Our team
Blue Marble Creative is an intentionally small but well-rounded team, which allows us to provide the best of both worlds—the cultural familiarity and accessibility of in-house staff with the skills and perspective of a dedicated creative agency.
Design is our passion and calling, and while the pursuit of excellence in this profession is a common thread that unites our team, our diverse backgrounds allow for a unique interdisciplinary perspective.
From the time she received a Crayola Crafts Center on her 7th birthday, then won a city-wide coloring contest in 6th grade and later got her poetry published while in college, Lisa was hooked on art and writing.
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From the time she received a Crayola Crafts Center on her 7th birthday, then won a city-wide coloring contest in 6th grade and later had her poetry published while in college, Lisa was hooked on art and writing.
Initially Lisa planned to be a writer. In journalism school she learned the fine art and grammatical freedom of advertising copywriting, and extended her schooling to include a minor in graphic design and two years of teaching to likewise advertising-bound students.
Over the following years Lisa worked as an in-house designer, marketing manager and freelancer for various education technology-based companies, and for the holistic consumer-goods companies Frontier Natural Co-op and Gaiam. Prior to creating her own company, she was the assistant art director at Horizon Organic, an organic dairy products producer, where she helped to revamp the packaging of more than 100 products.
At Blue Marble, Lisa interfaces with clients regularly in the capacity of creative director, project manager and designer. The other part of her time is focused on business development and administration.
When Lisa’s not at work she’s out on the trails, in the garden, on the mountain or traveling to some interesting new locale (or at least thinking about it).
Christine spent time exploring some other disciplines before finding her niche in design. As a result, she’s passionate about using design to support all sorts of endeavors.
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Growing up among the wide-open spaces of Wyoming, Christine entertained herself by painting and drawing. A general love of learning and curiosity led her to earn a liberal arts degree that focused on biology, environmental studies, and Spanish, despite her best subjects in high school being marketing, creative writing and art.
Ecological research took her to magical places like the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park and remote jungles of Venezuela. She surprised herself with her ability to master analytical lab techniques, consider esoteric questions, and brave field dangers like grizzly bears, poop-throwing monkeys, and very poisonous snakes.
As marketing manager for an international non-profit publisher of environmental education curriculum, Christine’s focus was on generating revenue through material sales. She gained insight into marketing for non-profits and practical experience with details like warehouse logistics, tradeshows and e-commerce, as well as a first-hand appreciation for the client perspective through print and website projects.
Upon moving to the pacific northwest she completed an intensive two-year degree in graphic design, and now has nearly 5 years of experience in the field. She’s been dedicated to building the Blue Marble brand since its inception, and has played an instrumental role on dozens of projects from comprehensive business identities to complex web designs. Her science background led her to seek specialized training in the presentation of data and information.
Steve has always defined his own success, and it involves being true to yourself despite the world urging you to do differently.
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After a brief stint in a downtown Philadelphia Kinko’s, Steve worked for two years as designer and developer at Solutions for Progress, an organization working to combat poverty. Afterwards, life brought him back to the Northwest, and he spent a long time wandering the creative landscape, freelancing and selling paintings. During this time Steve also continued to build his web development knowledge base and expertise.
When Blue Marble Creative offered Steve his most favorite thing in the world—a challenge—he could not resist. Never one to back down from some crazy idea or confounding problem, Steve truly enjoys figuring out how to code complex interface designs and solving mysterious bug issues with websites. When he gets stuck, he asks the universe to help him out with it, and it frequently does when he’s showering, napping, painting, or singing to himself. Sometimes the dog tells him. Sometimes a combination of those things.
Crispin grew up in Texas, and from a very early age was obsessed with science, art and computers.
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She enjoyed writing and illustrating short stories, but discovered her passion for design Freshman year of college. She happily changed her major from zoology to graphic design, and minored in environmental studies with a focus on sustainability and biodiversity.
After college, Crispin fed her love for biology with a coveted internship at the Oregon Zoo as a photographer and assisted with the marketing department. However, city life grew tiresome and she relocated to the Columbia Gorge to pursue a career as a full-time designer. In the last five years Crispin has worked on web design and social media with clients such as Nike Golf, Nike Vision, Buck Knives, Sage Fly Fishing, and Icebreaker Merino Wool, to name a few.
When Crispin isn’t working, she can be found working on illustrations and digital paintings, or geeking out with a video game or comic book.