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Sarina Montenegro

As Senior Art Director, Sarina draws on her experience as a designer, photo art director and brand builder. Her approach stems from her innately refined aesthetic, natural sense of curiosity, and penchant for problem solving. Her love of typography, color and photography serves as the foundation to building memorable visual narratives. With each project, she … Continued

Matthew Nickols

As S360’s Campaigns Art Director, Matthew oversees the design of campaign materials for clients across the firm footprint. Experienced in political candidate campaigns as well as brand and news media design, Matthew delivers sharp, effective and visually impactful products for S360’s clients. Matthew started his design career at the The Washington Post Co. where he … Continued

Jessika Verduzco

Jessika has a natural curiosity that inspires her to continually learn and innovate in design. As a Graphic Designer, she delivers beautifully executed marketing collateral for print and web and achieves consistency in look and feel across a brand. She collaborates with the Hilt team to brainstorm brand identities and work through design challenges with … Continued

Kevin Patnik

Kevin is a strategist and writer who specializes in verbal identity—the way brands express themselves and connect with audiences through stories and language. As VP of Brand Strategy for S360 and our creative agency, the Hilt, Kevin ensures that a brand’s essence and story are expressed consistently and memorably at every touchpoint. He also leads … Continued

Brick Kane

For over 18 years, Brick has successfully managed creative campaigns for a wide variety of private and public sector clients. From producing tv and radio commercials for Microsoft, Ben Bridge Jeweler and Sleep Country USA, to representing an agricultural cooperative in Iowa and coining our state’s current tagline for their sober driving campaign, “Drunk, Drugs … Continued

Sunshine Stevens

Sunshine brings nearly two decades of widely acclaimed advertising campaigns and design work for some of the most recognizable brands across the country including Nike, Fruit of the Loom, Godiva Chocolates, Dairy Queen, Gallo WInes, Rainier Beer, Blue Bunny Ice Cream and more.   Sunshine has called Seattle home for over 20 years. She served as … Continued

Michael Baldwin

As Art Director for Strategies 360 and its creative agency, The Hilt, Michael Baldwin delivers high-impact creative across a wide range of sectors and industries. Whether working on a multi-channel digital campaign, from-scratch visual brand identity or new web site, he consistently raises the bar for our clients, bringing versatility, vision, and a collaborative, can-do approach to … Continued

Kipepeo “Pep” Brown

As Chief Creative Officer, Pep is responsible for leading and integrating all S360 creative services including brand, design, advertising, digital marketing, web design, videography and S360 Cultura–the firm’s division dedicated to progress for communities of color. She has worked for international, national and regional companies and non-profits across diverse B2B and B2C industries. Her career … Continued

Arnold Phommavong

Arnold Phommavong has been a creative director and designer for the past 10 years. He brings a human-centered approach to uncovering and solving brand and creative challenges. Arnold begins solving every problem by building a deep empathy for who he is designing for—understanding end-user needs, motivations, and challenges to create beautiful and seamless experiences in … Continued

Mary Mencke

Mary believes that successful outcomes are rooted in collaboration. As Director of Resources and Operations, she helps bring teams together from all three creative services divisions: Design, Web, and Digital Marketing, to deliver results that help our clients achieve their goals. Previously, Mary worked for University Book Store as a Project Lead in the Marketing … Continued