Hollister CREATIVE

Professional team

Hollister Creative is led by seasoned creative professionals and employs a team of award-winning graphic 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 | Ida Marie Higgins

Kim Landry, President

Kim Landry founded Hollister Creative in 1990. As President, her focus areas are business development, client relations and company management. 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 is on the board of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), serves on the advisory committee of the Main Line Chamber of Commerce Society of Professional Women (SPW) and earned Supplier Network certification through the Greater Philadelphia Chamber. Kim volunteers as Marketing Chair, United Way of Southeastern PA Women’s Initiative, and previously volunteered as Board Chair, New Gulph Children’s Center, and President, Brynford Civic Association. Kim earned a B.A. in American Literature from Middlebury College.
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Peter Landry,
Vice President & Editorial 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 & Editorial Director, he is chiefly responsible for editorial quality control. He also heads up the company’s Education Outreach and Public Outreach projects. Under Peter’s direction, our Education Outreach division, Hollister Kids, has received 52 national honors. Hollister Kids has been commissioned to create custom education outreach materials by the Ford Motor Company Fund, the Newspaper Association of America Foundation and the Declaration of Independence Foundation, the Penn Museum and the Detroit Science Center, among others. 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,
Managing Editor & Social Media Manager

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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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. Don is chiefly responsible for Milestones, the monthly newspaper for seniors that Hollister produces on behalf of Philadelphia Corporation for Aging. Milestones celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2011. Under Don's direction, the publication has won numerous honors from the National Mature Media Association. Don is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Georgette Klotz, Graphic 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 won national awards in 2010 and 2011. He earned a B.S. in Graphic Design from Drexel University.
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Ida Marie Higgins, Sales Representative

Ida Marie Higgins joined the Hollister Creative team in 2012. Previously, she spent 12 years at the Eastern Technology Council, where she recruited new members and sold advertising in the Council’s various publications. Ida Marie is a fitness enthusiast and yogi who enjoys experimenting with new Italian and French recipes in the kitchen. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cabrini College. Look for her at networking and association events — Ida Marie always enjoys meeting new people.
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