Michelle is a visual creative with over 20 years of experience building brands and creating integrated campaigns across digital, social, experiential and traditional channels. When not working, she directs a shaggy 13-year-old and happily indulges his obsession with chasing and photographing trains.

work experience

freelance creative director/art director
march 2020–present
clients: abbvie, the baseball project, bel brands, blueprint medicines, cox business, citibank, farm credit mid-america, ge healthcare, lee jeans, porsche, sanofi genzyme, spirit airlines, turtle wax, vuity

creative director
o’keefe, reinhard & paul
june 2018–february 2020
clients: ace hardware, big lots, groupon, home chef, illinois lottery

freelance acd/art director
march 2014–june 2018
clients: american sugar refiners group, bel brands, charter spectrum,
citibank, hefty, hillshire farm, kmart, mcdonald's, nissan, pinnacle vodka,
procter & gamble, quaker, robinson's fruit shoot, reynolds, secret deodorant

senior art director
cramer-krasselt
august 2003–march 2014
clients: airtran airways, cellular south, dex, corona, edward jones,
heinz ketchup, hyatt, lasalle bank, ore-ida, panera bread, porsche,
sealy, smart ones, t.g.i. friday's

art director/graphic designer
hal riney & partners/publicis in mid america
august 1998–january 2003
clients: ata, american academy of dermatology, budget rent a car,
ciba vision, chicago humanities festival, char-broil, del webb
john deere, nicor gas, officemax, principal financial group,
rotary international, serta, subway restaurants, whirlpool