Top United States Branding Agencies Of 2019

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Garry Kanfer is the president and founder of Big Drop Inc, a digital agency specializing in development, design, branding, and digital marketing. His vision was to take into account the identity of a business and use this as a reflection of what will be created digitally to represent that company.

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Carl founded The Creative Momentum and has over a decade of experience in delivering visionary and realistic ideas, with the highest quality in the industry.

Michael is the President and Co-Founder of The Creative Momentum. Michael helped lead The Creative Momentum to win the Pacesetter Award 3 years in a row as one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, as well as 2017 and 2018 Inc. 5000 recipients

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Our Head Honcho lives and breathes entrepreneurship, branding, and marketing, in fact we are not sure he would survive if removed from it for an extended period of time… and we are afraid to try!

Scott is the Director of Business Development here at RPS. Scott is awesome at taking the sometimes difficult or confusing (to some) subject of digital marketing and explaining it in a way that’s easy to digest (Yay for effective communicators!). Scott builds relationships with our clients.

Stephanie is our Director of Operations and her main responsibility here is simple…. make sure things get done, and done right! Stephanie brings a wide variety of skills to the RPS team such as project management, web, graphics and even videography, customer service and a knack for organization.

Joe serves as the point person for Rock Paper Simple’s marketing clients. As account manager, he ensures that clients’ needs and projects are delivered on time and to the clients’ liking! Joe enjoys getting to know each client and seeing the big picture of marketing strategy.

Tom is a Brevard County native and has a degree in Graphic Design. Tom has been active in the local creative development and marketing scene since 2004 which is when he moved back to Florida after living in Wisconsin for 8 years. In 2010, Tom served as the Communications Chair for the local AdFed.

Erinn grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and graduated with her B.A. in Liberal Arts from Langston University, and her Masters in Public Administration from Wayland Baptist University. She dedicated her graduate studies to community arts and their link to both social and economic prosperity.

Heather is a self-professed “word nerd” with a passion to craft just the right message for clients. She understands the nuances of the English language and really enjoys getting to know the personality of each brand.

Morgan is one of our content writers here at RPS, with a passion for making great ideas easy to understand. His role is to take everything a client has to offer and communicate it to the world in a way that truly reaches people. Morgan loves learning the story of each client.

Kayla is a Jr. Developer here at RPS, she started off as an administrative intern helping out with different tasks around the office. Kayla was always interested in web development, she’s even getting her degree in Information Systems at Florida Tech.

This is Evi! Traveling around the world has been a big part of her life. Moving around from place to place has given her a deeper appreciation for culture and art. Since she was little, she would constantly draw on anything she could find (she still does to this day!).

This is Colleen Clement! She is a Designer here at Rock Paper Simple! Colleen started off as an Administrative Intern In 2015. She officially joined our team in December 2015. She transitioned from an Administrative Assistant to a Graphic Designer a year later.

Jennifer’s role at Rock Paper Simple as Lead Designer is to create and oversee the AWESOME artwork produced at RPS and ensure it reflects the best possible quality the project could have. She loves being a part of the creative process, where a client is just starting out with a passion and an idea.

Meet Mackenzie, our awesome Administrative Assistant. Mackenzie comes to Rock Paper Simple from the University of Florida, where she recently completed a Bachelor’s degree in Advertising. It’s her cheerful voice and face that greets visitors and callers.

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Thrilled to welcome you to Elevated and introduce the team. I hope it’s in person soon. I’ve been running agencies and driving online results for organizations more than 15 years now.Elevated is a convergence of everything I’ve learned and all the best people in the industry. What could be better?

Living the digital agency life for over 15 years, bringing extensive online marketing knowledge to clients and agencies! He has worked with great brands (start-ups to Fortune 500) to help them achieve higher ROI from full funnel marketing by helping them optimize their consumer’s path to purchase.

I handle the management, strategy, and implementation of client paid search campaigns. I also integrate with the customer relationship optimizer (CRO) team for our clients’ campaigns. We are boutique agency, but also large enough and experienced enough to drive big results for our clients.

At Elevated my role quickly grew to Project Management for projects that span the entire spectrum of our service offerings. As a member of the Client Services team, I am happy to see a client’s project through from start to finish, making sure work towards our client's business goals along the way.

I handle all aspects of the design/development/maintenance of your web dev projects. With over 18 years of software development experience in just about every language and platform and have built everything from 1 page WordPress sites to all encompassing enterprise systems.

