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Our Team

The Punch Team

Joke tellers, problem solvers, creative thinkers.

Meet The Team

Great work starts with great people. We value creativity over cover letters, portfolios over postdocs. We start from the baseline of equal, with unlimited opportunity to grow.  We are  designers, copywriters, strategists,  developers, multimedia producers, and project managers – and we’re  all creatives at heart.  We come from agencies, from PR firms and nonprofits, from the Fortune 500 to the Forbes front page. We’re from all around the country,  and from all  around the world.

Want to put a face to an email? Meet the team below.

The Founders

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Brian Tillman

Co-founder and Principal

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Joe DePalma

Co-founder and Principal

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From reluctant co-workers who learned to tolerate each other, to founding Punch in 2014, meet Brian Tillman and Joe DePalma, considered two of the world’s most okay-est business partners.

Sr. Leadership

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Christine Schaefer

COO

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Josue Ochoa

CTO
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Laura Ngo

Chief Creative Officer
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Kati Buchheit

Associate Director, Strategy
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Annika Anthony

Associate Director, Product

Creative Team

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Stirling Myles

Head of People

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Alison Murdock

Associate Director Client Success

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Israel Ochoa

Associate Director, Development

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Corey Jones

Director of Motion

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Max Wolfe

Art Director

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Stephanie Choi

Associate Director, Technical Product Manager

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Rafael Hernandez

Technical Product Manager

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Andrew Amundson

Senior Copywriter

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Eric Tamerlani

Senior Strategist

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Jaime Wong

Senior Developer

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Sydney Meyer

Design Team Lead

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Eliza Kingsley

Head of Production

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Abby Caldwell

Client Success Manager

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Alex Aliaga

Developer

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Avval Kaur

Sr. Designer

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Benjamin Illescas

Jr. Developer

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Carmela Cabrera

Production Artist

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Troy Loveless

Sr. Designer

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Danny McGarvey

Sr. Designer

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Franco Quispe

Sr. Developer

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Garrett Johnston

Production Artist

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El Afroozan

Motion Designer

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Ivonne Francia

Production Artist

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Jared Ruddock

Client Success Manager

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Manuel Francia

Sr. Developer

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Jean Pierre Ruiz

Developer

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Megan Boyd

Sr. Designer

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Meghann Ferguson

Sr. Client Success Manager

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Leah Salyards

Senior Copywriter

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Tyler Drummond

Design Team Lead

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Sam Salyards

Senior Copywriter

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Scott Cooper

Video Producer

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Shelby Baker

Finishing Artist

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Vannia Ochoa

Production Artist

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Cassandra Kussy

Production Artist

Team Work

Makes the Dream Work

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Six people are seated and standing in a modern office lounge with large windows, a red wall with "Punc" written on it, and
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A woman and a man are speaking into microphones at an indoor event with black, gold, and white balloons in the background.
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Two women with brown hair and smiling faces pose closely together in a warmly lit indoor setting.
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A group of ten people poses together on a desert dune at sunset.
A group of nine men in red "Punch" basketball jerseys pose together at a charity event with a bright orange backdrop.
Eight people stand behind a table with a birthday cake, celebrating in front of a large "Punch" sign.
Five people are gathered outdoors under a covered area, preparing and enjoying grilled food together.
A group of nine diverse professionals stands together in front of a high-tech, circuit-themed backdrop with a logo.
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