Meet Our Newest Hires
Bekah Smith, Engagement Planner
Background:
I have spent the past couple of years focused on our growing family. We just had our 3rd child in February, our daughter, Isla, who joins her 2 big brothers, Owen and Luke. So, as we get used to life as a family of 5 – we are looking for a new house and hope to move soon.
I studied Public Health in college actually. I thought I wanted to be a nurse and had thoughts of being an advocate for the elderly – but it just didn’t seem as interesting once I graduated. So, I got a job as a receptionist at an advertising agency and it stuck. 12 years later, I am still living agency life.
My last job was a Media Supervisor, where I planned and bought all types of media for clients like Best Buy, United Airlines, Chamilia.
Where can we find you on a Saturday off?
You will find me at the cabin. Enjoying the beach/lake with my husband, Ryan, & kids and a cool drink in my hand.
J.P. Martin, Strategist
Background:
I spent the last year finishing up a graduate degree in brand strategy at the Brandcenter, and last summer I worked at TBWA/Chiat/Day in New York City. Before that, I studied Architecture at Ohio State University. I come from a goofy family … we have a million inside jokes and we’re all movie fanatics – most of our holidays end at the movie theater.
Where can people usually find you on a Saturday off?
Exploring Minneapolis’ neighborhoods on foot, or, as soon as my dad delivers my graduation present to Minnesota, by bike.
Dan Horan, Creative
Background:
I spent the past year at Miami Ad School here in Minneapolis studying to be an art director. I finished my first year before the classes got repetitive and the freelance work got interesting. In undergrad, I studied business leadership/management and studio art. My most recent “job” was running a local fine wine shop. As for family life, I’m married, with no kids and a very spoiled dog.
Where can people usually find you on a Saturday off?
Anywhere near the water: Sailing, kayaking, swimming, floating or just sitting and reading.
Elias Martinez, Creative
Background:
I spent the last year with an ad agency in Louisville, KY. When I wasn’t working, I was touring bourbon country with my wife and enjoying time with our son at one of Louisville’s many parks. In college, I was a journalism major and later switched to visual communications design at New Mexico Highlands University, a small school in my hometown of Las Vegas, NM.
Where can people usually find you on a Saturday off?
Well, for the past few months I’ve spent every Saturday obsessing over creative samples, working on test projects, building ‘about me’ presentations and bugging my friends for testimonial videos. Now I’m house hunting, packing up my family’s considerable amount of stuff and things, loading it all onto a semi truck and getting ready to move cross country. It’s all good though. This is just preparation for all of the awesome stuff I’ll be doing with my work week once we arrive in the Twin Cities. Thank goodness I have a really understanding family that supports me in all of that.
When things settle down, you’ll find me out exploring the world with a camera slung around my neck, a two-year-old perched on my shoulders and my wife at my side. We’re excited to start checking out the Midwest.
-Becky Lang