A bit about me…

MS Paint

It all started here

I’m a Designer/Art Director working in Chicago, Ill.

Currently freelancing, mentoring, and learning as much as possible about anything I can. At the moment, these things are web development and pizza crust.

With everything I do, make absolutely sure carry a concept-rooted, design ethos throughout. I’m always down to talk about it

Résumé here.

A photographic picture of me

A Photographic Picture of Tom

Brands I’ve worked on

  • McDonald’s
  • Apple Inc.
  • D.G. Yuengling & Sons
  • Goose Island
  • Modelo Especial
  • Corona Extra
  • Fireball Whisky
  • Milwaukee Bucks
  • Travel Wisconsin
  • Mountain Dew
  • Walmart
  • Merrick Pet Care
  • Libbey Inc.
  • Unilever
  • Sargento
  • Northwestern Medicine
  • Howard Brown Health
  • NYCLU
  • National Peanut Board
  • Peanut Butter Inc.
  • Lyceé de Français de Chicago
(tl;dr: QSR, CPG, CSR, B2B, 501c3)

People I’ve been

  • Freelance

    Feb 2020 Present

  • Senior Art Director @ The Escape Pod

    Jun 2019 Feb 2020

  • Art Director @ Laughlin Constable

    May 2018 Jun 2019

  • Senior Designer @ Golin

    Jan 2014 May 2018

  • Designer @ Creative Go-Round

    Jun 2012 Dec 2013

  • Student @ Columbia College Chicago

    Bachelor of Fine Arts ’12

Recognition

  • Cannes Bronze, Shortlist
  • One Show Bronze Pencil
  • Sabre 2× Best in Show
  • Webbys Finalist
  • Effies Finalist
  • #BrandBowl Award Twitter
  • GDUSA NPO Category
  • AIGA Mentor Fall 2020
  • “Cool name” Some people

A small idea of what I’m into

  • Ideation

    Has neat ideas
  • Collaboration

    Is a nice person
  • Typography

    Judges this hard
  • Ethics

    Grid = Good
  • Research

    Seeks answer to ‘why?’
  • Web Design

    U kno... UI/UX
  • HTML5 + CSS3

    Speaks nerd
  • Tidiness

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