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  • MB Jarosik

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  • Karen Dendy Smith

  • Partner, Brand + Creative Strategy
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  • Anne Callahan

  • Partner, Brand + Creative Strategy
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  • Jim Gibson

  • Associate, Brand + Creative Strategy
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  • Doug Rickert

  • Senior Designer, Creative Strategy
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  • Dan Feidt

  • Full-Stack Web Developer
  • Vaish Kumar

  • Designer, Creative Strategy
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MB Jarosik


Partner, Brand + Creative Strategy

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Karen Dendy Smith


Partner, Brand + Creative Strategy

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Anne Callahan


Partner, Brand + Creative Strategy

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Jim Gibson


Associate, Brand + Creative Strategy

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Doug Rickert


Senior Designer, Creative Strategy

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Dan Feidt


Full-Stack Web Developer

Vaish Kumar


Designer, Creative Strategy

kor group, Boston ©2019

MB Jarosik

Partner, Brand + Creative Strategy

Catalyst, passionate leader, ignores “the box”


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  • [email protected]

  • 617-574-2311

office hours

MB inserts her big picture thinking, innovative ideas, and flawless creative execution with her clients and design teams. As a brand strategist and creative director MB is always on the lookout for unique and effective ways to position brands across multiple platforms. Her specialty markets are real estate development, professional services, and education.

after hours

  • Career counselor for undergraduate gap year students and post graduates
  • Interior decorator
  • Cowboy boot collector

resume

  • BFA Visual Design from Southeastern Massachusetts University
  • Adjunct faculty at UMass Dartmouth
  • Awards and recognition from CASE, HOW, Graphis, SMPS, AIGA
  • Featured speaker at CASE, AMA, and SEGD
  • Board member, Stop Hand Gun Violence

clients

  • Bridgewater State University
  • BR+A
  • Callahan Construction Managers
  • Creative Office Pavilion
  • Boston University School of Public Health
  • New England Law | Boston
  • Worcester State University

Karen Dendy Smith

Partner, Brand + Creative Strategy

Innovative, engaging, “loves creating change”


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  • [email protected]

  • 617-574-2312

office hours

Karen is passionate about collaborating with clients to think outside the box and strategize how best to make a memorable and authentic impression. As a brand strategist and director she inspires creative teams to embrace new perspectives while developing captivating comprehensive solutions. Her expertise lies in analyzing brands from a 360 degree perspective to build connections and create clarity.

after hours

  • Qigong teacher
  • World traveller
  • iPhone photo art fanatic

resume

  • BFA Visual Design from Southeastern Massachusetts University
  • Graphic Design Masters, School for Design, Basel Switzerland
  • Adjunct faculty at UMass Dartmouth
  • Awards and recognition from CASE, HOW, Graphis, AIGA, and Print
  • Speaker at CASE, AIGA Boston, Small College Conference, UMass Dartmouth
  • Advisory Council – The History Project
  • Persimmon Society – YW Boston
  • Past Vice Chair, Board of Trustees – New England School of Acupuncture
  • Past Board Member, AIGA Boston (American Institute of Graphic Arts)

clients

  • Bancroft School
  • Beverly Crossing
  • Brown Brothers Harriman
  • Emmanuel College
  • Fitchburg State University
  • Marlboro College
  • New England College of Optometry
  • Saint John’s High School
  • VOYA Financial
  • Washington & Jefferson College
  • Wilson Architects

Anne Callahan

Partner, Brand + Creative Strategy

Insightful, intuitive, “in the know”


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  • [email protected]

  • 617-574-2313

office hours

Anne assembles the team, leads the creative, partners with the clients, and manages it all. Our resident expert in fundraising, nonprofit, and capital campaign work, she combines her creative talents with strong analytical and communications skills to produce the highest quality solutions.

after hours

  • Painter
  • Art collector
  • First-generation HS student Mentor

resume

  • BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design
  • Member of TCI Women’s Business CEO Forum
  • Vice Chair, MassArt Corporate Advisory Council
  • Awards and recognition from CASE, HOW, Graphis, AIGA, and Print
  • Featured speaker at CASE, AMA, and AFP
  • Board member, Stop Hand Gun Violence
  • Past Vice President, AIGA BOSTON

clients

  • Berklee College of Music
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Needham
  • College of the Holy Cross
  • Dassault Systèmes
  • Hebrew Senior Life
  • Loyola University Maryland
  • Massachusetts College of Art and Design
  • Regis College

