Team Bios
Bryon Paul McCartney - Photography & Creative Direction
Bryon creates powerful images that go beyond the ordinary to translate business messages into meaningful visual communications. He provides location photography and creative direction for client projects, and consults clients on strategies for developing and using visual media in business. Bryon's photography reflects his passion for great images and draws on his professional background as a graphic designer and creative director.
- 20+ years of visual media and design experience.
- Clients include Alstom, Thompson Reuters, Chevrolet, Rosenberg Spezial Reisen, Sulzer Pumps and Natureworks.
- Creative director at Wirz Interactive, led design teams for clients including GM Europe, Opel and Clariant.
- Creative director with Unilever, led design for brands including Helene Curtis, Lipton Foods, Unilever and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- A member of Canon Professionals, the ASMP, PPA, SBF and VFG professional photography associations. A long-standing member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
- Bryan’s personal fine art photography has won numerous awards and been shown in galleries and exhibitions in Switzerland, Austria and the U.S.A.
- Shares his knowledge and experience teaching photography classes and workshops at The ViewFinder Center for Photography.
Kellie Nolan McCartney - Project Coordination & Client Service
Kellie is the main point of contact and coordination for client projects. She applies her background in marketing communications and agency management to working closely with clients to manage projects from start to successful finish. At the heart of her work is an ability to understand and distill business strategies and technical information into meaningful communications messages and visual concepts.
- 24 years of business-to-business public relations experience and Agency management.
- Managed the European headquarter office for a U.S.-based PR agency, specializing in Business-to-Business communications for industrial markets.
- Created and implemented marketing and corporate communications programs for clients including Dow Chemical, Syngenta, Glaxo Smith Kline, John Deere and Alstom Power Systems.
- Produced radio and television programming for an ABC network affiliate broadcasting group.
- B.A. Mass Communications and Art History, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.