Redding Designs Inc.
Digital Marketing + Web Development

— President
Rob Redding

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Rob is the President, Owner and Founder of Redding Designs. Although traumatized by the infamous egg/staring incident, this has not prevented him from low-key annihilating everyone in the office at Call of Duty. He has recently taken up bicycling, which is usually fine, but not when you forage for wild berries in a ditch. His first website was built in Notepad and delivered via Netscape and AOL.

He is a fantastic drummer, and part of K-Pop supergroup The Variables. Rob has several nicknames around the office, including "Santa," "That guy, what's his name?" and "The only man Paul LaFrance has had to take a restraining order out on." Rob has two children, and is happily married to Amanda, a woman of seemingly unprecedented patience.

— Accounting
Mary Blatz

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Mary is one of the sweetest human beings around. Literally everyone loves her. She scares very easily, and once ran over a driving instructor with a motorcycle, and has killed more than her fair share of flowers in her attempts at gardening. But even though we know about these things, and we have ample material to give Mary our usual sarcastic treatment here, we can't bring ourselves to do it. This is for two reasons.

The first is that, as Administrative Assistant, Mary is the only person holding back a gargantuan funnel-cloud of chaos and confusion. The second is that, as Office Mother, the only thing we fear more than Rob's taste in movies is Mary's disapproval. Mary loves to travel with her husband, play with her grandchildren and screech loudly everytime Dmitri stealthily glides into position behind her desk.

— Digital marketing director
David Ferguson

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As Marketing Director of Redding Designs and founding member of glamrock supergroup The Variables, David Ferguson is a creative powerhouse. His expertise in marketing, advertising, analytics and digital communications has helped push Redding Designs to new heights, and Redding Design employee nicknames to new lows.

When he isn't at work - breaking chairs and office plants - he can be found walking the beach, beating Corn Dog at basketball or watching movies.

— Digital marketing
Ana Paula

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A digital marketing specialist, Ana holds a bachelor degree in Advertising and Marketing at PUCPR in Brazil. SEO, Google Ads, Facebook buys and social media are her core industry strengths, and she uses them to great effect.

Outside of work, her hobbies including traveling, watching movies and television shows, playing video games and shivering to stay warm in the frigid Canadian winter.

— Digital marketing
Kevin Gibson

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Eight-time London City chess champion, piano teacher and Magister of Musical Composition, Kevin is, to put it plainly, the most sophisticated, posh and worldly person who works here. To be honest, we don't quite understand how we got him.

Between Rob banging away on his drums like a monkey writing Shakespeare, and Frank randomly hitting his cowbell at arbitrary times during the day, we are shocked he didn't flee immediately. But we're glad to have him. He handles our front desk and digital marketing, at least when he isn't bashing his head into desks and bleeding all over David and Tina.

— Digital marketing
Justin Benner

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Justin is a digital marketing specialist with a long and sordid history at Redding Designs. He began as a web developer, was fired for assaulting Bernie Quiring with a piece of licorice, and then rehired once Rob realized he needed someone around to make him look good. He is knowledgable in Google Ads, social media marketing, copywriting, search engine optimization and pizza. He is happily married to Jessica, and likes to spend his spare time slandering Corny.

— Digital marketing
Ryan Marx

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Ryan Marx is a renowned movie guy, photography guy, video game guy, graphic design guy, guy's guy and, most relevant to his work here, digital marketing guy. He has a Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design, which he does very well, but also a mildly concerning obsession with the skilled use of typography and layout to convey meaning.

Ryan was hired on after a fateful Thanksgiving dinner, in which Rob explained at length how tables are easily the single greatest layout ever invented, followed by frames and then Flash (which isn't even a layout). Fearing the worst, Ryan knew he had to get involved. Table use is down 67% in his first week. Thanks Ryan!

— Digital marketing
Susan Gardner

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Susan is one of our most experienced marketers, having worked in the digital marketing space for years. Creating and growing engaged online audiences by developing effective brand strategies, Susan specializes in market research, digital asset design and brand strategy.

