trend-inspired product innovation to bold new campaign approaches. I’ve designed games, inspired toys, crafted campaigns and shot TV commercials.

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WRITER & SPEAKER

I write regularly for AdAge, Fast Company, Mashable, Digiday, Forbes and Medium focusing on social media trends, platforms and strategy, as well as writing tips and building a social/content practice. I’m also a regular speaker at Social Media Week NY & LA, SXSW and other conferences.

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Skittles: 2009-2012

I began my career at Big Spaceship as lead strategist and copywriter on Skittles. Considered social media’s first major marketing success story, I launched the brand on social and organically grew their Facebook audience to 22M with the highest engagement rate on the social network. We broke a number of records, including most liked Facebook post.

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VICE: 2008-2009

I wrote and produced a number of short tech & innovation documentaries for Vice, including the three-part Richard Garriott doc which launched Motherboard, Vice’s popular tech channel.

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Second SKin: 2006-2009

I wrote/produced Second Skin, an award-winning documentary on virtual worlds which premiered as the opening night film of SXSW 2008, hit theaters later that year, and was distributed internationally in 2009. It was also one of the most watched movies on Hulu that year. It's regularly listed as one of the all-time best video game documentaries.

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3RD grade Teacher: 2000-2006

I taught third grade at Horace Mann and Calhoun, and taught filmmaking to middle and high schoolers.