Meet The Team

The team’s SEO expert, Katie’s superpowers are Strategy, Problem Solving, and Individualization. She can help you identify your why, clarify your buyer persona, and see the big-picture in order to craft a marketing strategy that will move your nuanced audience from strangers to brand evangelists.

Outside of work, Katie actually hates technology – ha! You’ll probably find her outdoors swimming in a lake or wandering around in the sunshine. A lover of art, tradition, and the classical liberal arts, she would gladly talk Plato with you until the cows came home.

Kathleen is basically the team’s 2nd Derek in terms of client and team communication and coordination. She helps with speeding up the process of project management, troubleshooting client concerns – basically helps the team get things done correctly, efficiently, and quickly.

Kathleen loves to stay fit and healthy! She used to box diligently before moving on to her new favorite workout, Olympic Weightlifting.

The goal of Briant’s work is not only to deliver excellent service but also to provide a client service experience that’s heads above the rest, no matter how big or small the job. One of the most common complaints he hears regarding the technology industry is that there’s a significant disconnect between tech skills and people/communication skills. He embraces filling both those needs! Briant achieves this goal by paying attention to the project process, while also utilizing effective communication skills and top-notch organization. He excels in timely follow-up and never leaves things hanging. Briant takes pride in providing high-quality service while meeting established deadlines.

Briant loves playing live, creating, and recording music. He loves being active and is always looking for new adventures. He’s traveled all across the United States and parts of Europe, both while touring in bands and for personal exploration. He’s enjoyed long-distance cycling, hiking, paddle boarding, canoeing, roller coasters, parasailing, and even skydiving once. Briant is always up for a new challenge and continually asks himself – what’s next?

As a multipotentialite, Merald loves creating something out of nothing using his wide array of powerful abilities. Whether it’s in SEO, web development, graphic design, e-commerce, analytics, or any area of digital marketing, his knowledge and expertise help clients successfully grow their businesses online. He loves strategizing on projects, researching and analyzing data, managing operations, and optimizing business processes and systems.

Beyond his digital marketing realm, Merald has a role to play in finance and sustainable development. He is a duly licensed financial advisor, helping people prepare for their future and streamlining financial markets, investments, and economic concepts to the general public. His advocacy in financial inclusion and socio-economic development propels him to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in his country.

Francis, a Senior Developer of over 12 years, is Hit Your Mark Media’s one and only Senior Developer/Tech Whiz/Web Development Superman by night (and sometimes day, whew!). He can troubleshoot just about anything – he’s a master!

When he’s not working, Francis loves take care of his daughter and wife as well as travel to different places and experience different kinds of cuisine with his family.

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Kayla has always loved writing. Ever since she was little, she’s been filling journals cover to cover with stories, essays, songs, and more. Now as an adult, Kayla’s journals have evolved into word docs and her stories into reports. She’s been a content creator with Hit Your Mark Media for 2 years and has enjoyed putting pen to paper to help clients around the USA.

Kayla is a graduating senior at Patrick Henry College with a degree in Strategic Intelligence and National Security.  Like any ambitious college student, she hopes to one day change the world for the better. In her spare time she loves painting, writing, going dancing with her fiancé, and galavanting the museums of Washington D.C.

Gaye Newton is an entrepreneur providing business writing services to clients in a variety of industries. For Hit Your Mark media’s clients, she writes creative blog posts. Gaye loves writing. She has written and produced all kinds of things—marketing pieces, poetry, articles, song lyrics, corporate training programs, web content, client books, and two published books of her own.  

Gaye has M.S. degrees in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Human Resources Management from Purdue University and a B.A. Honors in Psychology from Oberlin College.

When a new voice over gig comes along, Gaye is ready to dash into the sound booth, put on the headphones, and record! She thoroughly enjoys lifting written words off the page and speaking them to life.

When she’s not working, Gaye loves reading books (of course). “The annual National Book Festival in Washington, DC is my Super Bowl!” She also enjoys traveling, a dramatic game of Scrabble, volunteering, craft projects, a brisk walk or bike ride, and spending time with friends and her extended family.