THE PARTNERS
Kelly Coleman - The Ad Slayer
Founder/Partner. Kelly is a digital advertising veteran, with over 15 years of experience working in top LA entertainment advertising agencies including Canyon Design Group, Arsonal and Hurling Design. Her roster includes ad campaigns for AMC, HBO, NBC, FX, CBS, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon to name a few. Her expertise covers all things digital, motion graphics, photography, content production, and computer programming. Her unique digital abilities allow her to approach each project with both a creative and a tech mindset, a necessary balance for client strategic objectives.
Fun Fact: Is working on a photo project to make images of insects as large as humans.
Gragg Pierce - The Wizard
Founder/Partner. Gragg is a lifelong artist and digital technologist with over 30 years experience working with NBC, ABC, CNN, Warner Brothers, Paramount, AMC, HBO, Hallmark Channel, Estee Lauder, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Kia, DeVry, and Eagles. At the young age of 20, Gragg was a Senior Developer at the Swiss Bank (UBS Warburg). As a designer and concept artist he has worked on hundreds of entertainment brands in motion graphics, user interface design, digital magazine concepts, video game design, experience design, apps, and websites.
Fun Fact: Gragg's code won Smithsonian Best Business Application in 2000.
Rand Morton - The Bard
Founder/Partner. Over 30 years as an Actor/Writer/Director/Producer in the Film, Television and Advertising arena. He has both domestic and global production experience, having created hundreds of pieces of content for over 50 premium brands. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA and the Directors Guild of America.
Fun Fact: Late one evening during his run for student body President, he clandestinely scaled the outside of the gym to hang his massive water-based paint MORTON FOR PREZ campaign poster. It rained that night. Voters were introduced to MO F EZ. He still thinks he would’ve made a great President.
Laura Shute - The Clairvoyant
Founder/Partner. Laura has over 25 years of strategy and client partnership experience in advertising & content execution. Laura has worked across multiple sectors and industries including automotive, entertainment, finance, fashion, sports, government, cosmetics and food while leading client management on ESPN, NPR, In-n-Out Burger, Bank of America, Mitsubishi Motors, Lexus, Toyota, Panda Express, and the PGA.
Fun Fact: Laura developed the order system at In-n-Out Burger to make ordering as easy as 1, 2, 3.