is a brand strategist and designer based in New York, currently working as a Creative Strategist at GIPHY. Before that, he worked as a Brand Strategist at Snapchat, graduated with Honors from SVA’s Masters in Branding program and spent six years as the Director of Design at Real, a Nasdaq-listed real estate startup.

Snapchat
Brand Strategist

2023 – 2024

Acted as the creative lead to help brands like Wendy's, Hilton, and Taco Bell bring their brand's story to life on Snapchat, pitching concepts and creative directing production of final augmented reality lenses. Most notably, I was the strategist on our McDonald's account, helping to bring their big spring moment (WcDonald’s) to life across Snapchat.

SVA Masters in Branding
School of Visual Arts

2022 – 2023

Developed expertise in strategy across theory and practice through individual and team work. I was accepted into the Honors program to work as brand strategist for the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. I also was a part of the winning pitch to Google in our course Pitch Perfect. Lastly, I was the recipient of the Paula Rhodes Award for academic excellence.

Real
Director of Design

2016 – 2022

Led the design for Real, a tech-powered real estate brokerage. My responsibilities included branding, strategy, web and product design. During my time at Real, the company went public on Nasdaq, agent count grew from 500 to over 5000, and revenue increased by over 2,000%.

Other clients include: Google, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, Amperity, Artico Search, Custora, Future Partners, Global LERN, Tribeca Shortlist/Lionsgate, Riverside Language Program, Caldwell Partners