Jason Hackett
Owner, Creative Director/Copywriter
Jason Hackett
Owner, Creative Director/Copywriter
Jason began his career interning for a small ad agency in Troy, NY before signing on for a short stint working for a global ad agency out of St. Louis. He was perfectly content at his job until East coast winters got the best of him. He moved back to his hometown Phoenix, re-launched his career and spent the next fifteen years writing his way up through the ranks of various agencies before opening HAPI in 2009. Jason has written thousands of ads, won hundreds of creative awards, and has grown HAPI into one of the most creative and well-regarded ad agencies in the Southwest.
Danny Stoeller
Director, Strategy/Account/Media
Danny Stoeller
Director, Strategy/Account/Media
Danny is an advertising do-it-all. He leads messaging exercises, writes communications plans, creates media strategies and personally implements campaigns online. He develops creative concepts and creates layer upon layer of detailed reporting spreadsheets. He is also one of the most responsive and organized project supervisors you will ever meet. Ex-clients still reach out to Danny for his marketing acumen. He is the embodiment of delivering on HAPI’s brand promise of creating smiles, and understands the potential of smart advertising like few others.
Mike Vera
Creative Director
Mike Vera
Creative Director
Among Mike’s many talents is the ability to bring out the best in others. Good work is hard to do consistently. Mike builds award-winning campaigns from initial concept sketches to design to production while simultaneously helping other HAPI designers do the same. Mike is a true master of the art and pushes team members to his level of excellence. Mike is a seasoned, award-winning art director who sets a high bar, and produces innovative designs that are strategic and always blend good taste with a technical know-how. He is skilled at making HAPI clients shine.
Taylor Marin
Associate Creative Director
Taylor Marin
Associate Creative Director
If Taylor looks familiar, he is. Taylor worked at HAPI for three years before leaving to further elevate his graphic design skills client-side. Not only did Taylor continue to create outstanding campaigns at his new jobs, he also helped manage younger designers. He returns to HAPI as Associate Creative Director. We are happy to have his incessantly good attitude back at the office, a trait only matched by his strong work ethic and keen eye for art direction.
Ian Hackett
Director, New Biz/Culture
Ian Hackett
Director, New Biz/Culture
Everyone seems to be six degrees of Ian Hackett. His friendly demeanor, humorous stories and natural ability to connect with people make him a wanted guest on the networking circuit, where he always seems to know someone. Which is good. He has the perfect demeanor to be director of new business development for HAPI. When he’s not out collecting business cards and preaching HAPI, he is at the office scheming new ways to keep the culture HAPI.
Lauren Anderson
Creative, Art Director/Production
Lauren Anderson
Creative, Art Director/Production
Don’t let her tattoos fool you. Lauren is as professional as they come. She has an acute eye for detail in print production from her experience working at two local printers and layers her production skills with a creative flair for design that lead to surprising ideas. She is a natural at communicating brands in new ways. Lauren is also an illustrator, allowing HAPI to expand its visual offerings and explore new creative avenues. She is quick on the computer and proactive in catching errors with files or with content, and doesn’t need to be given a lot of direction to turn a new project into a professional, award-winning piece of communication.
Kelsey Moore
Account Manager
Kelsey Moore
Account Manager
Kelsey manages, facilitates, coordinates, negotiates and works hard on behalf of HAPI clients to ensure timely completion of projects. What makes Kelsey such a skilled Account Manager isn’t just her many years’ experience working at ad agencies. She’s an avid trail runner, often participating in long-distance races through scenic parts of the country. Advertising can be a marathon, and it’s good to have a professional on staff who doesn’t tire easily. Kelsey is a confident leader, ready and able to carry clients over the mountains ahead.
Bethany Springer
Creative, Art Director/Production
Bethany Springer
Creative, Art Director/Production
Bethany Springer, a talented graphic designer, possesses a remarkable ability to translate ideas into visually stunning experiences. With a focus on brand identity design, typography, and illustration, Bethany’s work reflects her innovative spirit and talent for breathing new life into designs. Her meticulous attention to detail and unwavering commitment to excellence position her as an outstanding art director.
Lizzy Moore
Media Director
Lizzy Moore
Media Director
Lizzy has more than fifteen years media planning and buying experience and has worked on both the agency and client side. She is honest and tells it like it is. If a plan won’t achieve desired results, Lizzy is the first to let you know. She approaches all media plans with a neutral mindset, evaluating every possible solution based on the campaign’s goals and objectives. She has worked on large, national accounts and specializes in digital media. She is a savvy negotiator who delivers.
Christian Skidmore
Digital Strategist / Account Executive
Christian Skidmore
Digital Strategist / Account Executive
Christian is a goal-driven busybody who likes to keep projects moving, a mentality that fits in well at HAPI. Friendly and professional, Christian brings a depth of social media experience to HAPI. He can delegate, manage, create, execute and analyze all phases of the social media supply chain, and continually strives to expand clients’ digital footprints in new and dynamic ways. He also excels in project management and assists with the organization and completion of projects internally. When Christian is not busy at the office, he fills in as bread baker at a local deli. When he’s not baking deli breads, he concepts new designs for his budding fashion brand. We asked Christian what he does when he’s not working. He stated matter-of-factly, “I work.”
Jenny North
Graphic Designer
Jenny North
Graphic Designer
In the ever-advancing technical realm of graphic design, Jenny is a seasoned pro. With 25+ years’ design and creative direction experience – both digital and print – Jenny plays a key role in HAPI’s speed and seemingly endless bandwidth. Jenny chips in on creative projects and requires little in the way of direction. She’s owned her own design firm and has had Fortune 100 companies as clients. She is quick to grasp concepts and objectives, and quick to deliver final designs that are thoughtful, eye-catching, and always on brand. HAPI’s creative team fires on all cylinders, and Jenny adds extra horsepower to help move projects expeditiously over the finish line. When not assisting HAPI, Jenny can be found at Jenny at jennynorth.com.
Abigail Rowley
Marketing Coordinator
Abigail Rowley
Marketing Coordinator
Abigail was brought on as a summer intern at HAPI to learn about the inner workings of an ad agency. By end of her internship, we realized she was a research and analytics whiz. Abigail has knack for campaign metrics and identifying data inconsistencies and will pursue aberrations to learn about their root causes and how they might be beneficial to future campaigns. She helps with content creation for our clients’ social media channels and schedules posts and creates the reporting. Abigail is currently a second-year student at University of Arizona and works with HAPI behind the scenes – BTS as the kids will say – on reporting, social media campaigns and market research.