I am a strategic Creative Director with specialties in User Experience (UX), User Interface design (UI) and branding. I have been creating websites, apps, branding, and digital marketing designs for over 10 years in diverse industries.

When it comes to payroll, human resources, reporting, or office management, I’m all over it. I get a kick out of the fact that analytical me gets to work with mass diverse talent and top-shelf skills at Elevated.

When we talk (and we probably will), we’ll talk about organizing and managing performance plans and schedules, setting expectations, and keeping the communications lines open at all times. Not only have we helped clients ‘get there,’ but we’ve been there ourselves with our own projects.

As the SEO Manager at Elevated, I’m interested in learning about the products and services our clients have to offer and I take an intimate approach in performing the research to discover optimal query targets and the best methods to achieve rankings.

I handle content marketing, keyword research, and other critical tasks that help optimize clients’ sites for search engines. Under the guidance of the experienced team here at Elevated I have learned so much about the ever-changing industry of digital marketing.

I began my love affair with digital marketing over 11 years ago.While I developed a passion about the technical side of digital marketing, I have always loved working one-on-one with other people, and so I quickly found a calling towards account management, where my skillset flourished.

Our resident on-site Doctor, the nuts & bolts guy, the hamster in the wheel, the mad scientist working tirelessly in the secret labs of Elevated. Steve brings over 10 years of experience in the search engine optimization, content marketing, analytics, paid media, and conversion analysis.

I work in the SEO as well as Paid Search Department to give the best digital marketing experience to our clients. I handle content editing, paid search campaign management, and other crucial tasks that turn the big picture into a grand picture!

I make sure the business is operating smoothly.

I’m a digital native with an entrepreneurial & conceptual spirit with a focus on digital & consumer products. I love branding and brand concepts and when in production mode I have an eye for detail, contemporary trends, user experience & digital innovation.

As an account manager, I have found my groove in creating strong and meaningful relationships with clients while working as true partners in success. I love to strategize and test new media, I believe in programmatic media and the power of a strong digital experience.

I’m passionate about creating high-impact marketing initiatives and helping businesses grow. I love working with companies to scale digital campaign efforts and increase their ROI. I’m analytical by nature, but also possess the creative drive to uncover unique opportunities for my clients.

Let’s put a face to the name because you’ll most likely talk or email with me. I am in charge of taking the first initiative to leading you to the correct team by gathering as much information on you and your company as needed. I’m looking forward to help putting you on the right path to success.

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Kara Jensen is creative—you can tell because it says so right in her title. At Bop Design, she pours all that creativity into the conception and art direction of client marketing initiatives. Dedicated to communicating each client’s unique business value.

At Bop Design, Jeremy Durant builds relationships with businesses in need of a marketing and branding strategy, helping them to develop their unique value proposition and ideal customer profile.

A native of Orange County, Rachel has immersed herself in the written word and has a special passion for 19th Century British Literature and the writing of Charles Dickens. She earned a BS in Management from Boston College and holds a Master of Arts in English from CSU, Long Beach.

Robin is a bona fide content maestro, although she doesn’t go around wielding one of those little conductor sticks. She does, however, wield a passion for the written word and the power it holds in spurring readers to take action.

Emily has a strong penchant for business, a love of efficiency, and a knack for organization. She has a clear talent for project management, technical implementation, and straightforward communication.

Aivaras is a Web Developer, who started his IT career at the bank as a Quality Assurance Tester in 2009. Having a curious mind and an interest in finding out how things work, he started digging deeper into the internal code of websites and started learning web development on his own.

Colleen is an Aztec Alumni and a second generation San Diego native who is passionate about networking all over San Diego and North County. Building strong community alliances and nurturing business relationships are her specialty as she thoroughly enjoys attending multiple events on a weekly basis.

Jessie is Bop’s resident SEO whiz. Jessie leads the SEO strategy for Bop Design clients—helping client websites rank more prominently for targeted keyword phrases. She leads both on-page and off-page SEO initiatives.

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Ryan founded Metonymy Media after finding success in his own freelance writing career. He writes and edits projects for clients, supports business development, and manages marketing initiatives. Ryan is the co-author of Nothing New: An Irreverent History of Storytelling and Social Media.

Amber graduated from DePauw University with a dual bachelor’s in Creative Writing and Philosophy in 2009, and went on to complete her MFA in Creative Nonfiction at Northwestern University in 2014. She also sometimes teaches as an adjunct professor of English.

