Thomas has 20 years of design expe­ri­ence, includ­ing a 14-​​year stint as senior art direc­tor at Adams & Longino, an adver­tis­ing agency in Greenville, NC. His agency work pri­mar­ily focused on the accounts of clients such as Grady-​​White Boats, Paul Mann Custom Boats, Kadey-​​Krogen Yachts, Veneer Technologies, and Greenville Convention and Visitors Bureau. His work has gar­nered local and state Addy awards Best of Show, Best of Print, and Best of Show for business-​​to-​​business cam­paigns. Thomas is accom­plished in the core dis­ci­pline of design, pre-​​press, retouch­ing and color cor­rec­tion, and web devel­op­ment. While at Adams & Longino he worked heav­ily on inter­ac­tive screen design for a rev­o­lu­tion­ary auto-​​updatable touch-​​controlled point-​​of-​​purchase kiosk for Grady-​​White Boat deal­er­ships and boat shows. Thomas pro­vides pro-​​bono work to Qajaq USA, the American chap­ter of Qaannat Kattuffiat — the Greenland Kayaking Association.