In her spare time, she gardens, travels and tends to her Level 50 Pokemon Go profile, which she lords over Rob, who is a lowly, sad Level 40.

— Project manager
Nancy Dyck

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Our project coordinator, Nancy brings years of skills and expertise to the table. One in particular stands out: as a busy mom of two teenagers, Nancy is uniquely qualified to handle the staff here at Redding Designs. Office admin, customer service, sales, making sure Rob eats his vegetables - all skills honed over years of child-rearing and employment in the magazine and newspaper business. Nancy enjoys team sports, swimming, photography, crafts, movies and Crossfit.

— Managing assistant
Tina Knelsen

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Prior to joining us as Project Manager, Tina worked as a wedding photographer, sometimes dealing with hysterical, stressed-out and demanding brides. This made her perfectly qualified to work with Rob Redding.

An active member of her Church, Tina loves spending time with her friends, family and pets. She is the inventor of the #tinatruth hashtag, which trended across the office, eclipsing the record of the previous most-shared hashtag, #ItsBerniesFault. When she isn't scaring Mary or staring at other team members with egg hanging from her mouth, she keeps all of our projects running smoothly.

— UX/UI designer
Blake Bates

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Blake is an UX designer, which means he spends alot of time thinking about boxes, buttons, skeletons, wireframes and something called "information architecture." We don't know what that is. But Blake does, that's why we hired him. When he isn't making our websites and apps super easy to use, Blake plays guitar, watches hockey, crushes the competition in Rocket League and can sometimes be found beating up his older brother Tanner, who totally deserves it.

— Graphic designer
Corny Bartsch

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Corny has been with Redding Designs since the very beginning, and is the Creative Director of our team. Think of Corny as a sort of benevolent underboss, translating the will of Rob into a common language that the rest of the staff can understand (sometimes referred to as "English"). His artistic abilities are out of this world - whether it is photo editing, vector art design, logos, or layout design.

A skilled singer and guitarist, Corny loves music, particularly heavy metal. He is a founding member of the experimental, lo-fi calypso supergroup The Variables. He loves basketball. He is also a pastor, which means he plays a huge role in his Church. And yes, it is perfectly normal to ask yourself how all of these wildly diverse interests found themselves in one specimen. If you figure it out, please send us a note.

— Web development director
Dwayne Froese

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A self-taught developer, and in charge of our development team, Dwayne has earned a reputation as a quick learner and problem solver. He is Vera's number one fan. Outside of work, Dwayne volunteers as a Youth Leader at his church. He plays guitar and ukulele, and one day aspires to join world-renowned Mambo-Memphis Blues supergroup, The Variables.

— Web developer
Vera Chen

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Vera works as a developer, specializing in Wordpress. She holds a degree from Fanshawe in Interactive Media Design. She loves to read and play video games. She claims to be a boring person, an idea belayed by the fact that she gesticulates wildly as she says it. Vera has a rich inner monologue that refuses to remain inner, which is why she is constantly talking to herself. The only way she can stop is by singing Baby Shark or Same Old Love.

— Web developer
Daniel Choi

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What does K-Pop, Game of Thrones, Kimchi and a low-key obsession with writing clean code have in common? Daniel Choi. And that's it. With a degree in Internet Applications and Web Development from Fanshawe College, Daniel is as passionate about creating quality websites as he is about playing his clarinet. A fan of thrillers, and not-so-thrilling hikes, Daniel adapts quickly to new and evolving internet technologies. It is just too bad he couldn't have handled the adaptation of the Game of Thrones books to Game of Thrones Season 8 - perhaps then it would have made sense!

— Web developer
Vyomma Patel

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With a Masters of Engineering in Computer & Electrical Engineering, Vyoma Patel brings a tremendous amount of knowledge to the table. Her skillset is varied and deep, ranging from C to database management to front-end development. When she isn't reading to Rob to get him to take his nap, she enjoys listening to music and meeting new people.

— Web developer
Slava Sapir

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Bio coming soon.