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.