Who We Are
We craft brands that move people to affection.
What We Do
Hatch helps our clients grow by appealing to people on an emotional,
unguarded and lasting level.
BRAND STRATEGY
Define what a brand needs to be, say and stand for.
ADVERTISING
Create emotionally evocative advertising that builds brands.
COMMUNICATIONS
Create experiences, activations, collateral, sales materials, press kits and corporate communications.
BRAND DEVELOPMENT
Bring the strategy to life through naming, visual identity, logo and messaging development.
DIGITAL
Design for the web and applications and oversee its production.
PACKAGING
Create unique, engaging retail packaging systems.
INNOVATION
We uncover meaningful white space opportunities for new brands and portfolio extensions.
ENVIRONMENTS
Develop expressions of the brand in the places that physically engage consumers.
Team
Our team represents some of the best talent in the industry.
They’re also illustrators, photographers, parents, musicians, triathletes and volunteers.
SVP Client Services
Brenda Bender
Brenda has an extensive background in strategy, branding and the creative process. In her spare time, she can be found Pinteresting her next favorite meal, usually incorporating her favorite kitchen tool, the blow torch.
Executive Creative Director
Patrick Smith
Patrick is an award winning ACD that draws from an extensive consumer packaging and branding background throughout North America and Australia. Creating unique consumer connections within a wide range of industries. Driven to create solutions through strategy-based design, every challenge is an opportunity. Pat calls Vancouver home and is a brand new father to his first son, Lincoln.
Design Director
Bryan Cleghorn
Bryan is drawn to all types of design; industrial, architecture, photography and typography. All influence his design approach. Bryan cannot be defined or pinned down by any one style, which adds to the excitement of what his next project will blossom into. He can be found exploring the Bay Area, at a music show, or visiting an art gallery.
Design Director
Sean Morse
An avid snowboarder, Sean’s interest in design was sparked by snowboarding culture and design. He’s passionate about the intersection of strategy and design and has significant experience with design in the entertainment sector. His hobbies include running, which is one of his favorite ways to see and experience new cities, and attending music festivals.
Senior Designer
Jerimy Lumia
Jerimy is a Southern California native with a strong passion for typography and logo design. He has extensive design experience in the apparel industry. He is an avid outdoor enthusiast, loves camping, backpacking, hiking as well as traveling. He loves seeing live music and comedy, and all things pertaining to Asian cuisine (except for Uni).
Senior Designer
Dang Vo
Dang is a multidisciplinary designer from Montreal. He has a diverse skill set in motion graphics, illustration, typography and photography art direction that allows him to provide a holistic approach at Hatch. Influenced by fashion, his designs have an edgy and wild aesthetic. Watercoloring and cooking for friends are some of his favorite activities.
Senior Designer
Tracy Lee
Tracy is an artist with a background in advertising, branding and illustration who is passionate about expressing herself through various mediums of art, inspiring people’s imaginations and stirring emotional connections. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, she strives to create soulful and empowering work that transcends the borders of language and culture. In her spare time she can be found singing sappy, emotive melodies with her guitar.
Designer
Kristen McGriff
Kristen is an illustration and type whiz, who appreciates fun and whimsical design. She has been passionate about design since she was young; wanting to be a fashion designer when she was growing up. Kristen keeps herself busy by taking care of her four birds and traveling all across the country.
Designer
Yijing Yan
Born and raised in China, Yijing brings a unique perspective to her bold, colorful, and illustrative designs. She has a Master’s degree in graphic design from the Academy of Art University and enjoys finding inspiration both in her surroundings and in vintage prints. Send her a postcard to add to her collection!
Junior Designer
Ryann Woods
Ryann thrives on creating specialty, personality-driven brands. Born and raised in Northern California, she has always planned to spend a chapter in San Francisco where she can feed her various creative interests such as textiles, sewing, and painting. When not creating custom embroidered sweatshirts that push the boundaries between fashion and art, you can find Ryann wandering around Golden Gate Park or cooking up exotic recipes in the kitchen.
Production Director
Richard Eriksson
Richard puts the final touches on every project and plays an incredibly pivotal role throughout the creative process. With more than 20 years in the business, his sense for detail and execution is unmatched. Richard is also rumored to be related to the late great Lief Eriksson.