Darcy has spent the past fifteen years in marketing working with clients of all types and sizes. She works on strategy and oversees all of Metonymy Media’s client relationships. She has a knack for identifying opportunities and strategies to effectively improve and maximize clients' budgets.

Natty graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Professional Writing. While still in college, he was an executive reporter for the Purdue Exponent, as well as a senior contributor for electronic music blog The Untz. Natty has held corporate positions with both Chipotle and Angie’s List.

Ryan received his MA in English from the University of Indianapolis. He has worked as a researcher and writer for io9.com and has been teaching for the last seven years as an ESL instructor, Adjunct English instructor for UIndy, as well as an English Instructor in China for two years.

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I am the owner and lead creative driver and designer at AXIS visual. I want to design everything.

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Fran brings over 25 years of marketing and advertising experience, collected on both the agency and client sides of the business. While working at The PM Group, Fran began in account service and has since risen to agency leadership where she now stands as our Chief Operating Officer/President.

With 40 years of advertising experience to his name, Bob Wills knows how to get results. After a long career in business and marketing, Bob opened The PM Group in 1988 and hasn’t looked back since.

Debbie’s broad agency experience spans from media and account service to production and creative management.

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Esther is a machine at multi-tasking as she enjoys creating timelines, taking notes, and checking off her ever-growing to-do lists.

She is your go-to gal for creative content creation in the form of blogs, web content, and social media engagement.

As an expert in the digital world, Keshanna believes social media is an essential piece to every brand’s marketing plan.

A talent in her field, she specializes in design that's easy and clear to understand. With a strong eye for detail, Galina can visualize a graphic that focuses on delivering positive results to any marketing campaign.

He is the all around powerhouse in the team as he wears many hats when need to. However, his primary role in the team is the marketing strategist as he oversees clients progress.

Don't let his quiet demeanor fool you as this genius exudes in web development. Simply propose a vision, and Shlomi will produce the unimaginable.

From design and coding to modifying websites and layouts, Lee is the one with a master plan. He’s a success when creating visually appealing sites with user-friendly navigation while keeping the concept of every client and detail he attends.

Consider Abi your on-trend, tech-savvy writer that can research and generate ideas within any industry.

Some people are just born into the world of business, and this is where Shiko plays an important role.

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With 20+ years of mobile design experience, Chris puts his heart into his work and believes that small wins lead to big wins, which is evident in his professional and personal life.

Craig is known for his forward-thinking and creative approach. He is a visionary, able to solve complex business challenges. Craig's innate drive to succeed stems from his work-hard, play hard ethos.

With about 2 years of professional UX design experience, Janie have worked on various digital projects in different industries. She believes in the main core of the designs should be user-focused and user-friendly.

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Andrea founded Studio Linear over 6 years ago and is now co-owner with her sister, Sara Pullen. Andrea is the talent behind most of the packaging and branding that Studio Linear creates for their clients. Andrea is based in Maine.

Sara is the creative talent behind most all of our website we create for our clients. She is co-owner of this sister owned, family business. Sara is based in Minneapolis.

Alex is our very talented website developer who helps us customize our sites to fit our clients needs.

Carolyn is the skilled lady behind the content created for websites and social media campaigns.

Bria is the eye behind the lens, capturing photography for product design and print + packaging.

Sarah helps keep this studio organized and on track, managing inquires and internal project management.

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Greg has received numerous awards in design and his work has been published in Print, Graphis and LogoLounge. He has led in-house and agency creative teams, shaping many well-known brands and licensed properties across business-to-business, consumer and healthcare categories.

With 20+ years in the field of design, Joel has been recognized nationally by several publications and organizations for his contributions to design including: The Addy Awards, Graphis, Print, HOW, LogoLounge and featured in the book Design Alliance: Uniting Print and Web Design.

As a graduate of the University of Cincinnati's DAAP program, Beth has over two decades of design and creative leadership experience across a broad range of industries such as home care, children’s products, health-related consumer goods and active lifestyle brands.

Bringing over 20 years of experience with J&J, Debra collaborates closely with her clients to drive brands forward, ensuring clear linkage to strategy and organizational goals in the areas of budget management, promotional activities, educational training and trade show marketing and advertising.

Matt is an innovative leader who embraces challenges and is determined to achieve success within a dynamic environment. Empowering as a team leader and mentor, Matt consistently encourages the creative and account staff to strive for excellence.

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I bring a pure unadulterated love for design to FRW Studios. I’m passionate about keeping up with creative trends and finding ways to make them accessible to my clients.

