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Creative Specialists:

Amy Burns
Graphic Designer. Amy is a true creator and defender of brands. A native of Chicago, her 18 years of experience spans consumer, luxury and humanitarian products and services, including Art Institute Chicago, Coke, Comcast, Croom Construction Company, Proctor & Gamble, Miller's Fine Decorative Hardware, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise and John's Island Club. Amy has worked with The Alexis Agency since its inception and continues to be a pivotal design partner.

Rachel Baron
Creative Consultant. Rachel has worked for the big guys: Y&R, Euro RSCG and JWT. Since 2001, she's used her "big agency" experience to help individual clients with brand development, copywriting, print and broadcast production. She also teaches communications at Chicago's Roosevelt University. We're proud to say Rachel has partnered with The Alexis Agency since its inception.

Kirsten Hogan
Graphic and Web Designer. Kirsten knew early in life that art would be her life. She graduated high school from North Carolina School of the Arts and went on to study visual arts at Parsons School of Design and Columbia College. Today, she uses both sides of her brain to design and develop websites. Kirsten continues to paint whenever she can find the time.

Russ Shoemaker
Graphic Designer. Russ brings more than 30 years of design experience to our team. A no-nonsense designer, Russ's calm demeanor proves invaluable when the heat is on. His portfolio spans international design projects, including working within and for Japanese and Saudi Arabian companies. These days, we're lucky his feet are firmly planted in our own backyard, and have been since The Alexis Agency's beginnings.

Kathy Oristaglio
Writer. Kathy has worn many hats throughout her career – advertising manager, marketing manager and economic development expert – but she always comes back to her first love, writing. These days that includes copywriting, marketing writing and business feature writing for a group of newspapers.

Tod Prouty
SEO Specialist / New Media Programmer. Tod is the consummate web guy. Just search him; he's everywhere. Todd has deep experience building SEO-friendly websites via CSS, X/HTML, JavaScript, Flash, and ActionScript. And whatever is the next great web tool that comes along. Todd just loves what he does.

Yulia Gode
Graphic and Web Designer. Yulia, like most of our design specialists, loves combining design and all the technical back-end tools that make websites and advertising designs so savvy. She happens to do both very well, which is unique in itself.

Steve Vanden Heuvel
New Media Designer. Steve moved into web design after years as an art director/graphic designer for some of Chicago's largest media companies. He loves marrying the art of design with the science of the web, and his partnership with The Alexis Agency is win-win creative arrangement.
Emily Gough
Social Media and SEO Specialist. Emily believes that content is king, and she's a master of all the tools that help us master the content we're searching for on the Internet. And that's an invaluable service for our clients. Although her work is always behind the scenes, the results are clearly visible.

 

 

 

 

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President

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Communications Director

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Account Executive

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Graphic Design

The Alexis Agency evolved from Ginger's ongoing passion for Advertising and Public Relations. Over the past 20 years she has developed a team network of highly skilled strategists, creative talent and brand managers. She holds a deep belief that long-term client relationships and loyalty are critical for success. This commitment, and the flexibility to develop unique approaches to each account's needs allow her team to continually think creatively. Her career experience includes working from both sides of the marketing equation – from the client's perspective to the agency world.

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This experience shaped her mission to launch an agency that could more effectively achieve results for clients. Over the years, her industry experience has spanned healthcare, hospitality, retail, apparel, banking, financial, real estate, aviation and education.

She is active in numerous non-profit organizations, including previously serving on the Board of Directors for Special Equestrians of the Treasure Coast, Children's Home Society of Florida, and the Education Foundation. Her belief in giving back to the community includes committing The Alexis Agency to providing marketing assistance for two non-profits annually as well as closing the office one day each quarter so her staff can volunteer as a team at a local non-profit organization. Ginger graduated from Salem College in N.C. with a B.A. in Communications and Journalism.



Specializing in new media, strategic planning, and message development, Ryan brings savvy experience to The Alexis Agency team. Following graduation from ASU, he trekked north to Washington D.C. where he landed in Crystal City working at national headquarters for Senator John McCain's Presidential Campaign. Not ready to leave the Nation's Capital after the election, Ryan gained additional experience in the D.C-based think tank, Hudson Institute, and subsequently on Capitol Hill. It was in Washington that Ryan quickly realized the impact social media coupled with the right message and strategy generates.

A native of North Carolina, Ryan holds a B.S. in Political Science with a focus in International Relations and Comparative Politics from Appalachian State University, and is currently pursuing graduate study in Operations Research at Columbia University.



Susan joined The Alexis Agency team as Account Executive in 2009. A Manhattan native, she relocated to Vero Beach and wasted no time seeking us out. She brings with her more than 18 years of high-profile event planning, vendor management and client account management experience, including The Metropolitan Opera, The Museum of Natural History, The Whitney Museum, The New York Botanical Garden, The American Ballet Theatre, The Guggenheim Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, and Mt. Sinai Hospital. Her experience and understanding of luxury markets is an ideal complement for The Alexis Agency's clientele. Susan holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from State University of Stony Brook, in Stony Brook, NY with minors in painting and art history.



Sara has over 20 years of experience designing print and web materials for publishers and business professionals. A graduate of the Vesper George School of Visual Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, Sara attributes both her creativity and work ethic to her upbringing in the beautiful seaside community of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Her client experience includes Croom Construction, John's Island Club, Harvard University, MIT Sloan School, Rockport Publishers, EMC/Paradigm, and the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston.