It takes a village…to raise the website?

Internet Marketing: Kristen Feichtner

Kristen began working with Sumy Designs in 2007 for their Search Engine Marketing clients.  Her specialties include local search, pay per click campaigns and website optimization.  In addition to working with Sumy Designs, she is the Marketing Manager for Green House Data, a wind powered data center facility in Wyoming.

After graduating from Texas Christian University, she migrated to beautiful Colorado, and married the college roommate of Amy (Sumy Designs’ “code monkey”), which is how she met and ultimately began working with the company.  She and her husband have two children and one very old dog.  When Kristen isn’t working or running after children, you’ll find her puttering in the garden.

Flash Development: Brett Schroeder

Brett graduated from Kansas State University in 2001 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. Began his career working as a government contractor building interactive distance learning college courses for the military. After six years he decided to expand his skill set and accepted an opportunity to work for a digital marketing agency. He continues to work there today for clients all over the world, specializing in interactive Flash websites and applications.

Find out more about Brett at his website, Footsquare Sandbox.

Logo Design: Nicole Williams

Nicole earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Kansas, with a minor in Art History. She’s currently an Art Director at well-known card company where she joined the Retail Visual Merchandising team as a store-designer in the fall of 2010. With over five years of experience, she brings a strong creative eye and a deep understanding of retail, digital and print design to her work.

Her past experience includes working for two fabulous Kansas City design firms: Design Ranch and VML. She has experience taking creative lead on a variety of projects to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Nicole’s design portfolio represents clients such as Maya Angelou, Buckle, Kohl’s, Lee Jeans, Sunrise Greetings, KU Med, H&R Block, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Waste Management and Hershey’s. Her work has been featured in Communication Arts, Print, “O” Magazine and Nylon.

Copy Writing: Laura Browning

Laura graduated with honors from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a degree in philosophy; spent a year studying art history at Oxford University in England; and earned her master’s degree in the humanities from the University of Chicago, where she focused on non-fiction creative writing and art history.

Laura is a Chicago-based freelance writer. She writes book reviews and does Internet marketing for the online literary journal Contrary Magazine, writes a monthly column for the online magazine Is Greater Than, and has also written for print publications like Sheridan Road magazine and Outdoor Illinoismagazine. She also developed a popular series on Chicago street murals for Chicagoist.com, and is currently working on a book about her love of factory tours around America.

Find out more about Laura on her website, Art Can’t Hurt You, or follow her on Twitter.