👋🏼 Hi, I’m John
I’m the friend who drags everyone out to sunrise in the morning.
But also the last friend to leave the dance floor the night before.
I take Halloween very seriously - just ask Shania Twain. I go all out on the other 364 days of the year too.
My first client was Beyoncé. I’m still waiting for that paycheck though.
I’m a UNC grad from Oahu, Hawaii. I moved to New York and am currently an Art Direction intern at BBDO.
Click here for my resume.
Experience
BBDO – Art Direction Intern New York City, NY, June 2023 – current
• Sold work in on M&M’s, Meta, Snickers, and Wholly Guacamole
• Performed my rendition of ‘Crazy in Love’ at Pride Karaoke
Clients: M&M’s, Meta, Bacardí Portfolio, Heineken Portfolio, The Red Cross, Snickers, Wholly Guacamole, and more
Deutsch NY Summer CAMP – “Happy CAMPer” New York City, NY, Aug 2022
• Fangirled over this Zoom message from CEO Val DiFebo: “You’re a great presenter… nice work John”
• One of four teams to make it to the semifinals in the creative hackathon
Influence Digital – Creative Intern London, England, Jan 2022 – April 2022
• Led ideation on a winning pitch for the Science Museum; concepted metaverse activations for artist pitches
• Earned my status as an unofficial Brit by signing off my emails with “Cheers!”
Clients: The Science Museum, Luna Cinema, Raymond Gubbay, Nickelodeon, Senbla, Strawberries and Creem, British Counterterrorism and Policing, The Prince’s Trust
RPA Advertising – Digital Production Intern Santa Monica, CA, June 2021 – Aug 2021
• Presented a 30-minute keynote address to the agency on the metaverse: covered advancements in AR, NFTs, and mixed reality, and connected with internal teams and vendors to concept creative campaign ideas
• Learned how to change a flat tire in the middle of Downtown LA
Clients: ARCO, La-Z-Boy, Cedars Sinai, Pocky
UNC Admissions – Social Media Intern Chapel Hill, NC, Sept 2020 – May 2021
• Created tailored content across three major platforms: engaged with a combined 28K followers
• Ignored some strongly worded DMs from parents of UNC rejects
Awards
Outstanding Graduate of UNC Hussman The Cranford Outstanding Graduate award is an honor and scholarship given to one graduating senior in the Advertising Major
Gold The Crowbar Awards, Dasani Brief - judged by Greg Hahn
Nominee The Webby Awards 2023 (Student Video)
Named a nominee among 14,000 entries this year
The Triangle Addy’s 2023
Best in Show - Kleenex
Gold - Art Direction - Kleenex
Gold - OOH Campaign - Kleenex
Silver - Packaging Design - Heineken
Silver - Copywriting - Thursday
Bronze - Integrated Campaign - Thursday
Finalist College Photographer of the Year Oct 2022
One of four students honored as a finalist for the illustration photography category of CPOY22
The Winning Shit Young Shits Dec 2021
Lauren LaTulippe and I tackled the brief of getting billionaires to pay their damn taxes
3rd Place Young Shits July 2022
Traveled to Mars with Lauren LaTulippe for an Oreo-inspired takeover of the planet
1st Place Standalone Media Society for News Design 2021
Created a motion graphic about Duke Marine Lab’s Drone Imaging with a team of 4 students
1st Place Client Campaign UNC Crash Campaign 2020
Developed and pitched a winning campaign to industry professionals in 24 hours for our client, CATCH
