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Forbright is full-service bank that supports a more sustainable economy by investing in clean energy projects. I helped develop their launch strategy and marketing communications for their first consumer product offerings, a CD and a high-yield saving account. I oversaw the development of videos assets, banner and social media ads, and some of the initial website content.

ECD: Isidoro Debellis
Group CD: Katie Dropick
Senior Art Director: Nancy Zhu
Senior Copywriter: Jasen Wong
Account Lead: Chase Atkinson
Project Manager: Kathryn Ruff
Producer: Natasha Correa
Director: Eric Machiela/ Gorilla

You bring the energy.
We bring the energy.

To boost its reputation among SDG&E’s customer base, we created a campaign featuring a cross section of people, businesses, and organizations in San Diego that are using power from SDG&E to thrive.

ECD: Isidoro Debellis
CDs: Katie Dropick, Rodrigo Bistene
Senior Copywriter: Laura Walsh
Producer: Domenic DelCarmine
Account Leads: Rona Hoang, Lee Alman
Director: Bobby Moser / Florence
Line Producer: India Wadsworth
DP: Niko Weisnet
Photography: Ariel Fisher
Editing: Alison Grasso, Cutters Studios
Music: Future Perfect
Mix: Another Country
Color: Flavor

For this multi-channel campaign, we partnered with Scholastic to help Florida kids who were not reading at grade level. I co-led the project, helped develop the ideas and managed production. In Year 1, we focused on awareness to drive signups. We reminded parents about the power of reading to shape kids’ futures and determine who they become by showing kids in adult jobs.

In Year 2, we created the role of a kid reporter and had her interview people with interesting jobs, including a NASA aerospace engineer, to learn how reading had influenced their careers. This work was hugely successful, exceeding all KPIs and generating 15M impressions.

CCO: Isidoro Debellis
CDs: Katie Dropick, Rodrigo Bistene
Senior Creative Team: Laura Walsh, Nancy Zhu
Producers: Lizzie Shook, Natasha Correo
Project Directors: Ashley Mendez, Mamo Arima
Account Leads: Kyrsten Aspegren, Nikki Todd, Kate Linkous, Jaclyn Kramer
Directors: The Hudson Dusters - Greenpoint Pictures (Yr 1), Vanessa Diaz - Diamond View Studios (Yr 2)
Music + SFX: Paola Altamirano & Raul Garcia, Animal Music
Editing: Lorenzo Bombicci - Cosmo Street (Yr 1), Cory Draper - Diamond View Studios (Yr 2)

Head & Shoulders is “never not working” to keep you dandruff-free. To drive home this message, we had NFL star & never not worker Troy Polamalu join the freelance marketplace Fiverr, where anyone could hire him to do a variety of jobs.

Creative Team: Dan Oh, Sasha Mishkin

Myeloidysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a complicated blood cancer. To make it easier to understand, my team and I worked with artist Noma Bar to create a visually arresting animated video that helps explain the disease and offers hope for treatment.

Creative team: Sasha Mishkin, Jonathan Doucette

Google Fi is the simple, flexible and affordable phone plan from Google. I co-wrote these video scripts and helped oversee their creation, working with illustrators, animators and music production.

Keds was an iconic brand that had grown stale. The first sneaker brand for women had lost its mojo and no longer connected with its target audience.

In partnership with Taylor Swift, this campaign shows women kicking butt on their own terms. I was part of a large team working on this project. I contributed headlines and manifesto copy.

Creative Team: Alejandra Garibay, Deb Maltzman, Angela Denise, Michelle Kunkin, Julie Liu

To celebrate the release of Dell’s new Inspiron Gaming Laptop and the film Spider-Man: Homecoming, my concept of turning a Times Square billboard into a gaming experience powered by Dell laptops came to life.

Fans tapped their phones to race their Spider-Man avatars against each other to win movie tickets and branded swag.

Creative Team: Natalie Fevig, Thomas Shim, Dave Quintiliani

An alien video game series that boosted interest in Army careers.

I co-led a 17 member team in creating and launching a video game experience to cross-promote the U.S. Army and Independence Day: Resurgence.

Completing “missions” unlocked exclusive content and info about unexpected Army careers. They appealed to user’s patriotism and served as a recruiting tool.

Results: Daily visits to Army high-tech career pages rose by 46%. Lead generation increased 27%. Army recruiter contacting increased 80%.

Creative Team: Matt Nuzzi, Jonathan Campo, Henry Mathieu, Roberto Santellana, Meredith Schwinder, Alex Gross

In 2018 a record number of women ran for office. To honor this moment, we breathed new life into an old campaign by repurposing the phrase “like a girl.” Always had used it 4 years prior to turn an insult into something inspirational. For the historic 2018 elections, the phrase was reincarnated as “Run like a girl.” And did they ever.

This campaign used social media, videos, posters, stickers, influencers, T-shirts and even the NYC marathon to spread the message.

Results: We garnered nearly half a million impressions within a 10-day period with a budget of only a few hundred dollars.

Creative Team: Lauren Pantano, Laura Stamm-Boyd

For this T.J. Maxx, Marshalls & HomeGoods holiday campaign, we created a superhero-like character named The Gifter. These stores are her secret weapons: gift goldmines for quality and savings. 

This project involved coordinating multiple teams and partner agencies, both locally and internationally, to produce TV plus print, OOH, social, mobile and in-store extensions.

Creative Team: Alejandra Garibay

Introducing La Palette Nude, a versatile eye shadow collection with unique looks designed by Beyonce's makeup artist, Sir John.

This campaign featured 22 high-quality makeup tutorial videos, all made in-house at KBS.

Creative Team: Alejandra Garibay

These painfully boring social videos remind fans to stop living "the dull life" and use fresh razor blades every time they shave.

Each video has a surprise ending to reward anyone who watches (or scrolls) all the way through.

Creative Team: Natalie Fevig

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To promote the fragrance Boss Bottled, my art director and I concepted a series of exclusive events, pop-up installations, sampling opportunities, new package designs and social media initiatives, all around the brand’s theme: Man of Today.  

This work help my agency, KBS, win P&G (Hugo Boss's parent) as a new business client.

Creative Team: Alejandra Garibay

Dollar Shave Club wanted to remind its subscribers to change their razor blades every week.

These social media videos and static posts dramatize the consequences of using dull blades. Warning: It's not pretty. 

Creative Team: Natalie Fevig