DJ O'Neil | CEO | Creative Director
D.J. founded Hub Strategy & Communication in the summer of 2002 with the aim of helping clients achieve a much-talked-about, but hard-to-reach goal - true integrated marketing. At Hub, D.J. oversees the brand and creative development efforts for all clients as well as directing much of the television work. Clients served include Google, Nike, the Oakland A's, Levi's, Microsoft, Sony Playstation, Slingbox, MacGregor Golf, Tesla Motors, Sega of America, Konami, and Lombardi Sports. Since 2002, Hub has won hundreds of creative awards across the full range of marketing channels including website design, television, rich media, radio, package design, outdoor and web viral.
D.J. was an adjunct professor of integrated marketing and advertising at both graduate and undergraduate levels at the University of San Francisco for 3 years. He has been published in Advertising Age, has served on the Board of Directors of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO) and has directed more than 50 television spots, animated videos and short documentaries.
Previously, D.J. co-founded Seidel O'Neil & Partners Advertising in 1995, where he worked for seven years as Co-President. There, he developed and managed work for clients including 24 Hour Fitness, Mindspring, Earthlink, Listen.com, Storehouse Furniture, and Lombardi Sports.
D.J. has a B.A. in Communication from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is forty-five years old, married and the father of two young girls. His interests include surfing, fly-fishing, sailing, scuba diving, out-of-the-way travel, and painting.
Annalyn Duke | Director of Account Management I Partner
Annalyn is the newest addition to Hub, joining officially as of August 1st to run the Account Management group.
Annalyn has spent the last 18 years building and implementing marketing programs for some of the world¹s biggest brands. Programs with award-winning creative and goal-surpassing sales figures, for clients like Apple, Sprint, Crystal Geyser, QUALCOMM, Timbuk2, AARP, Mondavi, and too many other wine brands to mention (yep, lots of wine tasting was in order).
Managing accounts within a roster of leading agencies, like Hal Riney, J Walter Thompson, Maiden Lane and Arnold, her last two stops have been as head of Account Management and Brand Strategy. Besides the basic project management skills that surprisingly few seem to get right Annalyn loves the creative process, which makes her such a great fit with Hub.
When Annalyn isn¹t working, she¹s happily chasing her two young boys around, or...sleeping.
Peter Judd | CD | Director of Design
Peter joined Hub in 2006 as Design Director bringing with him well-acclaimed talent along with an ability to get the best work from those he leads. Peter is charged with directing every piece of visual communication that Hub produces.
Prior to joining Hub, Peter was at Carol H. Williams creating work for the booming, urban, 18-25 year old consumer. His re-branding effort (including logo design, print, TV, and interactive) for Pop Secret popcorn was featured in U.S. Ad Review and is still being implemented, through General Mills, on packaging, in movie theaters and in supermarkets. In addition, his work for Coors Light, General Motors and Allstate received many accolades.
Peter is a pathetic slave to fashion and his love of design has manifested itself in the fashion world. He has designed everything from t-shirts to wedding dresses to jewelry.
Peter graduated from Syracuse University in 1994 with a degree in Advertising Design. Immediately upon leaving Syracuse he moved to San Francisco and has spent his entire career in the Bay Area doing both traditional advertising and graphic design. He has worked at shops as big as Arnold Worldwide, where he was an Associate Creative Director, to tiny, one-person design studios. He has worked on everything from beer to bondage to biotech.
When Peter is not working he is rearranging the piles of art books, stacks of vinyl and the vintage modern furniture that fill his San Francisco apartment.
PARTIAL LIST OF AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Cannes
One Show
Communication Arts
Effie
Graphis
Print Regional Design Annual
HOW International Design Annual
Archive
National ADDY
The SF Show
Webby
Telly
Icon
NY Festival
Creativity
Jason Rothman
Associate Creative Director
Jen Hartford
Designer
Leona Frey
Copywriter
Jason Rothman | Associate Creative Director
Jason began his relationship with Hub in early 2007. His design sensibility and thinking was welcomed with open arms and they have been madly in love ever since. Before arriving at Hub, Jason was a designer at Nickelodeon in New York. After almost six years at Nick, Jason felt the pull of the west coast and dropped it all to move to San Francisco to pursue his dreams of designing in the cold and foggy sunshine. When not at Hub, Jason enjoys eating out and purchasing expensive design books and vintage modern furniture. Education-wise, Jason earned a degree in marketing/advertising from the University of Pittsburgh followed by design studies at both Parsons School of Design and the School of Visual Arts.
Jen Hartford | Designer
Jen joined Hub in 2010 after being a core member of Hub's freelance design roster for over a year. Jen brings the ability to work across several different mediums, from flash design and stop motion to wood working, she welcomes every design challenge.
Jen's first project for Hub was a logo design for Book Moments, which went on to earn an SF Addy Award. From that point on Jen's relationship with Hub continued to grow. She worked with Hub to create designs for Levi's, Dockers, Microsoft, and Google, just to name a few.
Prior to joining Hub, Jen designed for Sportgenic, Wowd, Del Monte, and acted as lead designer for Espostos Catering and The Phoenix Supper Club, a roaming underground restaurant.
Jen received her BFA from the University of San Francisco. She also studied photography and printmaking at the Studio Art Center International in Florence, Italy. Jen is most known for her expertise in logo design, web design, and innovative creative concepting and ideation.
When Jen is not designing you can find her traveling the world, racing the trails of San Francisco, or sifting through piles of books at the SF library.
Leona Frey | Copywriter
Leona joined the Hub team in January 2010 as Office Manager and assistant to DJ O'Neil. Since joining Hub, Leona has been responsible for laying down the office law.
