Me and my dog, Gizmo.

Production Design Director with award-winning execution across layout, typography, and brand systems. Known for driving cross-functional collaboration, high-performing teams, and end-to-end creative project delivery in fast-paced environments.

I’m a Production Design Director with over a decade of experience across design, creative production, and team leadership. Most recently at Compass, I led an international design team while partnering with senior leadership to bring national campaigns and strategic marketing initiatives to life.

My background spans creative direction and hands-on execution across branding, print, digital, presentations, and large-scale campaigns. I specialize in turning big ideas into cohesive creative systems, while building the workflows and processes that help teams produce great work efficiently and consistently.

With deep expertise in Adobe Creative Suite and roots in advertising and production, I thrive where creative vision meets execution, and where strong production helps protect strong creative.

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“99% Quality CSAT (national goal was to hit 90%) - What does that mean exactly?
99% of the 222* responses from Marketing Advisors about his design projects were positive.”
*This was the highest engagement survey volume of all designers across the nation.

Featured Work

Property branding for a ten million dollar luxury estate in Sarasota, Florida.

“I work closely with James on a daily basis and I can easily say that he makes the role of a Marketing Advisor easier in the Chicago region because of his ability to help out with all things design and production. James is willing and able to assist with all design related questions, which is so incredibly valuable to the team who oftentimes does not have the formal training to provide that insight.”

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