AMES BROS
When I joined Ames Bros in 2013, Barry Ament told me to choose any title I wanted and put a C in front of it. We had a good laugh when my first draft of the business card read “CEO.” I settled on Chief Innovation Officer, then Chief Marketing Officer, though neither title fully captured the number of hats waiting for me.
WEBSITE DESIGN // AMESBROS.COM
Over seven years, I worked across design, technology, e-commerce, marketing, and operations. I implemented an ERP system with EDI capabilities, launched the company’s Shopify store, rebuilt its portfolio site, contributed to apparel and identity design, supported more than 100 campaign launches, and helped deliver record-setting sales years. The work connected me with Pearl Jam, Metallica, Chris Cornell, Kevin Durant and Nike, the Seattle Seahawks, Boeing, MoPOP, BottleRock Festival, Pemberton Music Festival, Nordstrom, Pagliacci Pizza, Frank Frazetta, and so many others, including charity work with the Pearl Jam Vitalogy Foundation, Paralyzed Veterans of America and Food Lifeline.
Ames Bros produces work at a level that keeps your ego honest. Earning their trust as a designer and decision-maker took everything I had, and the lessons have stayed with me. I became their longest-serving employee since the studio opened in 1994. When COVID emptied the building, I was the last employee inside, handling nearly every job required to keep the doors open.
PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY // PEARL JAM PJ20 X PATAGONIA BACKPACK // VITALOGY FOUNDATION AUCTION
INITIAL PRODUCTION LAYOUT // PEARL JAM VOLUME 1 & VOLUME 2 POSTERS
DIGITAL DESIGN // KEVIN DURANT X NIKE
DIGITAL DESIGN // PEARL JAM PORTFOLIO
FRAZETTA BY AMES BROS // CAPSULE DESIGN, WEB DESIGN, AND CATALOG
Frazetta by Ames Bros was an official collaboration with the Frank Frazetta Art Museum that transformed the legendary artist's iconic fantasy paintings into a premium lifestyle apparel collection. After the initial Huntress concept was established, I took ownership of the project, working directly with the Frazetta team to develop the collection into more than a dozen custom apparel designs. I designed and built a capsule website, produced a limited-edition print catalog, and led the creative production through launch, helping introduce one of fantasy art's most influential legacies to a new generation of collectors.
"When it came to my art, I went my own way and did not follow the trends."
- Frank Frazetta
"Nothing less than an Olympian artist that defined fantasy art for the 20th century."
- Guillermo del Toro
"The Jimmy Page of fantasy artists & probably the most influential artist of the 20th century."
- Robert Rodriquez
Chris Cornell Retrospective // AMES BROS Creative Asset Photography
My part in the visual launch of a Grammy-winning album package was miniscule. For the 2018 Chris Cornell career retrospective, I provided the product photography press announcement assets for Ames Bros. This included photographing and editing the album itself and capturing an exclusive behind-the-scenes stop-frame animation documenting the evolution of a highly limited, unreleased fine-art screen print—preserving the tactile, raw studio tests that ultimately shaped the final, award-winning visual identity.
CATALOG MOCKUP // NIKE 6.0
