Email Design and Development

Below are several HTML email design examples including newsletter designs, postcard templates, reactivation campaigns, ecommerce and event-based messaging.

20+ years of relevant email design and coding experience with brands including:

Cheetahmail (now Cheetah Digital): Creative Director
GoDaddy: Art Director/Developer
SurveyMonkey: Designer/Developer
American Express: Developer

Quicken: Art Director/Developer
Zendesk: Designer/Developer
Kendo Brands (Marc Jacobs, Fenty Beauty, Ole Henriksen, Kat Von D, Lip Lab): Developer

20+ years of relevant email design and coding experience with brands including:

  • Cheetahmail (now Cheetah Digital): Creative Director
  • GoDaddy: Art Director/Developer
  • SurveyMonkey: Designer/Developer
  • American Express: Developer
  • Quicken: Art Director/Developer
  • Zendesk: Designer/Developer
  • Kendo Brands (Marc Jacobs, Fenty Beauty, Ole Henriksen, Kat Von D, Lip Lab): Developer

From presenting creative to client marketing teams as Creative Director, to uploading my email code to Klaviyo as a developer, I have hands-on experience in each step of the email creative process, and can work alone, or with a team to get the job done.

GoDaddy

ART DIRECTOR AND DEVELOPER

I worked as an Art Director and developer for GoDaddy’s Upgrade and Promotion department where I designed and coded everything from one-off promotions to larger, more complex campaigns. I was also part of the larger GoDaddy creative team and worked closely with other team members including copywriters, PMs and Creative Directors.

Kendo Brands

HTML EMAIL DEVELOPMENT

I was the HTML email developer for Kendo Brands and was responsible for coding, setting up and QA’ing email creative across Marc Jacobs, Ole Henriksen, Fenty Beauty, Kat Von D Beauty and Lip Lab. In that time, I became proficient in the following email platforms:

  • Klaviyo
  • iPost
  • Listrak
  • Bronto

Quicken

EMAIL DESIGNER AND DEVELOPER

From onboarding series to newsletter templates, I’ve designed and developed most, if not all, of Quicken’s email creative over the past several years.

“Steve wasn’t only a boss, he was a great mentor and loved leader by his entire creative team. His guidance encouraged growth, his creative ingenuity inspired great ideas and personality made it very easy to learn and follow from his example.”

Roald Ansano, CheetahMail

From Disney to Microsoft, I’ve worked with a wide variety of styles and design systems, but always with a solid foundation in email design best practices.

I always try to strike a balance between programmatically generated design and graphic imagery.

“As creative and interactive director, he lead the creative team with a balance that commanded respect while maintaining a casual and friendly work atmosphere. His managerial skills are top notch — he knows how to get the best FROM his team while getting the best FOR his team.”

Jamie Victor, Oxford Communications

Oldies but Goodies

These are some designs from the early days that I’m still fond of, even if they don’t meet today’s “modern and clean” craze. Like the Daily Show and Good Morning America newsletters, some of these designs were the first HTML newsletter creatives for these brands.

From design, to code, to implementation, I’m proficient in a wide range of email service providers: