I wrote a variety of things for Peak. Everything from the damage of tree rats to the torrent of storms. The ads ran in local magazines in North Texas.

Back in the day, one of the staples of a media buy were things called magazines made of tree-wasting paper, in which ads ran in a formation called “checkerboards.” The ad for the Spacemaker can opener was turned into a TV spot, but since I was a baby copywriter, my bosses produced it. But I was still proud, as the foursome ran in People, Better Homes & Gardens, et al. We even won several awards.

When my art director and I presented this one, we were met with a mix of responses. Lots of furrowed brows from account executives, but in the end, we prevailed. It ran in The New York Times and we were psyched.

While freelancing, my art director and I created a campaign for The Dallas Opera. While this art form is thriving in Europe, in the US, not so much. Traditionally, it’s been a bit highbrow, if not elitest. That’s why our messaging was relatable and down-to-earth.

This assignment was somehat low-on-the-totem-pole assignment: Create a newspaper insert that included a coupon. But we thought we’d have some fun. The ad raised a few eyebrows, but the client loved it. I think it even helped sell some wine coolers, remember those?

This was an internal campaign to alert employees about Ogilvy’s annual health fair. We weren't allowed to shoot anything, so no visuals. What did we do? We got scrappy and made the type/font the visual to engage our peeps.

When I worked at Tribal DDB, I worked on digital point of sale videos that ran in the lobbies of Bank of America. I shot this spot with a local director for a pittance. Translated: I just made it work.

This video was used to recuit employees for the Cheap Caribbean call center. I wrote, produced and directed (even starred in!) it with a mighty team of two others, a camera person and AD/stylist. It was even a Communication Arts Finalist.

When I was Copy Director at Integer, I shot three :15 spots with Tom DeNolf for Luby's To-Go.

These spots were my very first when I was at Ogilvy. We shot with a campaign called “Eye Art,” a series of :15s, with Moshe Brakha. It was beyond thrilling.

I wrote this radio spot for GTE that was selling Direct TV. We created a persona, “Ken, the DirecTV guy.”