I bring a diverse history of marketing, sales and creative direction experience to FRW Studios. Impeccable taste and technological savvy lend a refined sophistication to the way I do business, as well as to my creative process.

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Alana is an award-winning journalist turned digital media producer, storyteller, and project manager of all things pixelated. She’s spent time as a science journalist, an online producer, an art director, and a photographer. Alana has been in the media and production industry for more than 10 years.

Edward is a skilled interactive storyteller and digital technologist. Combining a rich understanding of creative design and standards-based development, Edward has spent more than a decade creating immersive and interactive digital experiences.

Adam is a strategist and digital producer with over eleven years of experience in online editorial, print, and video production. He has worked across non-profit, events, media, and agency sectors.

Abby has 13 years of experience in NYC nonprofits, with expertise in team leadership, organizational growth, and strategic planning. In her most recent role at StoryCorps, Abby managed partnership projects that harnessed the power of personal stories to effect positive change.

Kendall is a list-loving, process-driven, and ultra-organized strategist who manages just about all of Radish Lab’s digital projects. Prior to joining the Radish team, she worked at art galleries throughout NYC and developed her project management skills at a tech agency focused on the art.

Matt has more than a decade of experience as a full stack developer, having spent a large portion of his career in the world of technology startups and media agencies. In addition to his expertise in building web applications, he is a passionate “maker” and especially loves robotics and AI.

Hege is a graphic designer from Norway with a wide range of experience from print production, agencies and newspapers. She holds a Bachelor of Technology in Communication Design from NYCCT. She is passionate about projects that generate awareness of social issues.

Chris is a web developer building on eight years of experience as a graphic designer. Chris trained at General Assembly through the Web Development Immersive and has worked as a designer at The Madison Design Group, T Salon, and Art House Co-Op, where he was also the curator and manager.

Alina is a graphic designer with a big soft spot for building any and all things out of paper. Originally from Siberia, she now designs, cuts, builds, shoots, and imagines her way through Brooklyn.

Nate is a determined full-stack developer looking to sharpen his skills every day. Prior to joining the Radish team, he worked as a stockbroker, firefighter and ski-bum. These days as a developer, his goal is to write code that is readable, maintainable and concise.

Karina is a creative engineer with four years of experience developing. Prior to joining the Radish team, she built websites and applications for Congressional members and committees. Her knack for UX, advocacy for accessibility, and love of pretty things make her a thriving front end developer.

Lydia is a strategist who oversees many of Radish Lab's print and design projects. With a background in psychology, healthcare, and peer mentorship, she has a passion for people and making their lives better.

Jenna is an administrative guru and maintains a hyper-organized, can-do spirit about herself. Prior to joining the Radish team, Jenna studied Sustainability and Art, Media & Social Change at CUNY and worked as a video editor, project coordinator and community organizer.

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Ari's design sensibilities and attention to detail verge on compulsive, though we prefer to think of him as a perfectionist. Whatever you call it, Ari won't rest until every pixel is in place.

Ron is a designer, illustrator, and all around good guy. He is known to some (most particularly to himself) as the "wild stallion" of the office. But if you take a closer look, you'll see that he actually has the calm, quiet eyes of a Chilean Chinchilla.

Justin believes there is beauty in the code behind any great design. This is why he delivers painstaking detail and formidable results to every project he takes on.

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Gregg is a founding partner of CBX and responsible for the overall direction and management of its New York office. Gregg has over 20 years of consumer branding experience, and has worked with such clients as Reckitt Benckiser, General Mills, Seagram’s, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, and Frito-Lay.

With twenty years of expertise in consumer and retail branding, Rick is responsible for inspiring, directing and motivating creative teams to develop powerful design solutions. He has contributed his branding expertise to such companies as Del Monte, Johnson & Johnson, Mars, and Kimberly-Clark.

Nancy is responsible for the overall direction and management of creative, account, production and business development teams. She's spent over 20 years working in consumer branding with clients including Georgia Pacific, Best Buy, HanesBrands, ConAgra and General Mills.

Todd is responsible for all things retail across multiple trade channels including grocery, pharmaceutical, pet, and convenience. Under his leadership, the CBX branded environments division offers specialized services including retail strategy, brand development, market research and store design.

Satoru is responsible for the overall management of business and operations in New York. Satoru’s experience in brand consulting spans over 20 years across more than 200 brands including Gillette, Del Monte, PepsiCo, Mars, Black & Decker, Kraft, and Colgate.

