LEADERSHIP

Talent is our unique value proposition. We're not a big agency but we offer the same capability as big agencies, only with fewer layers of separation between you and the people doing the work.

David Ogilvy, Founder of one of the largest and most succesful advertising agencies wrote the following advice to clients seeking an agency in his book Confessions of an Advertising Man.

"If you are lucky enough to find young men with that special energy and daring which leads them into business for themselves, you will benefit from that valuable quality serving you.

It is easy to be beguiled by acres of desks, departments, and other big agency appurtenances. What counts is the real motive power of the agency, the creative potency.

Several great advertising successes have been achieved by advertisers who benefited by the incentive, ambition and energy of an advertising organization in the process of building a reputation."

Formally trained in graphic design at UMD, Martin does a lot of his work behind the scenes. He rejects the idea that web standards and great design are incompatible and spends much of his time doing quality control in addition to account and project management.

Martin enjoys making complex things simple, home brewing, spending time with his family and scuba diving in Lake Superior.

With a background in Web Design and Search Marketing, Jake is a master of project management. He makes sure that the team stays on time and on track. Have an idea? Jake can polish it and see that idea through design, development, testing & delivery.

Jake enjoys brevity, candor, white space, tasteful jokes about "social media experts", surfing and Mexican beer.

Having specialized in Interactive and print design for the last decade, Brandon has developed dozens of successful brand identities and designed numerous popular websites. Trained in Graphic Design at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Brandon excels at working within existing brand guidelines and creating new guidelines from scratch.

In his free time Brandon tries to improve his broomball skills, enjoys traveling, snowboarding and buying random things off of Craigslist.

With over 8 years of Graphic Design experience and a new found joy of div tags, Cassi has recently joined the crew to double as Lead Designer and potluck organizer.

She enjoys running, getting lost in her backyard of Hartley and rockin' out with her 3 year old daughter, Lucy.

Schooled in design and information science Reed has the ability to visualize a project from start to finish and then execute that vision.

Reed enjoys pixels, HTML5, ice climbing, ninja turtle figurines, kettlebells, vintage road bikes and changes of scenery.

If it's broken Gina can fix it. Once your site is up Gina makes sure that it stays that way by providing constant updates and maintenance.

She enjoys laughing in the face of danger, big headphones, cooking, being thrifty and cardigans.

Our very own shop dog is always here to lend a hand. If you need a power cord pulled, a keyboard licked, or just a quick cuddle, Pete's your man.