the brandthis bridge builders

Karen is Chief Bridge Builder at brandthis. She honed her creative and strategic skills as both the client and agency partner and has worked in both the not for profit and for profit sectors. Karen spent the early part of her career at Showtime Cable TV where she spearheaded the network’s branding and the organization’s Integrated Marketing efforts. Over the course of her career, Karen has planned and managed budgets ranging from $500k to $40mm, led staffs of up to 35, and won awards for marketing excellence. She is known for her ability to quickly translate strategy and complex information into content that is user-friendly and just plain works. At the end of the day though, Karen is a bridge builder – building bridges between people, strategy and creative, facts and stories, brands and their audiences. 

Karen loves crossword puzzles and much prefers hard covered books. She is a graduate of Brown University. 

Nancy is Chief Creative Bridge Designer. She has deep experience across agency, corporate and non-profit environments. She is a marketer's dream designer. She is strategic, innovative, passionate, budget and time sensitive, and always keeps the user front and center as she designs. Clients, creative and production teams love partnering with her. From designing packaging for an herbal tea to reimagining a brand's logo, Nancy puts both hemispheres of her brain into overdrive. Experienced with business development, marketing and communications, client relations and search engine optimization. 

She received her BFA from The University of the Arts and completed her studies in Internet Marketing, receiving a Graduate Certificate. Nancy lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband, son, daughter and work buddy, Trooper, spending her free time at the baseball or softball fields.