Dustin has had extensive experience positioning, innovating, and re-energizing consumer-facing and internal brands to meet and exceed strategic business objectives for a range of clients, including Del Monte, General Mills, PepsiCo, and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

James is responsible for the overall financial strategy and direction at CBX. Before starting his role at CBX, James spent 11 years working in the advertising industry, most recently as a CFO for HL Group Partners. Prior to that he spent 8 years in public accounting.

Stacy leads the Minneapolis client services team and supervises the client work in the office. She's worked with key clients including Clorox, Hormel Foods, and General Mills. Stacy's also developed a custom process to help clients create an innovation pipeline to better serve their consumer needs

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An innovation-focused serial entrepreneur, Gabriel has launched four groundbreaking startups and co-developed over a dozen others. With a bottom-line philosophy toward design and a design-oriented strategy toward growth, Gabriel places innovation at the heart of every project he leads

Before coming to Imagemme, Christiaan served as the Lead Creative at J.Fold, a men's bag and accessories company. His work has been featured in the MoMa design store, as well as GQ and Men’s Health magazine. Christiaan studied Graphic Design at the University of the Arts

A veteran consultant specialized in consumer insight development and analysis, Fermin Ezquer has consulted for household names such as Nokia, Bridgestone, BBVA, Robin Hood Foundation, and Santander. Also, he holds graduate degrees from Stanford and IESE and was the former dean of a business school

Tate began his career as a copywriter and quickly transitioned into brand strategy. He’s responsible for making sure every client’s needs and vision are clearly understood, and the execution of their campaigns meet or surpass expectations. Tate attended both Brandeis University & Columbia University

Liam entered the branding scene as a content strategist and copywriter. At Imagemme, he wears many hats, first and foremost serving as a brand director, managing projects from ideation through to production. He studied at Boston College and later earned his Masters from Columbia University

David started off as a 3D generalist working on projects for games and animation. Upon joining Imagemme, his role expanded to include everything from graphic design, to 3D rendering and industrial design, and even sometimes the occasional IT problem. David earned a degree in Digital Media at NYU

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Roger is the founder and architect of GKV. He has over 30 years of client and agency experience. He has built GKV into one of the premier agencies in the mid-Atlantic region.

Jeff is a partner at GKV. As the chief creative officer of our agency, he oversees the creative work for all clients, ensuring that it is engaging, on strategy and memorable. For more than 30 years, Jeff has created notable and highly effective communications for a long, diverse list of brands.

As one of the managing partners at GKV, Garry now leads Business Development efforts at the agency. Prior to that, Garry helped guide the organization as it transitioned from a traditional agency into a fully, integrated agency able to deliver a full suite of digital services.

Stacey Wynia leads the PR, social media and grassroots event work GKV does for its clients. With her full-time staff, she provides high-level strategic guidance in the development and execution of PR plans, earned media campaigns and strategic messaging, and a wide variety of social media marketing.

For the past 10+ years, Brent has helped the creative team stay ahead of the curve in the ever-changing interactive design field. From complex data visualizations and infographics, to delicate typography treatments and tech trends, he knows how engage his audience with the right tools for the job.

Dave has over 25 years creative experience in advertising, first as copywriter, then creative director and currently as a chief creative strategist.

Emma works closely with our Social team to execute PR plans, media campaigns and social media programs. She also works with all GKV departments to ensure messages are on-brand and communications are integrated and in-line with advertising efforts.

Daniel is responsible for the development of a client’s media strategies. Daniel consistently works with both our clients and our account management team to help maximize budgets and assure that our clients utilize the best media vehicle for their respective campaigns.

As GKV’s practice lead in Digital and Consumer Engagement his role is to help client partners by providing leadership as someone who can both architect and navigate new challenges: integrating the advertising, creative, strategic and analytical capabilities needed to win the customer.

In early 2018, Shannon was named SVP and Director of Account Management. Her role includes acting as director on select accounts and projects, including new business, providing strategic counsel as needed, and overseeing the department requirements, processes and workload.

Dan, who joined GKV in 2003, leads strategic planning and research for our clients, whether their goals are a more compelling brand promise and brand aligned culture, or creative that builds sales AND an emotional connection.

Mark Rosica has almost 30 year’s experience creating advertising and design in almost every conceivable category for clients in the US and abroad. Mark is a problem solver who thinks strategically and creatively to conceptualize and execute unique campaigns.

