Dojo means collaboration
Like the technologies we employ, we are lightweight, nimble, scalable and simple to use. We have a core team of veteran marketing professionals surrounded by a larger team of trustworthy contractors and freelancers. Foremost, we are expert collaborators, among our team and with clients. Our model is based on helping customers connect with their customers. It’s about helping our customers see results, the sustainability of our business relationship, and about our own creative culture rather than our agency profitability. With this comes phenomenal passion around thoughtful work with fast, personal service and dramatic savings for clients.
Dojo Principals
Jeffrey Selin. CEO. Executive Creative Director. Jeffrey has extensive agency experience with creative-strategy, management and communications. Since 1995, in brand, broadcast, interactive, print, and outdoor. He is also founder of Writers’ Dojo, a center for literary artists.
John Hartman. Interactive Strategist. @ihaverobots, @feedia John has 18 years experience with technology and media, working with fortune 500 clients. He is a Partner at Robot 22 a transmedia creative agency and an Adjunct Professor at Portland State University teaching Social Media Marketing.
Tamara Grigsby. Creative Director. Account Manager. Tamara is a veteran Art Director and CD with agency, corporate, and production management experience, including a decade with Regence BlueCross BlueSield. Tamara creates, upholds, and polices the creative vision for numerous clients.
Kimberly Lofgren. UX Creative Director. 20-years of professional design experience. In addition to creative vision for our clients, Kim has designed for the hottest agencies in Portland. Her work includes Intel, Jeld-Wen, Outrigger Hawaii, and many more.
John Stricker. Art Director. John is a graphic design pro. He works in print, Web, outdoor, packaging, and production. John is our point man for numerous clients, ensuring that we are on time and on brand. John is also a photographer and artist.
Rachel Falk. Director of Client Services. Office Manager. Rachel helps ensure clients remain long-time loyal fans of the The Dojo Agency. She has extensive sales experience in B-to-B and B-to-C industries. She is also an actor, graduating from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Barry Cadish. Senior Creative Writer, Brand Strategist.25-year advertising copywriting career, beginning with BBDO/West. Afterwards, it was on to J. Walter Thompson in LA. Learn more at BarryCadish.com.
Dojo Core Collaborators
Shane Jatho. Executive Producer. 15 years experience in film and TV production and post production. He is a Partner at Robot 22, a transmedia creative agency and has worked at Warner Bros. Pictures as a Director of Post Production Services for World Wide Marketing.
Lance Barton. Producer. Writer. Director. For over a decade Lance has specialized in creating motion media, including video production, effects and animation for corporate, commercial and Hollywood clients. For feature and commercial screenwriting and directing projects, Lance is represented by the powerhouse firms Underground Management and CAA.
Tom Wheeler. PHP/MySQL Web Developer. Combining art and code since 1996. When Tom is not customizing Drupal module developments, he teaches HTML, CSS, PHP/MySQL, Flash Actionscript, Javascript and Python at The Art Institute of Portland.
Jim Frost. Social Strategy. Copywriter. Project Manager. @jamesbfrost James’s technical writing career spans twelve years, including stints at Excite@Home, Perks at Work, and Baby Wit. He is the author of the novel World Leader Pretend, and the award-winning travel guide The Artichoke Trail.
Kelly Coughlin Casey. Publicist and Retail Strategist. Kelly builds national advertising and public relations platforms, negotiates national media and sports/entertainment sponsorships, and creates interactive platforms supported by SEO/SEM practices. She is the principal and owner of Annex Communications.
Mykle Hansen. Programmer. Author of the acclaimed short-story collection Eyeheart Everything, several dozen ‘zines, a religious self-help column in the Portland Mercury, and over fifty thousand lines of Perl and PHP. Help! A Bear Is Eating Me! is his first novel.
Cary Ray. A/V Specialist. Specializing in interviews and promotional videos for the web. Cary makes adding high-quality video production with multiple camera shoots in HD an affordable option.
Joan Rogers. Copyeditor. For over a decade, Joan has been dedicated to polishing text and presenting writers at their best. Her clients include the Transformational Voice Institute, real estate agents, and numerous fiction and nonfiction writers.
