Pete Proper
Art Director
Hired: June 1997
Background:
The middle of three children, Pete is a well-practiced negotiator and mediator, allowing him to be a graceful middleman between Account Executives and Creative Directors.
Education:
- Brown Institute: Degree in Advertising Design
RAA:
Pete uses his technological mastery to create cool art for our clients. He's also the unofficial computer handyman - able to straighten out the quirks on anyone's machines.
Past Life:
Pete spent over eleven years in the grocery industry, most of which was spent in produce. Ask him the difference between a sweet potato and a yam and he'll gladly sit down with you to explain. He also asserts that the tarantula-in-bananas story is not an urban legend. He, in fact, made the discovery himself once or twice. It was nothing, however, compared to the snake he found neatly packaged in a box of green beans.
Childhood:
Pete's interest in art was ignited in his early years by comic books and Saturday morning cartoons.
Interests:
Science fiction, fantasy football, basketball, water skiing, spending time up north at his family's cabin, working on his 1971 Datsun 240Z. Considered uncoachable as a schoolboy, Pete now runs a Tuesday night basketball club in his gym for underprivileged 30 somethings (ask him about it!).
Temptation:
Pete is a connoisseur of nachos.