who we are

President
Kim Rudrud
Fearless leadership, brand strategy, big thinking, fun making and lakeside living
Executive Creative Director
Nicole Ackmann
Smart thinking, idea visioning, tiny detail perfecting, chaos wrangling and deep understanding of essential oils
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Deis
Owning the joint, trusting all of us, checking off his bucket list and enviable cycling tours
Director of Brand and Creative Strategy
Christiana Kippels
Insight mining, trend watching and marathon seamstressing weekends
Creative
Chris
German precision, a deep love of details, experiential design, perfect lettering and relentless coffee consumption
Creative
Bryan
Lifelong brand guy, unabashed headbanger, simplifier of what was simple but became unsimple
account
Ben
Digital wizardry, creative problem solving, team leadership and any sport with a ball
creative
Ka(y)li
Rewriting design rules, fearlessly attacking details and owning her strange Iowan ways
account
Sarah
Client calming, project sorting and dispelling millennial stereotypes
creative
Mary
Relentless digital production, knowing every product code by heart and inspiring boisterous goodbyes
creative
Ezra
Seeing the world from behind the lens, bringing it to life through edit, motion graphics and frying up perfect bacon, every time
creative
Kari
Solving design dilemmas, adding beauty to the details and finding hilarious animal videos
creative
Frances
Production wisdom, bringing display to life with 3D rendering and knowing any bird by its song
Administrative
Mike
Internet connections, number crunching, check cutting and an almost perfect F chord
creative
Patrick
Treating videos like films, asking “what if?” and enlightening us on world culture
account
Natalie
Shopper savvy, integrated marketing strategy and passport filling
creative
Kyle
Animation, digital UX/UI, motion graphics, illustration, hand lettering and dog nicknames
Office Dogge
Jax
Oh hi I'm gonna go over there now