I am graphic and motion designer with expertise in art direction, motion, print and digital media. These skills and talents have lead me through an amazing professional journey. I am the Creative Director of Design and Creative Marketing at the cable broadcast network formerly known as WGN America, recently rebranded as NewsNation. I head up the design department where we create broadcast branding, promos on-air graphics and studio graphics for all of our original programming.

I began my career as a motion and graphic designer in commercial post production where I worked for the top post production houses in Chicago such as Swell and Avenue Edit. Along the way I created broadcast work for news graphics and other commercial advertising spots. I then spent six years art directing and leading a motion design department creating live experiences for corporate clients before moving back to broadcast work at WGN America.

In addition to my commercial work, I am an educator and mentor. I teach motion design and visual effects at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Over the course of my 20 years of education experience, I have designed curriculum for classes in typography, image manipulation and motion design at SAIC, Columbia College and The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago.

Outside of my design and education career, I specialize in painting and wedding portraits. I love the live experience of painting at a wedding to capture the uniqueness of the couple. For my personal practice I explore figurative painting and drawing. I often incorporate my expertise and talents in motion design and animation with figurative work. My pieces have been shown at several art shows and events in Chicago.

I was born in Mexico City, grew up in the Chicago suburbs and have lived in Chicago most of my adult life.

Check out my latest art direction and motion design work as well my graphic design, wedding portraits, illustrations and painting pieces in my portfolio. You can download my resume here. Thanks for stopping by!