I'm a creative director from Los Angeles.

My parents made us move to New York when I was 12 and I didn’t even know what lacrosse was. I later attended RISD to study industrial design before returning to New York and gaining experience in art direction and holding 6 cups of coffee without a tray. A few years later, I completed my graduate degree at City College of New York in Branding and Integrated Communications and I still can’t find that diploma [update:I found it].

I've worked agency-side as well as freelance, on a wide range of clients like Colgate-Palmolive, Anheuser-Busch, Powerade, Staples, TUMS, and UNICEF, I’ve been brand-side at IBM and at venture-backed financial technology startup Vise and most recently have worked on brands in the VC, health, and life sciences industries. I’m also currently teaching some very cool graduate students back at City College.

I like to think I'm adept at building Ikea furniture and enjoy spending my free time watching the Yankees and Giants. I'm an above average ping-pong player, hope to one day visit Australia, and my proudest accomplishment is correctly predicting—months in advance—that 1989 would win album of the year. I also spend a lot of time watching and thinking about the Bachelor franchise.

The easiest way to my heart is through Chipotle.

Say hi at youkensayhello@gmail.com,

offer me a bunch of money,

or check out some totally sweet pics I've taken.