"These postcards came out looking GORGEOUS! Thanks for all your work."
— Jack Chestnut,
RSVP Publications, Diablo Valley
If you're a Bean Creek Studio client, it's very likely you've gotten to know one or more of the people pictured here. Perhaps you've met one of us at a local community event. Maybe even at a yoga class (Becca, you hippie!) or wrangling foster kittens in our office. Now's your chance to put a face with a name.
As you will see from our bios, we have a slightly different perspective around here.
Go ahead… laugh a little!
JEN ISOLA
Jennifer Isola is the owner and lead graphic designer of Bean Creek Studio, but you may call her Jenzilla, the Evil Overlord of the World. Her sole purpose in life is to destroy all the fluffy, cuddly things on the planet such as peace and happiness (although she has a weak spot for cuddly kittens). With her eagle eye she surveys all she controls, punishes dissidents and makes sure that everything in your layout is spelled correctly and well designed. Her maniacal laugh is only quieted by the sickening squish of the nations she destroys in her wake. Her only goals in life are to rule the world and infuse beauty in all that she creates. She often carries around a giant axe, but this is mostly for ceremonial purposes... and beheadings.
LAUREL HEREN
Laurel Heren has climbed K2, water skied across the Atlantic Ocean, visited the moon, and won a fight against 100 ninjas rocking out on guitars... Okay, she hasn’t done any of this, but it all looked really good on her resume, so we hired her anyway. She is responsible for all billing, pricing, and all that other stuff that no one wants to do; which is probably why she often mutters to her purple-haired troll dolls while jabbing them in their belly-buttons with a red pen. She is also a shrewd graphic designer, but this is mostly a part of her therapy so that she never uses the revolver in her desk drawer (we’ve hidden all the bullets in the microwave so she’ll never find them). She is usually chipper and helpful, but it’s probably all the Prozac we put in the water around here. Needless to say, she fits in perfectly.
BECCA GOLD RUBIN
Becca Rubin is one of our graphic and web designers. She’s more than proficient in Flash (get your mind out of the gutter), Dreamweaver, and all the Adobe products. She’s calm in the face of pressure, but sometimes too calm. So calm that we have to wake her back up so that she can finish by deadline. But she always seems to get things done and make everything beautiful. She has a chihuahua who does not like Taco Bell, but instead prefers KFC and does yoga. Becca does yoga, not the dog. Hippie.
CHRIS FENOGLIO
Chris Fenoglio is, simply, the most amazing person ever. His award-winning smile makes women faint, his hair is fantastically golden, and his words are always intelligent and inspirational. All of the graphic design he does is amazing and instantly approved. He has turned down a number of movie contra... What, Jen? No, of course I’m not giving myself a great bio while making fun of everyone else... Oh FINE! Chris Fenoglio does some graphic design and other office duties (such as trash). He rarely shaves and is often grumpy and irritable, but we keep him around because he’s good at design and competent in a plethora (Word of Day calendar) of things, such as Photoshop, InDesign, Quark, and Dreamweaver. He also wrote all of these bios and will be drawn and quartered accordingly.
DANIEL VILLAREAL
Daniel Villareal is a video producer, editor and camera man. He’s basically like an all-in-one video person; the swiss army knife of video. I think he even has a bottle opener and toothpick attachment. He’s so useful, that KRON-TV decided to pick him up, but he was confiscated when KRON-TV tried to take him through airport security. He also does DJing on the side and apparently has a huge collection of records, which sound better than CDs and don’t even get me started on MP3s. Sure they’re convenient, but you end up sacrificing quality. I’m not sure where I’m going with this, but I just don’t understand kids these days.
MATT WECHSLER
Matt Wechsler is an XHTML/ CSS wizard, or at least that's who he wants his checks made out to. I think it has more to do with his weekly Dungeons and Dragons game than actual web design, but, thankfully, he's also really good at building websites. But I guess he would have to be considering he's devoted most his entire life to web design. He's given up some of the finer things in life (eating, social activities, sleeping, bathing) in his determination to become the world's greatest web programmer! Really, I think it's just an excuse for him to be on the computer all day. The truth is that he, like so many of our generation, has become physically addicted to Apple products. Matt will do anything for Apple. He has trained martial arts for 14 years for the sole purpose of killing the "I'm a PC" guy from those commercials. But in reality, "training martial arts" is really code for him imitating moves from Steven Seagal movies and doing Richard Simmons exercise videos. I don't think the PC guy has much to worry about.
ANGELA
Angela Stucky likes to finger paint… a lot. Besides recess, It's her favorite activity during the work day (yes, we have recess. Don't you wish you worked here?). The truth is that we needed a new designer, but couldn't find someone whose personality… clicked… with ours. So, we just raided the closest day care and, behold, Angela!
She must be a part of the iPod generation because at five years old she uses a computer better than the rest of us combined. She's amazingly productive, but mostly because she absolutely refuses to fall asleep at her desk – even during nap time (yes, we have nap time. Don't you wish you worked here?) Plus, she’s only up to "P" in her alphabet, but she already spells better than Chris. And she skateboards… without that dorky helmet that his mother still makes him wear even though he’s twenty-six. Now if we could only teach Angela not eat her crayons, she'd be the perfect employee.
Seriously though, Angela brings a lot of creativity and a fresh design perspective to the team, and we’re thrilled to have her on board. Welcome, Angela!
RILEY
Riley the dog is the morale officer and official Bean Creek Studio mascot. He is ever helpful with his amazing abilities to sit around and beg for treats... which is pretty much what everyone else around here does anyway, so it’s never really awkward. He, um, well, he... Ah, who am I kidding? Riley does all the work around here. Everyone else on this list is made up and Bean Creek Studio is Riley laboring days and nights for a few extra bones. In fact, he even wrote this bio on himself, so I basically don’t have to use third-person anymore. I do everything, answer the phones; yes I can speak English (and Spanish). Jen actually is a real person, but she stopped wanting to work, so she makes me come in. But I don’t mind, she takes me for W-A-L-Ks and gives me B-A-T-Hs. You know, I really resent when they do that “spell it out” thing... Like I don’t know what they’re saying. Idiots.
HOPE
Now a bit of serious news. A few years ago, we heard about the plight of Asian elephants through a client who was fortunate enough to visit the Elephant Nature Foundation while on vacation. We believe it is a worthwhile cause, and so we decided to sponsor Hope. Hope is a beautiful Thai elephant that lives at this park dedicated to providing sanctuary to rescued elephants, and to teaching humane treatment practices. To get involved, please visit: www.ElephantNatureFoundation.org
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Check back with us soon. You never know what kind of new creative talent may be joining us next!
