When my parents named me Allyn, they thought one day having a guy’s name would give me a leg up in the corporate world. Joke’s on them, I went to art school. Now all it gets me is spam emails for Viagra.

Post-art school, I started my career in advertising designing emails that looked way better than all my spam. But I wanted to do more, so I worked my ass off, impressed my Creative Directors, and ended up making work that’s been recognized at Cannes and the One Show, among others. Now, I still work my ass off to make ads that people actually want to look at, and, ideally, are filmed on a beach where I get to go. (I’ve done it once, and I’ll do it again.)

When I’m not working, I’m probably cuddling a dog, at the movies, drinking wine, and/or watching trashy reality TV.