Jim Gibson

Associate, Brand + Creative Strategy

Spontaneous, passionate, “non-linear”


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  • [email protected]

  • 617-574-2315

office hours

Jim propels his creativity in his work by choosing the visual road less travelled. He believes it is important to motivate and inspire this creative thinking in others with a collaborative spirit while always getting to the heart of what kor clients’ truly need.

after hours

  • Printmaking
  • Any project that involves the word “craft”
  • Madonna enthusiast

resume

  • Massachusetts College of Art and Design
  • Awards and recognition from CASE, How, Graphis, BONE, Communication Arts, and Print
  • Featured speaker at NACAC

clients

  • Bancroft School
  • Berklee College of Music
  • Callahan Construction Managers
  • College of the Holy Cross
  • Creative Office Pavilion
  • Massachusetts College of Art and Design
  • Saint John’s High School
  • Stop Handgun Violence
  • The History Project

Doug Rickert

Senior Designer, Creative Strategy

Independent, logical, “discerning and deliberate”


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  • [email protected]

  • 617-574-2319

office hours

Doug brings his distinct creative expertise and warm personal style to projects that integrate branding, print, digital and social components. Constantly following what’s trending in technology and design, he reads between the lines of surface style and focuses on creative longevity, creating a purposeful impact for kor’s clients. Doug is also an adjunct faculty member at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design where he teaches Typography in the Graphic Design department.

after hours

  • Photo taker
  • Cocktail crafter
  • Eyeglasses collector

resume

  • BFA in Graphic Design from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design
  • Adjunct Faculty Member in the Graphic Design Department at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design
  • Member of the Design and Visual Communications Advisory Board at Boston Arts Academy

clients

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Needham
  • Bridgewater State University
  • Dassault Systèmes
  • Flint Hill School
  • Hebrew Senior Life
  • New England College of Optometry
  • VOYA Financial
  • Westminster School
  • Youth Development Organization, Lawrence

Dan Feidt

Full-Stack Web Developer

Innovator, provocateur, “patcher of code”


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  • [email protected]

  • 617-574-2302

office hours

Dan learned from years as a reporter and independent developer how to work with non-technical clients to unearth what they really need from a digital project and how to go about it. He believes that by asking the provocative questions he quickly gets to the heart of the matter –rejecting convention if it’s not good enough. Inspired by Lego® builds in younger days, since high school Dan has applied the UNIX world free software philosophy of piecing multiple parts of software together to launch sophisticated information architectures.

after hours

  • Coastal commuter rail excursions
  • Video production, writing and a bit of game design
  • Midnight movies and simulator games

resume

  • BA, Political Science, Macalester College (St. Paul, MN)
  • Drupal Association – member
  • Presenter at Boston Drupal meetups and co-maintainer of several community projects
  • Co-hosted a radio show on WBAI (Pacifica Radio NYC)
  • Independent media projects cited in Wired, Columbia Journalism Review, ProPublica, Reveal, The Intercept, NY Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • Wrote “most approachable” article about a data leak according to Wikileaks

clients

  • Boston University School of Public Health
  • Markley Group
  • Callahan Construction Managers
  • The History Project

Vaish Kumar

Designer, Creative Strategy

Innovative, expressive, “always up for a challenge”


  • [email protected]

office hours

Raised in an Indian family across the Middle East, Vaish’s life has been rather nomadic.

She frequently draws from these multicultural experiences to build personal connections with diverse audiences through her design work. Her work at kor is multi-disciplinary, combining print, digital, audio-visual and handcrafted elements to create immersive experiences.

The process of navigating through unfamiliar challenges, learning new techniques and working with a variety of clients is a driving force in her practice.

after hours

  • handcrafting / cut paper artwork
  • Indian classical singing
  • collector of beer coasters
  • photography

resume

  • MFA Graphic Design, Boston University
  • B.Sc. Visual Communication (first class + distinction), MOP Vaishnav College for Women, India

awards

  • Collaborative Scripting & Direction of College Sports Documentary, MOP Vaishnav College for Women
  • ML Gupta Endowment Award for “Best Visualizer”, MOP Vaishnav College for Women

clients

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Needham
  • Jack & Jill Organization of America
  • State Street Global Advisors
  • The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University
  • Brown Brothers Harriman

kor group, Boston ©2019

kor group, Boston ©2019