Buffalo is a graduate of Ray Vogue Chicago

Buffalo Portuese, Zingmaster

AKA Joey, is founder and CEO of zing+how design. An award-winning designer with more than 20 years of big agency experience.

His portfolio contains literally thousands of outrageous ideas, designs and brand initiatives – all going beyond the expected – nontraditional creative solutions that are hyper-focused on garnering shopper attention.

Mr. Portuese relishes the fast paced energy that accompanies an outrageous deadline. He appreciates amazing design and loves to find the big idea that will elevate agencies/brands efforts in the marketplace. You can sample his portfolio at www.zinghowdesign.com.

Rusty is an active performance musician, member of an acclaimed ad industry rock band whose proceeds benefit The American Cancer Society.

Rusty Ford, Producer

Rusty has one head, but it has worn a lot of hats, including line producer, executive producer, agency production head, music producer and musician. He has a background of over 30 years in production, with both global and NA clients and agencies, and over 1000 commercial spots in his portfolio.

His experience encompasses airline, automotive, financial services, telecommunications, technology, pharmaceuticals, retail, direct response, food, beverages, sports, beauty and fashion.

Mr. Ford has been a Board member of AICP East, VP, Head of Advertising Production of web-based agency and Co-founder of Flatiron Films.

For Meg, it is all in the details. Start to finish, big or small, Meg will see it through.

Meggon Tallon, Designer

Meg has been creating and executing exciting artwork for over 20 years. A graduate of Columbia College, Chicago, her background includes Zing+how, The Marketing Store and Ryan Partnership. She is proficient across all marketing platforms including digital, video, direct dimensional and print.

Sarah’s words move people to action.

Sarah Davis Writes Good

Sarah’s work has graced the portfolios of many agencies, including Grey, NWAyer, Tracy Locke and J. Brown.

Her copy has been used by Kraft, abcNEWS, Pepsi, Ticketmaster, Campbell’s, Tropicana, KitchenAid as well as Procter & Gamble’s Puffs and Sunny Delight brands.

Not to mention Parker Brothers, Olive Garden, TCBY, and the National Dairy Board.

Jason makes big ideas feel even bigger.

Jason Unger, Creative Director

Jason is a creative Renaissance man – with talents that span the breadth of marketing communication disciplines. As adept at production as he is at design, his experience runs the gamut – from packaging to print, from collateral to web design, and from traditional to emerging media.

He is one of those rare creative people who appreciate the nuances of how multiple vehicles work together to establish and maintain a brand’s image, through a mix of promotion, direct, retail and image advertising.

Unger has handled campaigns for Citibank, American Express, Levi’s, Grand Marnier and USA Network Television.