Our Team
We surround ourselves with the best-of-the-best.
Our skilled and diverse collaborators share our vision of building brands through all of our 5 senses.
KATE DILEO
CHIEF BRAND ARCHITECT
Kate DiLeo is a brand strategist and a pragmatist who believes that brand is the path of least resistance to revenue and she is passionate about helping organizations create compelling common ground with their customers. She quickly and effectively helps clients articulate who they are, why they’re different, and how they solve their customer’s problem, all in only 4 – 6 weeks.
The proof of Kate’s unique approach has led her to work with over 200 companies across 20 sectors, helping them craft authentic brands that get more prospects to the table, more users who click, and more customers who buy.
JENNIFER GOLBUS
MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS AND PR MANAGER
With over twenty-five years of experience, Jennifer combines her expertise in brand positioning, marketing strategy, public relations, writing, and creative expression to help purpose-driven people and organizations reach their marketing and communications goals. Her diverse background directing in-house communications teams, working at various PR agencies, operating as a consultant, and co-founding and running a PR agency has given her deep perspective and sharpened skills which greatly benefit her clients today.
Living with purpose, giving back, and embracing compassion, mutual respect and integrity are all values Jennifer brings into her work. Whether it’s crafting key messages or brand positioning, creating marketing materials, directing photo shoots or producing films, clients appreciate her vision, strategy, focus, creative solutions, good humor, and the sense of enjoyment and gratitude she brings to the process. She works in partnership with her clients to understand their goals, then creates a roadmap for achieving them.
When not producing films or creating marketing strategies, Jennifer volunteers for local causes, sits on committees that serve the community, parents two fantastic teenagers, and mentors women who want to make a positive change in their lives.
DOMENICA GIOVANNINI, MPH
ADMINISTRATIVE PROJECT MANAGER AND CLIENT LIASON
Domenica is a jack of all trades and has worked within a myriad of disciplines developing a unique skill set which spans from major fund development and grant writing to digital marketing. By education, she is an expert in nonprofit and government operations, fund development, program development, and compliance. By choice, she has become an expert in digital marketing, communications, and collaboration for good.
Domenica has an undergrad degree in Psychology from UC Santa Barbara and a graduate degree in Public Health from Touro University. During her Master’s program, she travelled to Ethiopia to research health perceptions and knowledge of the local Health Extension Workers and while there started to develop a health marketing vs health education model to share information. When faced with underemployment and adversity in 2011, this knowledge led her to a start photography and social media marketing company (DG Creative Marketing) which worked to transform marketing and communications in the local government and nonprofit arenas. What set the methodologies apart was the merging traditional public affairs and communications with modern and innovative marketing strategies.
Like all things alive, her business grew from a small sole proprietorship to a network of consultants helping businesses be better. In 2013 MaberMe, Inc. was born creating a further reach and ability to help businesses and agencies advance. “Maber” means “Working together with passion” in the native language of Ethiopia, Amharic.
Domenica is now known in the Greater Bay Area for her Public Health marketing, policy communications and disaster/emergency response communications. Shae has worked with government agencies, Tribal organizations, nonprofits, and social enterprises all over the greater Bay Area, Mendocino County, Sacramento County, and throughout the United States. In addition, over the years, she has become a speaker and guest lecturer on health and community-based communications aiming to move the needle on the complex issues facing the United States.
Wakana Omija
DESIGN STRATEGIST
Wakana was born and raised in Okinawa, Japan. Since childhood she was immersed in a culturally diverse environment so it came natural for her at age 15 to step out to and explore the world. Wakana always had passion for art and design. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in product design in Japan, she moved to England to continue her education, exploring her artistic vision, ultimately earning a Master of Arts in Theater.
