Our Team
SAM-LAB is a team of designers and writers who work collaboratively from home offices across North America. Since 2005, we’ve produced tens of thousands of projects for companies worldwide.
Our goal is to work as an extension of our clients’ teams and build tight relationships as creative consultants. Designers and writers are matched with clients and projects based on their skillsets and expertise. Some of our team members are masters in powerpoint. Others have a knack for infographics and illustration. Everyone brings their professionalism and hard work to the table on each and every project—large or small.
Creative Leadership and Operations
Jeff Till
Chief Executive Officer
Jeff is the owner of SAM-LAB and oversees its operations. He also works with clients on writing and content-based projects.
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Amanda Blackmore
Chief Creative Officer
Amanda directs day-to-day creative operations, and leads our design team to create superior outcomes for our clients.
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Jordan Love
Creative Director
Jordan works with our design team to create captivating work while maintaining the creative consistency of our clients’ brand and vision.
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Josh Weser
Creative Director
Josh specializes in executive communication design and animation.
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Nick Olivotto
Creative Director
Nick serves as a creative director and graphic designer at SAM-LAB. He works diligently with the team on creative solutions and client design standards.
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Ross Jewell
Content Lead
Ross leads copywriting projects for SAM-LAB. He writes and edits content for our clients and in support of our design team.
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Alexis Street
Senior Project Manager
Alexis is focused on operations, including end-to-end project management and implementing tools for our team.
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Breanna Dowell
Operations Specialist
Breanna manages SAM-LAB’s invoicing and operations processes.
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Stephanie Ly
Project Manager
Stephanie Ly is SAM-LAB’s Project Manager on the operations team, managing requests from clients and stakeholders and coordinating resources to consistently ensure efficient project progression.
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Alex Nadeau
Graphic Designer
Alex has been with SAM-LAB as a graphic designer since 2017 and specializes in web, video and animation.
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Aviva Isenberg
Lead Designer
Aviva is a lead graphic designer at SAM-LAB specializing in deck design and event support, delegator of tasks and champion of the “work smarter, not harder” concept.
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Bridget Gillespie
Graphic Designer
Bridget is a graphic designer at SAM-LAB who creates and assists others on the team in presentation and strategy design. Her other specialties include animation and iconography.
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Dana Trentlage
Lead Designer
Dana is a lead graphic designer at SAM-LAB with over 15 years experience in design. She specializes in video animation, motion graphics and web design/build, particularly in WordPress and HubSpot.
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Emily Kleine
Lead Designer
Emily Kleine is a lead designer at SAM-LAB and works primarily on layout design for the company.
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Erika Phillips
Lead Designer
As a design lead at SAM-LAB, Erika is responsible for the quality, creativity and delivery of design projects. Her specialty is in building the look and feel or layout for a brand/visual story.
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Heather Austin
Graphic Designer
Heather is a graphic designer at SAM-LAB. She enjoys presentation design, as well as web and email design.
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Holly Mistely
Graphic Designer
Holly Mistely primarily designs for presentations and layout design for SAM-LAB with specialties in illustration, social media design and photo editing.
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Joshua Balcos
Graphic Designer
Joshua is a graphic designer at SAM-LAB specializing in print material design, branding and photography selection.
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KeyAnna Scott
Graphic Designer
KeyAnna is a graphic designer at SAM-LAB with a specialty in presentation and marketing design.
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Mandy Buehler
Graphic Designer
Mandy has worked as a graphic designer for SAM-LAB since July 2018 and specializes in layout, photo manipulation and illustration.
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Natalie Cook
Quality Control Manager
Natalie joined SAM-LAB in February 2020 as their first quality control manager and copy editor, overseeing quality assurance, checking design work and editing/proofreading all creative collateral.
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Paris McKeown
Lead Designer
For the past three years at SAM-LAB, Paris has played a lead role in designing for various sales and marketing projects, social media assets and training material. She has deep experience in presentation design, from one-on-one meetings all the way to the main stage.
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Peter Markiw
Graphic Designer
Peter Markiw is one of SAM-LAB’s graphic designers specializing in layouts, print material design, branding, photo retouching and manipulation.
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Renee Morales
Lead Designer
Serving as both graphic designer and project leader at SAM-LAB, Renee transforms client ideas and needs into innovative and impactful visual solutions. She is a trusted resource for clients and because of her depth of print experience, often leads projects with a print component.
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Sam Dulac
Graphic Designer
Sam is a graphic designer at SAM-LAB, assisting with presentation work (PowerPoint and Keynote), single and multipage documents, photo editing/manipulation and illustration.
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Susie Armstrong
Graphic Designer
Susie is a graphic designer at SAM-LAB and specializes in presentation design, layout design, custom illustration and infographic design.
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