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Portfolio Reviewers
Bring your best work-portfolios, current projects, and more-to show to some of the top creative professionals. Wireless internet is available, so online and interactive portfolios are welcome.
Dana Lytle
Creative Director and Cofounder - Planet Propaganda
Dana is creative director and cofounder of Planet Propaganda. Founded in 1989 as a traditional graphic design firm, it has broadened its approach over the years to include advertising and interactive media. Dana and his partners, Kevin Wade and John Besmer, hail from the fork-in-the-toaster school of communication, an approach which has earned Planet Propaganda the affection of such clients as Gary Fisher Bicycles, Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches, Blue Note Records, and Appleton Papers. When not designing, he spends his time rearranging his basement to make room for his collection of letterpress equipment. Though his heart belongs to print, Lytle also professes to love the smell of a freshly launched website.
Georgene Pomplun
Georgene Pomplun has enjoyed a long and varied career in design and art direction. She has worked as the art director for NBC in Champaign-Urbana, art director for the University of Illinois' Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, then in Chicago at a small advertising agency as a designer, for a large design firm as a creative director, and then for an even larger book publisher as the creative director. Moving to Madison, she was a senior art director for Pleasant Company (now American Girl), an art director for Lands' End, and the art director and production manager for Guild.com. Her great strengths are typography and color, and her ability to art direct large and complex location photo shoots, of which she's done many. Currently she works for the UW Chancellor as Official Functions Coordinator, which in fact is exactly like art directing all of those shoots. Her passion is oil painting, and her work is carried by Fanny Garver Gallery in Madison and Edgewood Orchard Galleries in Door County. She lives in an old farmhouse out in the country with her husband Tom and their dog Mojo.
Jorel Dray
Senior Interactive Designer - Hiebing
If the devil is in the details, hand Jorel a pitchfork! It's his eye for extra touches that separate the campaigns and branding and identity work he does from all the clutter. A spinning flower decal here, a mini cartoon rocket ship icon there, Jorel has lent his interactive and design expertise to a wide variety of clients including flair4all, Virent, City of Madison's BioAg Gateway, Culver's, Kinetico, Schneider National and Flatt Cola. He's also taught courses in interactive design at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and is a member of Design Madison. When Jorel is not researching the latest in innovative design or downing Monster Energy Drinks, you can find him perfecting his chili recipe or practicing ping pong so he can beat Dave Florin (the president of Hiebing)—again.
Ken Soliva
Interactive Director - Trek Bicycle
Ken is the Interactive Director for Trek Bicycle where he directs the design and development of user experiences for interactive media. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he leverages his passion for design and web technologies to create interfaces that help consumers connect with the brands they love.
About Trek Bicycle:
Trek Bicycle Corporation is a global leader in the design and manufacture of bicycles and bicycling related products and accessories. From Tour de France-winning road bikes to tricycles designed to introduce the next generation of riders to the possibilities of pedal-power, Trek has a bike for nearly every rider. Trek believes the bicycle can be a simple solution to many of the world's most complex problems, including obesity, traffic congestion, and climate change, and is committed to breaking down the barriers that prevent people from using bicycles more often for daily transportation, recreation, and inspiration. For more information about Trek, visit http://www.trekbikes.com.
Melissa Mayo
Melissa has spent much of her professional life assisting people in their career search. As a human resources professional, she has recruited and hired thousands of professionals and advised them in their career goals. As a career management consultant she has worked with hundreds of employed and recently unemployed professionals in varied careers guiding them through their career search including assisting them with resume preparation, interviewing, and networking.
Her professional work in the human resources field stretches across the financial services industry, career management consulting, and academics in Houston, Chicago, and now Madison. She is currently the Human Resources Director for the University of Wisconsin-Extension's division of Continuing Education, Outreach and E-Learning. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from UW Madison and a Master of Science degree in Management and Organizational Behavior from Benedictine University.
Sean Mullen
Vice President/Creative Director/Partner - Hiebing
Sean lives to inspire great work—ideas that surprise, engage and differentiate—to build great brands. Recognized by nearly every important advertising magazine and award show, Sean has won more awards than you can shake a marker at. Providing a unique blend of verbal and visual thinking, he's as comfortable with a research deck as he is with a Pantone book. His portfolio showcases effective, award-winning work for clients like Famous Footwear, Fiskars Craft and Garden Tools, Montana Gourmet Knives, JanSport and Nestlé. In his spare time, he's been known to guest lecture at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin. If he's not at home with his wife and two children, check the garage. His bicycle won't be there either.