Being away from home made her appreciate the beauty of her own country again. Therefore, in 2006, when she was invited to join the 150-year-old Akashi Sake Brewery in Japan, she didn’t think twice. As the Global Brand Development Manager, Wakana successfully built their brand, Akashi-Tai, from the ground up in multiple markets throughout Europe and Asia. In 2012, Wakana moved to San Francisco with her husband and became a full-time parent, something she considers the hardest job in the world. In 2016 she joined Btrax, a design agency in San Francisco, as an Innovation Facilitator, where she worked with large Japanese companies to develop their products and services through design thinking and a user-centered approach.
Wakana is a sake sommelier, a yoga teacher, and a mom. She enjoys beaches and people watching in the few moments of free time she gets.
Andrew Gibki
DESIGN DIRECTOR
Andrew Gibki is an experienced graphic designer and art director with more than fifteen years experience in the design industry in print, packaging, web, mobile and social delivery platforms.
A passion for delivering visually engaging and compelling solutions provides Andrew the ability to extend his skills in graphic design towards strategic thinking and communication. The result is critical thinking which allows him to deliver structure and meaning within complicated and nuanced projects, thereby augmenting benefit and value to clients.
Andrew brings this multidimensional skill set to the team, and enjoys working on a wide range of projects from small SME executions through to big, campaignable ideas. Along with a keen interest in food, wine and music, Andrew is also an accomplished Argentine Tango dancer and instructor.
Gary Anderson
MARKETING STRATEGIST
Gary is a strategic marketer who works as a consultant, creative thinker and business developer. He has consulted and implemented strategy, campaigning and business development in many industries – wine, manufacturing, service, video, FMCG, and quality homeware products among others.
With his associates, Gary develops digital and web marketing plans. He has a clear understanding of markets, and how they operate, and specializes in route to market and channel development. As a skilled negotiator and facilitator, Gary has the ability to work and develop teams to achieve their marketing potential in line with their company goals and objectives.
Gary’s specialities are strategic and creative thinking, problem solving, market understanding, marketing planning and implementation, business consultancy, project and brand creation and management.
Scott Bence
SENIOR DESIGNER
Scott Bence is an enthusiastic and creative graphic designer with over 20 years’ experience. His strengths are in graphic design, art-direction and production management. Scott has a proven track record as a designer as well as managing all aspects of a design studio with an extended skill set in art direction, production and supplier management. He is passionate about good communication and collaborating with clients, creative teams and suppliers to facilitate creative problem solving.
Scott enjoys meeting new challenges and utilizes time-management and organizational skills to ensure that all work is completed to strict timelines, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail and is committed to an exceptionally high standard in his work.
Jordan Koutroumanidis
SENIOR DIGITAL DESIGNER
Jordan’s strong retail, graphic design and digital expertise has been showcased on many accounts including all aspects of brand development, promotion, marketing and packaging.
He has worked on briefs that require exposure across online, outdoor, print, video and packaging among other mediums. With an extensive knowledge of digital design and communication, Jordan enjoys working alongside clients and colleagues from start to finish.
His ability to listen, welcoming the opinions of stakeholders with an open mind, contributes to the best possible outcomes for our clients with a high degree of responsibility and accountability.
Vegar Abelsnes
PHOTOGRAPHER AND VIDEOGRAPHER
At the age of 19, Vegar packed a small backpack and an instamatic camera, and left Norway to go traveling around the world in search of a greater purpose. After nearly two years of exploring he discovered the irrepressible desire to photograph and his photography developed beyond an avocation, into both a profession and a lifelong passion.
Vegar strongly believes in creating a collaborative environment and is known in the industry for the subtle, yet effective ways in which he directs all involved on a shoot – both on and off camera. His personable approach makes for a fun and relaxed atmosphere, regardless of the size and complexity of a production.
His elite clients include: American Express, AT&T, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chase Bank, ExxonMobil, Harper Collins, Lagunitas, Johnson & Johnson, McCann, Saatchi & Saatchi, among many others worldwide.
In his words: “The members of my team are the hardest working and coolest people you will ever meet. We only work with the very best people. As a result we have a lot of happy, loyal and long-term clients. Life is short. Work with people you like.”
