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REAL PEOPLE. REAL PLACE. REAL CONNECTION.

THE TEAM

Authenticity = Trust = True Collaborative Partnership

We take our trade seriously…but ourselves? A little less so. Inside many of our highly disciplined, by-the-book account leaders beats a wildly creative heart—one grounded in the belief that authentic, human-made creative insight isn’t just aesthetic, it’s financial. In a marketplace where emotional connection drives real activation, we’ve seen how brands that drift toward AI-sourced sameness risk losing the instinctive attachment that builds trust, loyalty, and spend.

In many of our care-free creative Primadonna’s is a gut-smart strategist in disguise, and there’s a shared conviction across our team: real connection can’t be manufactured. It has to be felt. Poke around a little to browse some of our B-sides—where human-made ideas, lived experience, and a refusal to be a soulless clone keep our work (and our clients) meaningfully connected.

Bongo

Chief Mirth Manager

Patricia Harris

Office Manager

Jocelyn Chubb

Senior Account Executive

Julie Messner

Account Director

Don Weaver

Executive Creative Director

Clay Cooper

Director of Client Services

Ric Van Sickle

Chief Operating Officer

Lauren Farrell

Account Director

Erin Pauly

Social Media Marketing Manager

Jim Goldman

Account Group Director

Colin Reilly

Web Developer

Bradford Pretorius

Creative Director

Emmons Patzer

VP, Senior Business Analyst/AI Strategist

Plan B named among Chicago's Top Ad Agencies