Hollister CREATIVE

Professional team

Hollister Creative is led by seasoned marketing communications professionals and employs a team of award-winning designers, writers and editors. Our company culture is collaborative and upbeat.

    
Meet the team: Kim Landry | Peter Landry | Heidi Karl
Martha Michaela Hutchman Brown | Don Harrison
Georgette Klotz | Jon Barthmus | Melissa Fasolino

Kim Landry, President

Kim Landry founded Hollister Creative in 1990. As President, her focus areas are marketing strategy, business development, client relations and company management. In 2013, she was inducted into the Decades of Excellence Hall of Fame by the National Women Business Owners Corporation, a certifying agency for WBE (Woman Business Enterprise) designation. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Main Line Chamber of Commerce and the Advisory Committee of the chamber's Society of Professional Women (SPW). Previously she served on the Board of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and the Women’s Initiative Leadership Committee of the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. Kim has earned Supplier Network certification through the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. She previously volunteered as Board Chair, New Gulph Children’s Center, and President, Brynford Civic Association. Kim began her career in the newspaper industry, with stints as Executive Editor of a weekly newspaper group, Sunday Magazines Editor at the metro daily Boston Herald and Editor in Chief at the local daily Greenwich (Conn.) Time. She earned a B.A. in American Literature from Middlebury College.
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Peter Landry,
Vice President & Content Director

Peter Landry joined Hollister Creative in 1996 after 13 years at The Philadelphia Inquirer as a reporter and editor on assignments ranging from popular arts to police, covering a U.S. Senate campaign and managing the Weekend section. As VP & Content Director, he is chiefly responsible for quality control. He also heads up the company’s Education Outreach and Public Outreach projects. In 2013, Hollister has been commissioned to create custom education outreach materials by the Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, Educational Testing Service (ETS) and Ford Motor Company Fund. Previous commissions include the Newspaper Association of America Foundation, the Declaration of Independence Foundation, the Penn Museum and the Detroit Science Center, among others. Under Peter’s direction, our Education Outreach division, Hollister Kids, has received 52 national honors. Peter earned a B.A. in English from Harvard College.
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Heidi Karl, Art Director

Heidi Karl joined Hollister Creative in 1993. With Founder Kim Landry, she helped to establish the quality standards that would define the company as it grew. As Art Director, she leads the design team and is chiefly responsible for design quality control. Heidi's leadership has been key to Hollister’s success in designing products that serve client needs and consistently win national design awards. Her expertise also has been recognized with invitations to judge design contests. A world traveler who avoids tourist destinations in favor of horseback riding and camping in remote areas, Heidi's many skills include stilt-walking and welding. She earned a B.S. in Graphic Design from Drexel University.
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Martha Michaela Hutchman Brown,
Editor, Content & Social Media

Martha Brown joined Hollister Creative in 2000. Her writing and editing work has contributed to many of Hollister’s general excellence awards for marketing communications, custom publishing and education outreach. In addition, Martha manages social media for clients and for Hollister, including our Facebook page and our popular email newsletter, Get Great Creative. When not at Hollister, Martha expresses her creativity through her Etsy shop, MarfDaze, where she sells the colorful totes, cases and bags she makes from vibrant fabrics. She is also a playwright whose work has been produced in Philadelphia and New York. She earned a B.A. in Theater from Bryn Mawr College.
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Georgette Klotz, Senior Designer

Georgette Klotz joined Hollister Creative in 2007. She is equally talented at website design and print design and has won national awards for both. When she is not cooking up a new design for a Hollister client, she is often in her kitchen, trying a new recipe or inventing something all her own. Georgette also makes beautiful and unusual jewelry. She earned a B.S. in Graphic Design from Drexel University.
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Jon Barthmus, Graphic Designer

Jon Barthmus joined Hollister Creative in 2009. Jon is a versatile graphic designer whose abundant creativity is also evident in the music world, where he heads up the indie rock band Sun Airway as lead singer. Logos, print collateral and education outreach materials he designed have won national awards. He earned a B.S. in Graphic Design from Drexel University.
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Don Harrison, Writer & Editor

Don Harrison joined Hollister Creative in 2001 after a long career in Philadelphia journalism that included years as City Editor of the Bulletin and Op-Ed Page Editor of the Daily News. From Aug. 2001 to Aug. 2012, Don was chiefly responsible for Milestones, the monthly newspaper for seniors produced on behalf of Philadelphia Corporation for Aging. Under Don's direction, the publication won numerous honors from the National Mature Media Association. He is currently Milestones Editor Emeritus, writes a monthly column for the publication and takes on various other writing and editing assignments. Don is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Melissa Fasolino, Graphic Designer

Melissa Fasolino joined Hollister Creative in October 2012. After graduating Summa Cum Laude from Rowan University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and Art Education Certification, Melissa spent several years as a high school art teacher. More recently she did design work for educational book publisher Nathan Levy Books and the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. Melissa's Etsy shop, Zucchini & Co., sells custom invitations featuring her illustrations. (Zucchini is also the name of Melissa's beloved daschund.)
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