what's with the shovel?As creative director, Mike leads a team of talented art directors, designers and copywriters and is responsible for ensuring the creative product is on strategy and gets noticed. A 1986 graduate of Art Center College of Design, Mike began his career in Chicago at Ogilvy & Mather, JWT and Hal Riney and Partners working on large, national brands. He arrived in Portland, Oregon in the early nineties to work at Cole & Weber. Then in 1996, Johnson Sheen Advertising was formed where Mike honed his skills as a creative director and entrepreneur. Mike has been honored with several CA certificates of excellence, One Show pencils and Portland Roseys. He is also a three time MPA Kelly finalist and was named to Adweek's Creative All-Star Team.
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Sam Leinen, Digital Services DirectorAs digital services director, Sam leads the interactive team along with our creative director and he also produces our in-house video and photography. Having joined CK in 2007, he, along with the rest of the creative team, has launched a variety of sites (including the glossy new Coates Kokes one), as well as, shot photos for ads and filmed both long and short-format pieces. In fact, his love for photography shows in the recent employee photo shoot.
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Karl Schroeder, Senior CopywriterAs senior copywriter, Karl works closely with art directors and our creative director to develop a voice for our clients. TV, radio, print, web—you name it, he writes it. Rain or shine, dark or light you can spot him among the many Portland pedalers cycling to and from work, the grocery store and the gym.
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Laura Schalk, Graphic DesignerAs graphic designer, Laura works closely with both the creative team and the account managers on a wide range of projects from logo design to PowerPoint formatting. With a degree in Graphic Design and minor in Advertising Management, Laura not only is a fast, efficient designer, but also has a strong understanding of the significance and purpose of her work. In her free time, Laura enjoys homebrewing, traveling and hanging out with her cat and chickens in the garden.
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Ryan O'Reilly, Front-End DeveloperAs an interactive designer, Ryan works closely with Sam and the rest of the creative department designing and developing web sites, web ads and all things interactive. Having graduated from Oregon State University, Ryan somehow manages to survive in an office full of Duck fans.
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Jay Fawcett, Senior Art DirectorJay came to Coates Kokes in 2008 after spending more than a decade working as an art director elsewhere in the Portland market. He attended Oregon State University and after college went on to attend The Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia where he developed his skills as an art director. As senior art director for Coates Kokes, Jay works both independently and in cooperation with copywriters at Coates Kokes to develop concepts and creative executions for clients. When he's not in the office, Jay likes to spend his free time casting a well-presented fly to unsuspecting trout.
