Jessi is the founder and creative director at P&P, leading a team of talented writers, designers and developers in creating brands that empower her clients. She brings practical know-how and an ability to see the big picture to the table with every project. Jessi guides clients through the creative process, helping them identify their goals and create a roadmap for success. She leads the creative direction for each project to ensure every aspect of her clients’ marketing strategy meets their goals. Clients get the benefit of working with a creative director who has more than 15 years of experience in design, and has earned dozens of happy clients and countless industry awards.

Fave book: Braving the Wilderness
Fave drink: Black Coffee
Fave food: Pizza
Fave podcast: Armchair Expert

Julie developed a knack for storytelling as a young girl in her father’s southeastern Kentucky newsroom. For more than 15 years as an editor, publisher and designer, she has applied that talent across media platforms to help clients grow their businesses. As a creative director for P&P, Julie leads brand messaging for each project, helping clients share their business purpose in a direct, compelling way. She also works with clients to blend the appropriate voice, messaging and design with a targeted media approach that effectively communicates their brand story. She has extensive experience in the media, tourism, health care, telecommunications and manufacturing sectors, and has received multiple industry writing and design awards.

Fave book: The Great Gatsby
Fave drink: Wine
Fave food: Beef tartare
Fave podcast: Radiolab

Tara serves as P&P’s junior designer and adds a helping hand to every project. She joins P&P from Eastern Kentucky University, where she was a graphic designer in the university’s marketing department for three years. She brings with her experience in publication design, social media strategy and design, and branding and collateral design. Additionally, her minor in journalism allows her to assist in messaging and content development.

Fave book: Just Kids by Patti Smith
Fave drink: Black coffee
Fave food: Breakfast for dinner
Fave podcast: 99% Invisible

Sarah’s innate organizational drive and get-it-done attitude provide our clients with a key connector on the P&P team. Experienced as a leader in K-12 education and librarianship, Sarah’s research and management skills hum at the base of P&P’s internal operations. She is also the team’s lead SEO researcher and digital marketing expert. She thrives on solving problems and creating efficient systems. Whether it’s editing copy, managing timelines or diving into databases, you’ll find her on the go and at the ready.

Fave book: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Fave drink: Chai tea
Fave food: Sushi
Fave podcast: How I Built This

With over a decade of experience, Jessica is one of P&P’s go-to developers for custom-coded WordPress websites. She uses her problem-solving skills to create sites that are not only pixel perfect, but user-friendly and highly adaptable. In addition to turning custom designs into highly-functioning websites, Jessica keeps all of our maintenance clients’ sites up-to-date and operating correctly. Although she currently lives in South Carolina, Jessica was born and raised in the heart of Appalachia.

Fave book: You are a Badass by Jen Sincero
Fave drink: Wine
Fave food: Dessert
Fave podcast: Armchair Expert