A bit about me:
Straight out of college I blandly opted into a financial services career. Five years later, looking for something a bit more – what’s the word...fulfilling – I began creating a spec portfolio. That sentence must always be followed by a note of gratitude to the numerous creatives who were generous with their time and feedback during this period.
But back to me…
In the summer of 2018, I deemed this spec portfolio “interview ready” and began showing it to everyone I could.
“There’s some good thinking here, but you should find an art director,” went the common refrain.
“I thought you had those,” I would angrily mutter on my way out the door. (They weren’t wrong, we just disagreed on the solution to this pesky art director problem).
Then, in October, with the leaves changing and my own hope wilting, someone finally said the magic words – “sure, why not?”
This site is a sampling of my work since that point: some of which won awards, some of which lost pitches, and all of which I’m proud of.
- Zan