Advertising Work

I follow these steps and ask myself these questions when I design an ad.

Understand the objective

Who is the target audience? What do we want them to do? How does doing it benefit them?

Determine the visual hierarchy

What’s the most important message? What’s the order of priority of the required elements?

Tell the story

How can I use color, images, typography, and graphics to draw emphasis, evoke an emotion, and lead the eye from the most important message to the call-to-action as elegantly as possible?

Always work in context 

Where will the ad be displayed? How can I make it work with its surrounding layout but make it stand out?

Make the client happy

Does the work help the client meet their goals? How can we use data to measure our success?


Print Ads

Half page holiday ads for Together & Company + Sweet Carrot / LUXE Magazine / Fall Winter 2019

Half page holiday ads for Together & Company + Sweet Carrot / LUXE Magazine / Fall Winter 2019

Half-page ad for Together & Company / Columbus Weddings / Fall Winter 2019

Half-page ad for Together & Company / Columbus Weddings / Fall Winter 2019

Full-page ad for Sweet Carrot / Short North Stage Programming Guide / 2019

Full-page ad for Sweet Carrot / Short North Stage Programming Guide / 2019

Full-page ad for Together & Company (formerly named Two Caterers) / Little Brown Jug Harness Race Program / 2017

Full-page ad for Together & Company (formerly named Two Caterers) / Little Brown Jug Harness Race Program / 2017


Web ads

 
Series of animated banner ads for domestic violence awareness campaign / LSS CHOICES / 2017

Series of animated banner ads for domestic violence awareness campaign / LSS CHOICES / 2017

Series of animated banner ads for domestic violence awareness campaign / LSS CHOICES / 2017

Series of animated banner ads for domestic violence awareness campaign / LSS CHOICES / 2017

Series of animated banner ads for domestic violence awareness campaign / LSS CHOICES / 2017

Series of animated banner ads for domestic violence awareness campaign / LSS CHOICES / 2017

 
 
Banner Ad for retail promotion / HUMAN / 2015

Banner Ad for retail promotion / HUMAN / 2015

Banner Ad for retail promotion / HUMAN / 2015

Banner Ad for retail promotion / HUMAN / 2015


Fun animated GIFs!

Animated webpage banner / HUMAN / 2016

Animated webpage banner / HUMAN / 2016

Animated email asset / LSS CHOICES / 2016

Animated email asset / LSS CHOICES / 2016

Hilariously absurd animated email asset / Merica Made / 2015

Hilariously absurd animated email asset / Merica Made / 2015