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Portfolio

Selected work.

Product launches, films, campaigns, and partnerships. My work spans media strategy and activation, creative strategy, and brand strategy.

I’ve worked on brand strategy for The Pill Club, Whisker, and Backbone. Before consumer tech, I worked with recording artists on sponsorships, tours, music videos, and record and publishing deals.

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Oura2021

TV & Video

Introducing Oura Ring Gen3: The Future of Health is You

Flagship launch film for Oura Ring Gen3, introducing the membership model alongside the hardware. Full-funnel media architecture across TV, streaming, and digital in a compressed go-to-market window.

My role
Media strategy and activation, creative direction input
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Oura2022

TV & Video

Odell Beckham Jr. | Do You Know Your Oura

Athlete-led brand spot built to extend Oura beyond the early-adopter wearables audience into mainstream sports culture.

My role
Media strategy and activation, creative direction input
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Oura2022

TV & Video

Boost Your Immunity with the Oura Ring

Benefit-led performance creative built to convert on the immunity use case, one of the strongest acquisition drivers in the category.

My role
Media strategy and activation
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Oura2022

TV & Video

Gucci x Oura

Luxury collaboration launch with Gucci, positioning Oura at the intersection of health technology and fashion. Media strategy built to reach an audience the core brand could not.

My role
Media strategy and activation
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Oura2022

TV & Video

The Oura Sleep Lab: Cravings

Branded content series translating sleep science into accessible storytelling. Explored the link between sleep and appetite.

My role
Media strategy and activation, script and storyboard input
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Oura2022

TV & Video

The Oura Sleep Lab: Immunity

Second film in the Sleep Lab series, connecting sleep quality to immune function.

My role
Media strategy and activation, script and storyboard input
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Oura Sleep Week messaging on digital screens in Times SquareExplore the campaign ↗

Oura2023

Out of Home

Sleep Week OOH Activation, New York City

Sleep Week in New York City, with creative built for large digital screens. See the campaign photos and my MediaPost session on the work.

My role
Creative direction input, media strategy, and execution
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Whisker2024

TV & Video

Who Invented the Automatic Litter Box? Brad Baxter, Litter-Robot Founder

Founder-led brand film telling the origin story of the automatic litter box. Built to establish category authorship in a market filling with imitators.

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Media strategy and activation, creative direction input
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Whisker2024

TV & Video

Litter-Robot is Real | Chess

Part of the Litter-Robot is Real campaign, directed in-house through a Creative Sprints process built to raise output velocity without losing quality.

My role
Media strategy and activation, creative direction input
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Whisker2024

TV & Video

Litter-Robot is Real | I Can Fly

Campaign spot built around the never-scoop-again promise, the brand's clearest and highest-performing benefit claim.

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Media strategy and activation, creative direction input
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Whisker2024

TV & Video

Goodbye Litter Box, Hello Litter-Robot

Direct response creative built on a simple category-switching message.

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Media strategy and activation, creative direction input
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Backbone2025

TV & Video

Backbone One Xbox Edition

Launch of the Backbone One Xbox Edition in partnership with Microsoft, including Best Buy retail activation and full go-to-market ownership.

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Media strategy and activation, creative direction input
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Backbone2025

TV & Video

Backbone Pro | Escape Into Open Worlds

Flagship launch campaign for Backbone Pro, the brand's most significant hardware release.

My role
Media strategy and activation, creative direction input
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Backbone2025

TV & Video

Backbone Pro | Behind The Design

Product design film built to establish engineering credibility with a discerning gaming audience.

My role
Media strategy and activation, creative direction input
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Backbone2025

Retail & Partnership

Backbone Pro + Meta Quest | Gaming Redefined

Co-marketing campaign with Meta Quest, extending Backbone into the mixed reality category.

My role
Media strategy and activation, creative direction input
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Ritual2026

TV & Video

Ritual | Let's Be Clear

Brand campaign built on Ritual's transparency positioning, running across linear and premium connected TV.

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Media strategy and activation
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Ritual2026

TV & Video

Ritual | What Works

Efficacy-led brand spot, part of the first scaled TV strategy in the company's history.

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Media strategy and activation
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Ritual2026

Retail & Partnership

Ritual at Walmart | OOH Activation

Out-of-home activation supporting Ritual's retail expansion into Walmart.

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Media strategy and activation
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Full-page Oura advertisement from TIME: One Small Ring. A World of Health Insights.Explore the sponsorship ↗

Oura2021

Print & Sponsorship

TIME Athlete of the Year sponsorship

Print and digital sponsorship of TIME’s 2021 Athlete of the Year, Simone Biles, with social amplification. Included a full-page Oura advertisement in the Person of the Year issue.

My role
Media strategy and media buy leadership; creative briefing and final approval
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Music & Entertainment2010

Music Video

Windsor Drive — Fall

Music video for Windsor Drive’s “Fall,” which premiered nationally on E! News with Ryan Seacrest on January 19, 2010. I contributed to the treatment, hired the director, and helped coordinate production.

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Artist management, creative development, and production coordination
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Oura2023

Music & Partnership

Jonas Brothers — Waffle House × Oura

Oura Ring and app integration in the opening of the Jonas Brothers’ “Waffle House” music video, featuring Joe Jonas. The partnership also included content filmed by Joe Jonas and promoted across organic and paid social.

My role
Negotiated and secured the sponsorship
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Music & Entertainment

Music Video

Darling Parade — Never Wrong

For Darling Parade, a band I co-managed, I contributed to the treatment, hired the director, and helped coordinate production. This reunited me with the director of Windsor Drive’s “Fall.”

My role
Artist management, creative development, and production coordination
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The Pill Club

TV & Video

Say Hello to The Pill Club

An introduction to The Pill Club.

My role
Co-wrote the video treatment and oversaw production
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Music & Entertainment

Music Video

Raveena Aurora — Grey Eyes

As Raveena’s general manager, I contributed to the treatment, hired the director, and helped coordinate production for “Grey Eyes.” A preview remains available on Apple Music.

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Artist management, creative development, and production coordination
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Pill Club brand identity developed with Red Antler: wordmark, monogram, colors, and photographyExplore the brand work ↗

The Pill Club2018

Brand Strategy & Identity

The Pill Club: Brand development with Red Antler

From an organically developed identity to a cohesive brand. I commissioned the consumer research, led the agency search, selected Red Antler, and worked closely with their team on the brand’s development.

My role
Consumer research, agency selection, and brand development
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Whisker

Brand Strategy & Identity

Whisker: Brand architecture and identity

Preparing the brand for its future product roadmap. I led the RFP and worked with the CEO to interview and select a studio for brand architecture, naming conventions, voice and tone, and identity.

My role
Agency selection and brand strategy, in partnership with the CEO
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