Luke is 6'8". That’s the first thing you should know about him. But that will become immediately apparent when you meet him.
He’s a monogamist with a drifter’s wanderlust, creatively speaking. In other words, he doesn’t like to hop around a lot from job to job but he gets bored with design styles very easily. And, in that way, he is somewhat style elusive. You’d guess one would have to be in this industry: shape-shifting to suit a each particular brand, product or service.
He lives with his girlfriend and their two cats in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and enjoys drumming, traveling, gardening and watching movies.
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EDUCATION
East Carolina University School of Art
Greenville, NC; Graduated with BFA in Communication Arts
Concentration in Graphic Design, Graduated Spring 2000
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate Creative Director
August 2012 — present
Deutsch, Inc
New York City
Clients include Microsoft and the NY Governor’s Office.
Senior Art Director
June 2010 – August 2012
Ogilvy & Mather
New York City
Creating visual brand platforms that work across all media—TV, print, digital, out-of-home, event—for brands like SAP and Thomson Reuters.
Art Director
May 2006 – May 2010
OgilvyOne Worldwide
New York City
Worked on the visual concepts and design for all sorts of on and offline advertising for brands like American Express, IBM, SAP, Thomson Reuters, Kaplan University, Capri-Sun, Sara Lee, Kodak, and Aflac (to name a few).
Art Director
May 2004 – May 2006
IconNicholson / LBi International
New York City
Led a team of designers on projects in digital, motion and interaction design for web sites, banner ads, and standalone kiosks for clients like MasterCard, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Montana Historical Society, ArtStor and others.
Senior Designer
Icon Nicholson
New York City
June 2001 – June 2004
Continuing to learn during time spent at IconNicholson: began taking on more responsibility for the final designs and concepts for corporate and cultural clients, working on web sites for the likes of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and banner ads, sitelets and games for MasterCard.
Designer
Icon Nicholson
New York City
August 2000 – June 2001
First non-intern job out of design school. Learned a lot about interaction design and design systems, designing for both non-profit and cultural clients as well as for corporate clients like MasterCard.
Designer
Long Haymes Carr Advertising
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
June 2000 — July 2000
Freelance design for clients such as Virgin Drinks & L’eggs Hosiery.
Editor
Rebel Arts & Literary Magazine
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina
August 1999 — June 2000
Editing, creative direction & design, magazine administration.
Designer/Intern
Virtuoso Interactive
Greensboro, North Carolina
May 1999 — August 1999
Web, print and broadcast design for local clients, with a concentration in corporate identity design.
Designer/Intern
The Russell Agency
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
June 1998 — August 1998
Design and junior art direction for clients such as Wonderbra, RJ Reynolds Tobacco, and L’eggs Hosiery.
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AWARDS
Type Director’s Club 47; Student Exhibit: the Rebel.
Best Financial Services Rich-media Advertisement in the Web Marketing
Association’s 2004 IAC Awards: MasterCard Cat in the Hat Eyeblaster
Webby Worthy in The 2004 Webby Awards: ShangriLa-Hawaii.org
Standard of Excellence WebAward 2004: ShangriLaHawaii.org
Certificate of Creative Achievement, International web pages award:
SongwritersHallofFame.org
Associated Collegiate Press 2000 Magazine Pacemakers Award: the Rebel.
2000 Omni Intermedia Awards; Gold: Flakemaster–Tongue of Flurry
