Custom-built teams of experienced professionals, delivering right-sized solutions for every client.

The value of our approach is immediately evident in our process: We scale to meet the scope and specific objectives of each new project, from a simple video shoot to an eight-month-long event planning and execution cycle.

Dave Weich, founder
At Powell’s Books, Dave directed marketing and development efforts that established the independent bookseller as a formidable national brand. Online sales increased from 1.5% of total corporate revenue to more than 30%, and meanwhile traffic grew from 1,000 unique visitors per day to a peak of more than 90,000. He created and managed a newsletter program that eventually distributed 2.25 million opt-in emails per month. In 2008, he launched Indiespensable™, a groundbreaking subscription service that turned profits less than three months after roll-out.

As creator of Out of the Book™, Dave produced three 40-minute films (Ian McEwan: On Chesil Beach, David Halberstam: The Coldest Winter, and State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America), conceiving and successfully executing a national screening series model that brought them to more than 70 cities across the US and UK. Participants included Ian McEwan, Joan Didion, John Hodgman, Susan Orlean, Bob Woodward, and Anthony Bourdain.

Winner of several “Best of the Web” citations from Yahoo! and Forbes, his work has been featured in the New York Times and recommended by both the New Yorker and the Webby Award-winning culture guide Very Short List.

 

Active partners include:
Kami Gray STYLE
Kami Gray is a film production art director and wardrobe stylist. Her work can be seen on television shows including House, Veronica Mars, and Hell’s Kitchen, and in commercials for Toyota, Nike, Intel, HP, and Discover Card. Kami contributes regularly to television, print, and online media outlets including MSN, CNN, AOL, Real Simple, Women’s Day, Redbook, and KOIN TV’s Studio 6.

 

Kate Sokoloff Creative
Kate Sokoloff brings over twenty years experience in arts-based event creation, production, marketing, business development, non-profit leadership, management, and development. In 2002, she founded Live Wire! Radio. As executive producer and artistic director, she built a national brand, directed live production, and handled business development and fundraising. To date, the program has aired more than 150 shows and featured over 300 of the country’s most innovative thinkers, entrepreneurs, and artists. As the principal of Katharine Wheel Productions (2008) and Kate Sokoloff Creative (2010), she uses her background in public policy, public health, and the arts to connect the dots between brands, philanthropic organizations, and entertainment services. The result: strategies, events, and experiences that are unique, vibrant, and meaningful.

 

The Canoe Group
The Canoe Group brings together the talents and expertise of its principals, Marta Mellinger, David Frackelton, and Michael Kosmala. Its mission is to accelerate the growth and success of ideas, people, and organizations, integrating head and heart. Services include planning and strategy, research and evaluation, strategic communications, and continuous learning.

 

Jolby and Friends
Jolby is a collaborative design and illustration studio based in Portland, Oregon. Josh Kenyon and Colby Nichols began their partnership in 2005 after meeting at the Art Institute in San Diego. The two have exhibited their illustration work in galleries all over the world and combine their talents as Art Directors, Designers, and Illustrators. The magic of Jolby comes from Colby’s artistic obsession with creatures and characters and Josh’s love for color, pattern and texture. They try to achieve two goals within the work they create: “Tell a memorable story” and “make people smile.”