Became patent pending for a design patent...
Went to South Africa for study abroad where I took a photography class...
Met with my business teacher about how to make the Marketing Club better for the students; this idea ended up turning into a business adventure...
Graduated from Rutgers University Business School in Camden, NJ where I majored in Marketing and minored in Psychology...
Started with 3 of my good friends from college...
I started teaching an entrepreneurship class. More than that I started to build a bond with my students and their lives. I think I found my calling...
Got a chance to create 2 events for students in my hometown under the 21st Century Community Learning grant.
Cultivated a program based around graphic design, video production, and photography for the male students coming from different junior high and high schools in Camden, NJ.
Started MKC Photography LLC with my wife...
I was offered to take a class at the Rutgers Incubator for free because I used to intern there during my senior year of undergrad. I always knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur and this internship gave me an inside look into what that really could be. I learned a great deal and earned a Certificate of Completion for Lean Six Sigma...
I went to a weekend boot camp in the mountains of New Milford, PA under the tutelage of Steve Kozak and passed my CPP certification exam...
Worked part-time as a Marketing Coordinator at a school...
Combined my two businesses into one creating Driven by Design Creative Agency LLC...
Designed a class to help students cultivate their own stories through visual media & creative writing...
Started a non-profit focused on teaching History through Visual Storytelling and got my 501c3...
Brought the Art of Visual Storytelling to Cooper's Poynt Family School in Camden, NJ. I enjoyed working with the 2nd & 3rd graders and their teachers. We put together an amazing episode.
Teaching special effects to students...
Created a class teaching artists how to setup their equipment to be more efficient online
I wrote my first children's book. Coming soon!!!
My photography has made it to the Library of Congress!!!
Follow me as I continue on this journey helping those who help others...
Michael L. Clay
Multimedia Visual Storyteller & Lifestyle Photographer
Michael started his business in 2009 and has groomed himself into the visual storyteller he is today with the help of family and friends. Through these years is where he would find his niche’ and target market using the art mediums of photography and videography to encapsulate their stories.
As the CEO, Multimedia Visual Storyteller and Lifestyle Photographer of Driven by Design Creative Agency LLC, Michael prides hisself in capturing documentary styled real world events and milestones. His goal is not to pose, but seal true moments in time for those individuals, small businesses and organizations who serve children and families.
Through his journey he has fostered keys towards growth:
Always listening for opportunity to learn, teach and build with each client. These conversations are the driving force towards expression where we take those stories off the paper and create the bridge towards your intended audience. Everyday our journey will be a learned experience to be used as your guide to rise to the challenge. Passion is the compass and dedication is the map to completing the bridge so that you will be able to walk into the lives of those children and families you serve with your head held high ready to make a difference.
Let Michael be apart of your journey as your Multimedia Visual Storyteller & Lifestyle Photographer.
