ABOUT
A skilled production designer, art director and fabricator with more than 15 years of experience designing for film, television, commercial, and experiential design.
EXPERIENCE
Owner & Operator
Baxter House Design & Fabrication | 2019-Present
Baxter House is a design and build firm with a focus on brand activations, plus the design and build of props and sets for television, film and commercial productions. As owner and operator, I have managed all aspects of the business from developing concepts with clients, to swinging a hammer, and everything in-between.
Senior Art Director
Rooster Teeth | 2014-2019
Full-time in-house art director managing all creative and logistical components of live-action Rooster Teeth productions including:
Design, construction and installation for broadcast productions
Production design for feature films and television series
Experiential design and installation management for RTX, Rooster Teeth’s annual Comic-Con-style convention in Austin, TX
Design for playful & stylish office environments in satellite offices
Film, Commercial & Experiential Design/Build Work
Freelance/ Art Directors Guild member | 2004-2015
Commercial art direction for brands including JCPenney, Progressive, Tide, Target and Toyota under agencies GSD&M and others; experiential design and builds for Nike, Napster and Ketel One; music video art direction for Paramore, Barenaked Ladies and plenty of other bands.
SKILLS
Fluent in Rhino 3D, VRay, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, Blender, AutoCAD, Midjourney. I could adopt a different 3D modeling software if necessary, but I’m really fast in Rhino.
• Proven ability to work within and create budgets.
• Hands-on knowledge & understanding of fabrication techniques, material selection & project management.
• I can fix anything. It sounds like a weird brag but it’s true. I’m just really good at figuring out how things work.