“Matt is first and foremost a great creative director. As an art director who has worked with him, I feel he stands out from most of the CDs I’ve worked with. He’s clear and constructive with his direction, understands how to nurture a project from brainstorm through delivery, and has the communication and people skills to foster great teamwork between those he works with.

Further, he’s capable of his own creative excellence and in helping guide others to excellence, while maintaining a clear focus on the strategic needs of projects to deliver creative that truly works for his clients.

And if that weren’t enough, he’s just a very easy person to like. And that’s a great challenge for those who strive to deliver great creative and push teams to do the same. He’s a versatile and talented team lead who I would gladly recommend for any position he’d choose to pursue.”

MARTIN HERBERT
Art Director/Designer

“As a Project Manager, I had the great pleasure of working with Matt this year on an AI Account-Based Marketing technology client. Matt was instrumental in helping the team successfully manage, design, produce and deliver an array of creative assets including multi-page landing pages, social media ads and emails. Matt is someone who takes his work very seriously and is very thorough, he also is someone who takes a lot of pride in his work...it will always be his best. The marketing communications he creates are not only visually appealing and on-brand, but engaging to drive performance and results. He is also an absolute awesome team player and always shows up with a smile and a "can-do" attitude...even during difficult times...he will do what is needed to deliver for his team, his company and his clients. Anyone that has the chance to work with Matt will find it enlightening, educational and enjoyable.”

TARA DIFRANCESCO
Project Management Director, Dentsu Creative U.S.P

“Matt is a pleasure to work with. He has a terrific design sense, and his work has been exceptional. He takes feedback very well, and he proactively thinks about and solves problems. He also has great attention to detail. I wish we could use him more often! Matt is a problem solver and delivers above and beyond what is requested.”

HOPE M.
Creative Director, Merkle

“Matt works incredibly hard to not only deliver what the client has asked for, but to work towards the best solution. While managing his own workload, he’s also willing to pitch in on other accounts whenever the need arises. All of which makes him a valued and well-liked member of the team.”

STEVE M.
Creative Director, Merkle

“After working with Matt on a few small email projects on the USO account, I asked the creative director if we could utilize Matt on a much larger, more design-intensive email campaign for USO. I was impressed by his work and thought he could bring a fresh perspective to this larger campaign and help us move the needle for USO.

On a basic level, he delivered solutions that were thoughtful, buttoned-up, attractive, integrated Merkle’s best practices, etc. On top of that, he was a good sport in the face of numerous challenges we faced from the client and the developer for this campaign. He was always willing to pick up the phone and chat with me, helping me to work through each problem we faced and develop a solution. Matt is confident in his work, but he brings no ego to the game. He is able to guide the client down the path he knows is right but adjust if ultimately the client does not agree. I’ve worked with others in the past who I’ve been afraid to share client feedback with. With Matt (despite painstaking effort and attention-to-detail that went into every single component), I knew if I had to call him and tell him “The client just blew this up”, that he would work with me to forge ahead and figure out how to get it done to meet the client’s needs.

I’ve worked in marketing on both the agency side and the client side. I’ve worked closely with dozens, maybe hundreds of creatives, and I really cannot say enough good things about Matt. He has a great eye, and an amazing attention to detail. He’s open to feedback but also shares his opinions/thoughts behind why he did what he did. He proactively follows up and checks in to see how things went/if anything further is needed. He is committed to the team/his work/the project/the client, and that’s very refreshing. And he’s just genuinely a happy and enthusiastic human to work with.”

NICOLE I.
Account Director, Merkle