meet the team

For over 25 years, Chad has been recognized by clients and partners for his visionary leadership across marketing disciplines including strategy, design, advertising and general management. Chad has led teams and shaped global blue-chip and highly disruptive challenger brands. Examples include leadership of the Visa advertising business for Chiat Day, client-side management roles with Procter & Gamble and Diageo followed by agency leadership roles for the past 10 years with Neighbor and Storious working with a myriad of brands focused on health and wellness. From Jamba Juice, Safeway and Clif Bar to Checkerspot, Green Thumb Industries, and Riot Energy. Chad’s passions include visual design, distance running, fiction novels, road trips, NBA basketball & SEC football. 

An award-winning creative director, writer, and marketer with 20+ years of experience leading creative teams and developing campaigns Nike, Microsoft, Coors Light, adidas, MGM Resorts International, Peet’s Coffee, Royal Bank of Canada, Chinet, Cracker Barrel, Vanderbilt University, Checkerspot, Geltor, WNDR Alpine, RIOT Energy, GTI and more. A native of Portland, OR, Chris cut his teeth writing copy at Razorfish, as an ACD at the digital AOR for Nike, Summit, in Hood River Oregon, as a CD at SK+G in Las Vegas, and agencies in Nashville. Chris is an avid skier, cyclist, amateur baker, and lives in Los Angeles with his wife Josie, and two blue heelers, Stella Blue and Isabelle Rodriguez.

Birgitta is an experienced Account Lead with over 15 years of experience working in the marketing and advertising industry at both small and large agencies paired with traditional, digital/social, and experiential experience across a range of client industries — from retail and CPG to Insurance and Sports. She’s worked with clients such as Jamba Juice, California Pizza Kitchen, General Mills, Timberland, Farmers Insurance and, the LA Clippers. She hails from frigid Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has lived in warm and sunny LA for over 11 years.

Chris Ammons is a creative director and art director making work with heart, soul, and style. With 17+ years of experience at agencies like Hill Holliday, Erwin Penland, One Trick Pony and redpepper, he’s created work for Verizon, Slack, American Express, Cracker Barrel, Coca Cola, and Apple. He has extensive experience running photo and video shoots, set dressing, and directing. He also has a sporadic pop-up pizza shop called “Pizza Friend.”

Nik has over 15 years of experience conceiving and art directing campaigns at agencies such as Wieden + Kennedy, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Riney, and McCann. He’s produced work for clients such as Coca-Cola, Google, Facebook, Slack, Target, Old Spice, Nike, Under Armour, TOMS, Eukanuba, Jamba Juice, Rubios, Olivari, HP, Sprint, Microsoft, The North Face, Vanderbilt University, Checkerspot, WNDR Alpine, Geltor and Biosyntia.

Christina began her 10+ years experience in graphic design, art direction, video editing, and product design running a small independent record label in NYC before branching out to in-house work for NY based Merchants Hospitality group, Georgia based Creature Comforts Brewing Co., Brick & Batten, and Hitachi Power Tools. By night, she continues to use her expertise in digital design as the sole art director of her own musical project Locate S,1 (Captured Tracks).

A full spectrum creative director and strategist, Jeben has spent the past twenty years crafting bespoke brand initiatives and content strategies for ad agencies and social platforms. As a writer and artist, Jeben brings frontline creative perspective to all levels of marketing. Jeben was instrumental in YouTube's first creative team at the beginning of the creator economy, helped co-found Maker Studios, and has been the art curator for Outside Lands Music and Art Festival for a decade. He lives between Culver City CA and Louisville KY with his wife, children, and a dozen or so very happy chickens. @jebenair