I worked in an advertising shop in New York. Much of my time was spent collaborating on copy and designing pirnt ads and campaigns. Advertising is terribly evil and manipulative, but also satisfying— especially when you're able to see your team’s effort in magazines including Good Housekeeping, Redbook, and Cosmopolitan. My boss’ shop, Momentum, worked with local and national brands. The pit was loud and rambuctious. Dude was a good boss. He was business-minded, friendly with clients and employees, didn't keep track of vacation days, and was always quick with a quip.

Me: “I was just thinki—”
Boss: “No, you weren’t.”

We made a lot of ads, logos, typsos, websites, and print collateral for the beauty, healthcare, and financial industries. I left in 2009 to take up teaching full-time. First in New York SUNY New Paltz, then New Haven and Cal Poly Humboldt. These days, I am a full-time instructor in the B.F.A. program at Oregon State University.

Postscript: This collection of work looks slightly disjointed from the other pages when presented in black-and-white. Fuck. Logos should first work in a single, solid color, anyway. After that, they'll work in any color.