A BRIEF HISTORY 

I've always felt a little out of place in the world but I do a pretty decent job not letting anyone know. I spent a lot of time as a kid freaking out about the existential nature of self and learned early on making people laugh was the best solution to that anxiety.  I'm probably 60% introvert, 39% extrovert and 1% undervert.  I love to observe people doing people things.  I like to travel.  I love cooking for friends and family. I'm always halfway through several books at any given time. Few things are more enjoyable to me than laughing uncontrollably with really close friends at ridiculous things.

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I took my time getting to moderately functional adulthood. I worked a lot of odd jobs after high school, went to a lot of punk shows, got involved in the underground art scene of Richmond, met an assortment of characters, and have a lot of wild stories from those brief years of  youthful indulgence. I straightened up, went to community college and then transferred to the University of Virginia. I joined a debate club, cooked Spanish Tapas to pay rent, spent my summers working in a beach town and graduated with a degree in Anthropology and English. Then I moved to Brooklyn, New York.

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I began, what would become, a 15 year career working on network television shows and movies.  I started out driving a supply van and picking up trash, working my way up through the locations department assisting, then scouting, and eventually managing. I got to work on some pretty amazing projects (The Dark Knight Rises, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Severance).  One time, I somehow ended up on the other side of the camera in an awkward scene with Woody Harrelson on a film called Wilson. 

I discovered my brain could handle juggling dozens of distinct moving parts with an imminent deadline without breaking completely.  I had a penchant for problem solving and my greatest asset to many of my bosses was that I left them alone while I got the job done. So, I would usually get handed some of the trickier but ultimately more interesting projects.  I just wasn't able to do the thing I actually wanted to do.  Be a creative.  

I'd been writing stories, sketches, jokes and yes, weirdly, even commercials since I was a kid. I did some open mics in New York and took a semester at the Upright Citizens Brigade. I found my people in those rooms. But the rent would always need to get paid and I'd get sucked back into the cycle of production.  I loved my time in New York and I did some pretty rewarding work.  I also gained valuable experience working on large scale productions. I know how the cogs fit together, work hard to get things done and know how to creatively troubleshoot on a deadline. I imagine this could be valuable in other jobs. But I believe I have more to contribute besides work ethic, self determination and the ability to multitask.  I'd like a job where I can be creative, purposeful and collaborate with other people that share this obsessive need to create. And beyond that, I really just want to create cool stuff with purpose that makes people feel something. 

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I want to work in advertising.