Lindsay is an art director who straddles the lines of digital and traditional media. With a fine arts degree in illustration from the Maryland Institute, College of Art, she has a sharp eye and really enjoys working painting and illustration into projects that allow for it.

Ken oversees a variety of GKV clients across several industries, including health insurance, consumer packaged goods, telecommunications and more. He pushes the GKV creative department to live the brand and produce work that elevates the relevancy of the brand.

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“What if...?” That’s the question Pooja lives and breathes 24/7. Intensely curious, she’s always pushing boundaries and exploring new directions. As much a left-brainer as a right-brainer, she founded Studio V Design after working for one of Chicago’s top award-winning design firms.

He gets a rush from information. The more, the deeper, the broader, the better. Next step? “Building buckets” – organizing, deconstructing, analyzing and prioritizing information. The outcome is uncommon insight that translates to objectives, strategy, and a clear path to powerhouse communication.

Quick with humor? You bet. She uses that delightfully skewed worldview to create work with a fresh angle that breaks through the clutter and makes clients smile. She's a true creative with wide-ranging interests and knowledge, refined by her experience across many disciplines.

Another day, another Kulov. He’s never the same designer twice. Elegant, funny, graphic, bold, whimsical, minimal. Endlessly surprising and always compelling.

Digital marketing? Check. Website edits? Check. Keeping projects on track? Yup. Brainstorming ideas? The list goes on. Anna is the kind of person who jumps right in and finds solutions – sometimes even before we realize there’s a problem!

Lynn can’t resist the lure of the blank page. It’s a little bit of an obsession, really. She needs to fill it up with words and ideas. From advertising to digital to public relations, she has filled up pages for clients in education, consumer goods, healthcare, technology and non-profits.

Mindy knows how to get inside your head. In a good way. She soaks up all the information she can about your business, customers and culture. You’ll probably find her at your trade show or sales meeting. That means when she starts an annual report, website or newsletter, she writes like an insider.

When it comes to finances, you want an expert doing the heavy lifting. That’s Yolanda – real world bodybuilder and financial champion. She puts her MBA brain and muscled brawn to work by managing our bookkeeping.

Anant brings the world to everything he does. Yes, he’s worked in Singapore, India, London, Malaysia and the U.S. He’s a citizen of many disciplines: photography, videography, content development, web and social media analytics, with side trips into app development and research.

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Since the mid 90’s, I've helped businesses on all levels find success with their packaging design and brands, and build foundations for profitable futures. I know that the first impression to purchase a product is important, and I take this into account on every package design I create!

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Andres is responsible for the operation and direction of idfive—up to and including turning off the lights before locking up. With over 20 years of experience leading projects for clients in various industries, he’s a fixture on the creative, development, and strategic teams at the agency.

Sean is the Chief Strategist of idfive where he helps clients understand the constantly changing intersections between design, marketing, communication and technology through creative ideas and beautiful solutions.

Chris has 20 years of experience in developing, implementing and managing strategic multi-channel marketing initiatives. Chris has managed regional and national accounts alike in categories including; Higher Education, CPG, Gaming, and Not-For-Profit. TV, radio, social, digital – he’s done it all.

Jake is passionate about meeting (& beating) deadlines, communicating clearly and challenging clients to step outside their comfort zone to achieve results when necessary. He takes complete ownership of his accounts and takes great pride in growing organizations with a thoughtful marketing strategy.

Matt applies educational principles to advertising strategy and tenets of the lean user experience and design thinking to the creative process. Much of his work over the last decade has focused on audience engagement and interactive storytelling.

Caitlin is passionate about results. Her well-rounded career working both as the client and for the client has provided her with the perspective to navigate the challenges of budgets and timelines with a high level of detail and commitment to measurable success.

A strategist, cultural anthropologist, ethnographer and innovation catalyst, Dr. Robbie Blinkoff is idfive’s Chief Anthropologist. Robbie works on and oversees all projects from beginning to end. Robbie helps lead, structure, guide, and facilitate all the thinking parts of idfive’s processes.

As idfive’s Lead Strategist Peter applies his extensive experience in education marketing, nonprofit positioning and development, and institutional branding to various client projects. He is also an Executive Board Member of WYPR, Maryland’s NPR station, an award-winning playwright.

Nick brings a fanatic passion to his work in user experience, interaction design and web development. As an advocate for best practice conventions, semantic code and mobile-first development, Nick has been invited to contribute his thoughts and techniques on the prestigious A List Apart magazine.

Nowakowski joined idfive in 2005 and is one of the firm’s original founders.