Creative Services Supervisor
Laila Moiré-Selvage
Laila is our enthusiastic Account Supervisor who can be summed up as a go-getter. Being raised on the beautiful Big Island of Hawaii played a large role in Laila’s appreciation for nature. She loves hikes, has a passion for photography and enjoys her involvement at environmental non-profit, Action for Nature.
Account Director
Diane Baker
Originally from the Midwest, Diane has a background in full-service advertising agencies working on brands big and small. In her free time, she loves to travel, read, paddleboard and hang with her super cute cat named Chandler (big Friends fan). She also has a passion for baking and often makes goodies for Cake 4 Kids to celebrate foster kids and at-risk youth who don’t always get to celebrate their birthdays.
Account Director
Ashley Ecker
Ashley has a background in advertising. Born in the bay, she spent her formative years in Colorado and graduated with an advertising degree from University of Colorado, Boulder. On the weekends you can find Ashley entertaining her one year old son. Oh, and she prefers a gin martini over vodka!
Assistant Account Manager
Max Sherwood
Born and raised in the Bay Area, Max started his career in advertising after graduating from University of Colorado, Boulder with a degree in Strategic Communication. In his free time, he enjoys exploring different creative outlets like music, fashion, cooking, and even tattoo design.
Assistant Account Manager
An Pham
An comes from a background in sales and project management and has a degree in Psychology and Sociology from UC Davis. Born in Vietnam, An grew up in the Bay Area where she loves exploring the plentiful and diverse food options. In her spare time, you can find her at local restaurants taking photos for Yelp reviews. An is especially a Taco Tuesday aficionado, and never misses an opportunity to eat tacos!
Assistant Account Manager
John Corr
John is a former Mathlete from Philadelphia with a passion for musical theatre and any other form of bold, emotional storytelling. That’s what excites him about design and branding work: it is an opportunity to quickly communicate complex ideas using just color and shape. He is all about collaborative problem solving and teamwork, except when it comes to crosswords, which he insists on doing solo.
Marketing & Business Development Associate
Paul Brown
Paul’s life and career began in California’s Wine Country, where he gained invaluable experience marketing wineries of all sizes. His passion for brand strategy and design led him to work at several Bay Area agencies, growing his cross-category knowledge with every stop. Paul is an avid golfer, Catalan native speaker, and a graduate of UC San Diego.
Select Clients
With roots in design and innovation, clients come to us to create new brands, reinvent brands and extend established brands into new areas.
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BEAUTY
- Benefit Cosmetics
- Credo Beauty
- Goddess Garden Organics
- Grove.Co / Superbloom
- Just For Men
- LVMH: NUDE Skincare
- Sanitas
- Sephora
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TECH & ENTERTAINMENT
- Adobe
- Dolby
- Fabric Genomics
- LytEn
- NIK Software: Snapseed
- VIZ Media
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FASHION & RETAIL
- Gap Family of Brands
- Home Depot
- Jos. A. Bank
- Manduka
- Sunbrella
- The Men’s Wearhouse
- Wingtip
- Williams-Sonoma
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FOOD
- Alec’s Ice Cream
- Alter Eco barkTHINS
- Blue Evolution
- Bulletproof
- Catalina Snacks
- Campbells
- Charles Chocolates Dang
- gimMe Snacks
- Honey Mama’s
- Hershey Joolies KRAVE
- Late July Organics
- Lenny & Larry’s
- MET-Rx
- Michael Angelo’s
- Nature’s Bakery
- Nature’s Fynd
- Nestlé
- Noosa
- Peckish
- PepsiCo
- Petit Pot
- Planet FWD / Moonshot
- PopChips
- Prommus
- Rao’s Homemade
- Simple Mills
- Smashmallow
- Smucker’s
- Sports Research
- Sovos Brands
- Sumo Citrus
- Taylor Farms
- Thinsters
- Thrive Algae
- Wilde Chips
- Worthy
- Unilever
BEVERAGE
- Coca-Cola
- Constellation Brands
- Diageo
- JAQK Cellars
- Mati
- Muscle Milk
- New Belgium Brewery
- Numi Organic Tea
- Odwalla
- Pabst
- Pepsi-Cola
- R&D Brewery
- Seagram’s
- Smartwater
- Tahoe Water
- Vitaminwater
- Yamamotoyama
