I am a Curious, passionate, and detail-oriented creative. Always willing to experiment, explore, and learn I do enjoy all things visual, whether in digital or analog formats. → Over the past decade or so I have been fortunate enough to live in five cities, across four different countries, creating, exploring and crafting things for companies like AKQA, WeTransfer, DDB Canada, and more.
As the son of an IT nerd and a System Analyst, I grew up surrounded by computer parts, with one or two fully working PCs. I spent half of my childhood holed up in my bedroom, playing Counter-Strike, FIFA, and Age of Empires, downloading music, experimenting with Photoshop, and coding (trying) my own IRC script. When I wasn’t glued to my computer, I was skateboarding when I should have been in school, playing basketball, sneaking into abandoned construction sites to try graffiti, building my own treehouse, and taking photos with a Sony Cybershot DSC-P43.
Awards and recognition
Silver at Clios Music Awards / 2024 → WeTransfer x Jungle
(Partnerships & Collaborations)
Site of the Day at Awwwards / 2022 → WeTransfer Ideas Report 2021
(SOTD: January 25th, 2022)
Silver at Clios Music Awards / 2024 → WeTransfer x Jungle
(Integrated Campaign)
Silver at Clios Music Awards / 2024 → WeTransfer x Jungle 'Back on 74'
(Branded Entertainment & Content)
Bronze at Clios Music / 2024 → WeTransfer x Jungle 'Back on 74'
(Innovation)
Bronze at The One Club / ADC / 2024 → WeTransfer x Jungle
(Brand-side / In-house)
Honourable Mention at Creative Review / 2024 → WeTranfer x Jungle
(Integrated Campaigns)
Winner at Digiday Awards / 2021 → WeTransfer x Ideas Report 2021
(Best Use of Data)
Winner at Creative Review / 2024 → WeTransfer x Jungle
(Music-Brand Partnership)
Honourable Mention at Awwwards / 2024 → WeTransfer x Jungle 'Back on 74'
(HM: Feb 22nd, 2024)
Silver at Lovie Awards / 2023 → WeTransfer Ideas Report 2022
(Best use of Data Visualization)
Honourable Mention at Awwwards / 2023 → WeTransfer Ideas Report 2022
(HM: Jan 5th, 2023)
Design Week Winner / 2022 → WeTransfer x Ideas Report 2021
(Best Use of Data)
Winner at The Webbys / 2022 → WeTransfer x Ideas Report 2021
(Business Blog/Website)
Winner at The Webbys / 2022 → WeTransfer x Ideas Report 2021
(Best Data Visualization)
Site of The Day at FWA / 2021 → WeTransfer Ideas Report 2021
(SOTD: December 21st, 2021)
Honorable Mention from Awwwards / 2017 → Camp Pacific: Travel Portfolio
(SOTD: Jul 14th, 2017)
Photo at The Unsplash Book / 2015 → Published photography work
(Published July 2016)
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