Leona got her first taste of the advertising world from her internship at TBWA/Chiat/Day before graduating from UC Berkeley in 2009 with a BA in Media Studies. When Leona isn't at Hub she enjoys short walks on the beach and living everyday like it's her last - sobbing uncontrollably and calling her loved ones.
ANGELINA DILG
Agency Producer / Account Supervisor
LESLIE PIPER
Director of New Business
Tara Brinkman
Account Coordinator
ANGELINA DILG | Agency Producer / Account Supervisor
Angelina is an Agency Producer and Account Supervisor at Hub, and has been part of the team since 2007. Her clients include: Slingbox, Sony Playstation, Shopstyle, Sega of America, The Oakland A's, Nox Audio, and Google.
Prior to joining Hub, she worked as a freelance producer in Los Angeles, primarily on automotive commercials and print shoots for Toyota, Honda, and Mitsubishi. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from U.C. Berkeley with a BA in Film Studies and a minor in Creative Writing. While there, she also studied and taught with June Jordan's Poetry for the People program. She loves spicy foods, crossword puzzles, and - ever since the Swine Flu scare - hand sanitizer.
LESLIE PIPER | Director of New Business
Leslie recently joined the Hub team as Director of New Business, responsible for acquiring new accounts.
Leslie began her marketing and sales career at PC World magazine where she managed accounts and obtained new business. She's also held account director positions at other technology publications including InfoWorld, Internet Week, and CMO magazine. Leslie also directed new business efforts for ad agency, Doremus and Company's San Francisco office for almost 4 years. Most recently she worked at Macworld Communications as Northwest Account Director.
Leslie has a BA in communications with a minor in advertising from California State University, Fullerton. She lives in Marin with her husband, and two children. Leslie loves to cook and dreams of having her own Food Network show. She also enjoys traveling, drinking wine and entertaining friends at home.
Tara Brinkman | Account Coordinator
Tara Lane Brinkman joined the Hub team as an Account Coordinator in April 2011. She earned her B.S. in Journalism and Broadcast Production, a B.A. in Psychology, as well as a LEEDS Business Certificate, from The University of Colorado, Boulder.
Prior to Hub, Tara has worked with Wasserman Media Group and The World Trade Center, San Diego handling Marketing and Events. After a year in the southern California sun, an overwhelming desire to wear rain boots came over her, and she made the move up North. A fiend for adventure, Tara is always on a quest for new experiences... preferably ones that involve the words 'snow' and 'surf.'
Meghan Raab
Account Coordinator
Jeremy Cook
Account Manager
Peter Shumar (Shu)
Director of Technology
Meghan Raab | Account Coordinator
Meghan came to Hub in July of 2011 after a six-month stint as a public relations intern. Although she enjoyed working with clients like Hidden Valley Ranch dressings, the Clorox Family of Toilet Products and Black Box Wines, she realized she was better suited for a creative agency. Her experiences in television production, writing and journalism founded her passion for and understanding of creative industries. She loves working with clients and creatives alike to produce high-quality, imaginative products that make everyone smile. She hopes to grow within the advertising industry and, a poet at heart, Meghan plans to publish a collection of poetry. (Or two, or three…)
Meghan graduated from the University of San Francisco last year, earning a B.A. in English/Creative Writing and minors in Journalism and Media Studies. In her free time, you can find Meghan writing, tap dancing and scouring Etsy for vintage wears. And if it’s snowing, she’s probably bombing down a mountain somewhere in Tahoe.
Jeremy Cook | Account Manager
Jeremy joined Hub as an Account Manager in the summer of 2011. He previously managed and produced everything from websites and trailers to TV spots and Blu-ray interactive features.
Pre-Hub, Jeremy was an account manager and producer for a motion picture marketing company in the city of angels and traffic, Los Angeles, where his clients included Universal, Paramount and Walt Disney Pictures. He managed campaigns and produced material for movies such as Knocked Up and Star Trek. He graduated from Loyola University of New Orleans, where he studied Communication and Computer Information Systems. When he is not obsessed with his job, he loves to travel, watch sports (and talk too much about it) and eat really good food.
Peter Shumar (Shu) | Director of Technology
With 13 years of experience in technology, Shu’s the guy people come to for answers and to fix issues no one else can. He’s been a designer and a programmer and has that je ne sais quoi that other developers only wish they had. Shu has worked on projects for Grand Banks Yachts, PGA Tour Experiences, Hilton Hotels, Fox Interactive, and Mercedes to name a few.
Shu has a BFA in kinetics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has studied at L’ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. When not at Hub, Shu enjoys time with his family, cooking, surfing, and racing sailboats.
Ben King
Freelance Designer
Pete Fleming
Editor
Ben King | Freelance Designer
Ben is a graphic designer and artist. He Studied Graphic Design at the University of San Francisco. He joined Hub Strategy as a freelance designer in the summer of 2010.
In his free-time, Ben enjoys gardening, contemplative hikes in the wild, and painting various portraits of wolves. His astrological sign is the cancer, he is considered quite emotional but also very caring.
Pete Fleming | Editor
Pete joined Hub in 2009 to edit and shoot video large and small as well as keep those squirrely freelancers in line. At Hub, he has worked on projects for Google, Android, the Oakland A's, Dockers, Green Genius, Ooma, and Spot Satellite Messenger among others.
Before Hub, Pete graduated from University of California, Davis, with degrees in Communications, Psychology, and Film. Since then he has put on art shows and movie premieres and worked in independent film, PR at the San Francisco Opera, 826 Valencia, and finally, video and advertising for clients such as Levi's, MetroPCS, and Comcast.
In his spare time, he writes and directs his own film with the dream of being in the San Francisco International Film Festival, as well as designing shirts, writing fiction and spec screenplays, shooting music videos, reediting movies into parody trailers, rebuilding his 1970 Ford Mustang, and making bad puns.
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