We have a core team of seasoned marketing professionals with proven experience for your project. Our team includes media relations professionals, website developers, illustrators, animation specials, online marketing experts, graphic designers, videographers, marketing pros, writers, editors, proofreaders, and other marketing gurus. St. Somewhere utilizes marketing professionals from around the U.S. and the world. Team members will be brought in as needed to handle specific elements. Below is a small sampling of some of our team members.
Managing Partner Kim Beales has been a marketing professional for 32 years. She gained agency, in-house, freelance and nonprofit experience before officially establishing St. Somewhere Holdings, LLC in 2009. Projects under her direction are done on-time, on-budget and with the highest quality. Her in-house experience includes serving as the marketing manager for both Motivational Systems, Inc. and TransWestern Publishing. Working from the corporate headquarters, she was responsible for guiding all internal and external marketing efforts. At TransWestern Publishing, she led the marketing and national sales efforts through the sale of the company for $1.56 billion. Prior to joining TransWestern Publishing, she gained advertising agency experience with McCann Erickson Worldwide. Clients included Del Mar Thoroughbred Club (Del Mar Race Track), Off-Track Betting, San Diego Trust & Savings Bank, Bumble Bee Seafoods, Tiffany & Co., WD-40, Giant Bicycle, National University, UniFiber USA and San Diego International Auto Show. A native San Diegan with a B.A. from the University of San Diego, Kim puts her more than three decades of marketing experience to work for every client.
Based in Silicon Valley, Vu Hoang Cuong Nguyen is a senior website developer. He is experienced in implementing, developing and maintaining websites using CMS frameworks such as WordPress, Magento and Drupal. He also helps our clients with hosting and domain configuration, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, CentOS, Photoshop, Photography and Illustrator.
As a published author herself, United States Army Veteran Jamie Hairston is an excellent editor and proofreader. She serves other by helping them perfect that piece for their story whether it is for company collateral, a book or other written materials. She believes that her exceptional service will be demonstrated through the development of the writing to the finished product. Every story has a unique journey to share and she knows that our clients' stories matter. She holds a Master's degree.
Researcher Tracy Hulme creates media lists, researches business contact, conducts web research, helps with data entry, posts calendar announcements to the media and much more. She holds a B.A. in Health Sciences and Social Services in Applied Psychology for Professional Contexts as well as a B.A. from the University of South Africa.
Nadine Risha is a copywriter, editor and executive assistant with more than 20 years experience who focuses on social media, website content, article writing, video editing and event planning. She is the media director for the S.T.A.R.S. Foundation (Singers Taking Action Reaching Souls), an International Non-Profit Organization. She is also the creator/editor for an NYC Investment Banker pitch-book and is a travel agent. With a B.A. in Drama and post graduate work in philosophy, Nadine travels the world entertaining and delighting audiences.
Graphic designer Dawn Lewandowski has been creating spectacular designs for clients for more than 35 years. Her graphic design abilities flow into typeface design, technical illustration and infographics. Prior to becoming a full time freelance designer, Dawn worked as a production artist for some of the nation’s top printers and was senior typeface designer at DTC (currently selling original fonts through MyFonts). She has an amazing capability to understand the client's vision for logos, business cards, website design, sales collateral and much more.
Tom Kerr has been a full-time, award-winning professional writer and editor for 10+ years. He has served as a senior editor for international digital publishers; a newspaper and magazine journalist; and a blogger and content creator. Tom has also worked as a brand strategist and a business communications consultant. His client list includes individuals, small businesses, nonprofits, and Fortune 500s across a wide diversity of professions and sectors.
With a strong skill set in the full Microsoft Office Suite, WordPress programming, HTML and online research, Sherri Yarbrough is an editor, proofreader and researcher. She received a B.A. in History with honors from the University of Texas. She edits everything from fiction to nonfiction to press releases to corporate literature. She has an amazing ability to research and find the excellent data and information.