Why Your Creative Team's Empty Calendar Means They're Actually Working
Our creative team needs long, uninterrupted blocks. Our account team needs to coordinate. Both are necessary. But when they interact, something breaks.

I'm the Founder & CCO of Forge, exploring the intersection of creativity, technology, and storytelling. I write about creative philosophy and the evolving role of AI in our craft.
I picked up a camera as a kid and never really put it down. Two decades into my professional career, cinematography has become just one tool in a larger kit. Somewhere along the way, designing systems and building businesses became as instinctive as framing a shot. The through line has always been the same: make something that works as well as it looks.
As Chief Creative Officer and Head of Production at Forge, I lead a team that refuses to separate strategy from craft. We pair cinematic storytelling with AI-powered workflows, grounded in research and real data. Not because the tools are shiny, but because they help us create work that actually moves the needle.
I've had the privilege of shaping campaigns for Apple TV+, Disney, Vans, Coca-Cola, and Kia. Still, the work I'm most proud of is the work that's next: building a studio where creativity and technology sharpen each other, and where beautiful work is measured by the business problems it solves.
Read more→Our creative team needs long, uninterrupted blocks. Our account team needs to coordinate. Both are necessary. But when they interact, something breaks.
We collectively built a work culture that's killing the creative work we all say we value. Meeting-heavy schedules. Calendar Tetris. Deep work squeezed into 30-minute gaps.
Every year, brands spend millions on Super Bowl ads trying to make people care for 30 seconds. One approach rents attention. The other earns it.