My partner Nick Schmidt and I wrote these back in 2015, while freelancing at Grey. They were produced in 2017, while we were not freelancing at Grey. Go figure. But, our CDs (Justin Levine & John Sayegh) brought them to life just the way we drew them up.

Every year, PayPal awards three different small businesses a $10,000 cash prize as well as web or accounting services, as a part of their Business Makeover project. These films are the stories of those entrepreneurs and how the money helped them grow their companies.

2019 Winners

Puna Chocolate
Project MQ
Rayburn Farms

2018 Winners

FORGE
Rad Dog
Kids Go Co.

Walmart has great pharmacies. Who knew? Apparently, not everyone. That's why we profiled very real and hard working pharmacists. They were great!

I really wanted to go to a NASCAR track. Then, I got an assignment to write a spot including Time Warner's racing team and I got out on a NASCAR track.

Walmart sells everything. So, every couple of months, they make quick spots advertising individual products. Here's a few I wrote. 

The famous Rollbacks mascot, Smiley, is back. And, he's got help this time. 

Snacking doesn't mean you're cheating on your diet. Especially if you're eating vegetables. High time we get the word out. 

American Express needed to describe a complex set of offerings in a simple way for Wall Street Journal readers. So, we took to sharp, concise headlines, with a little explanatory body copy. Classic ad approach, really. 

The social team at PayPal wanted a series of globally friendly posts, touting a variety of products and services. I worked closely with animators to both concept and develop each piece, in order to make the storytelling as simple as possible.

At the bottom of the page, you can find how one of the animations was posted on Twitter (along with some sweet, sweet post copy written by yours truly).

Amidst Vietnam war protests in the 1970s, the University of Oregon remained a political hotbed void of violence. This is the story of how that came to be. 

***Important note: This documentary won an Emmy Award***