1. Best of the best. Adweek magazine profiled me as the top graduate from VCU Brandcenter, one of the best creative marketing graduate programs.
2. Ambidextrous thinker. I think cross-discipline but also have many specializations. I switched from design to copywriting but many say I approach problems like a strategic planner too. It’s a rare feat that few have done.
3. Desire to be innovative. First creative hire at Anomaly, one of Fast Company’s most innovative companies and Ad Age’s 2017 Agency of the Year.
4. Global marketing experience. Worked on global brands like Netflix and Tiger Beer at TSLA, Asia’s most creative independent agency for the last 3 years.
5. Start-up experience. Launched luxury retail startup in Asia. Worked at fintech startup in Santa Monica and another startup in the social capital space.
6. Growth mindset. I’m always trying to learn and improve myself. Completed Harvard Business School’s online program and leadership courses from Kellogg Northwestern.
7. Industry thought leader. My blog was named by Fast Company as one of the best business blogs. My newest blog can be found at www.creativecmo.com
8. Collaborator and team player. I have a strong desire to help people because I’m just a gentle giant. I’m a INFP and S in DISC Behavior. Even my Instagram is called @thesensitiveman.
9. Not a talker but a doer. OK, enough about me. Let’s get to the work! Who said you always need a list of 10 anyways?
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part one: the task
In the 80th year of his life, the famous English sculpture Henry Moore was asked a deeply fascinating question, “Now that you’re eighty, you must know the secret of life. What is the secret of life?” And Henry Moore pondered for a moment and said with a slight smile, “The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to every minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is — it must be something you cannot possibly do.”
part two: the doing
To understand why I do what I do, we must go back to when I was only 9 years old. One day during elementary school, I was pulled out class and interviewed by my school counselors for Texas’s gifted students program. For the interview, they gave me two styrofoam cups and asked me what they could be. They scored me on how creative my answers were and the more innovative answers received more points. Ever since that day, a light has switched on in my head and it hasn’t dimmed since. It has never been about thinking creatively, but thinking to win.
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Self-Portrait, 1999
Wedding, 2014
