Bryon Middleton, Director of Audio/Visual Services, moves a broadcast project toward its strategic goal by staying a step ahead of even the producer. Nominated for several Emmy’s, his skill is the result of many years producing documentaries for Public Television. Bryon also likes performing with his rock band at extremely high volume.
'; var bryonmore='Multi Emmy Award nominated producer/director, nationally recognized for work on documentaries about the Vietnam War, Native American Dance, and others.
' +'First-hand, University of South Dakota expertise.
' +'K-12 educational programming production.
' +'Creates, produces, directs, edits, left-brain/right-brain package.
' +'Produces strong storyboards and killer music.
' +'Resident of Vermillion for college years, 2001 graduate in visual communications and as an employee of South Dakota Public Television for five years.
' +'Extreme familiarity with the product and prospective students mindset.
' +'Strong conceptual skills backed with technical expertise for multimedia applications.
' +'Sees this opportunity from the ground level.
' +'“Delivering the strategic message in a creative package is the challenge. Nailing everything down and getting all of the right elements to work toward the same goal is the name of the game. Done properly, the message resonates, the site traffic goes up, the tweeters tweet, the phone rings and I’m happy”.
' +'Graduate of USD, in 2001 with a BA in Mass Communications.
' +'Bryon can be seen on stage performing with some college friends in the band Hollander. You may also see him cruising in his vintage 66 Mustang he restored with his father.
' +'Interested in most everything.
'; var steve='Senior art director, Steve Brummond’s visual skill in print, television, and collateral has garnered him many creative awards, locally, regionally and nationally. Steve’s paintings can also be seen in several local galleries, making him our resident artist. Steve owns a beret, but he doesn’t wear it much.
'; var stevemore='Extensive, successful, design background for corporate settings.
' +'Lifelong student of typography and its effect on communications.
' +'Master of design-by-subtraction.
' +'Skilled in illustration, art direction, photo direction, set design and an occasional killer headline.
' +'Came to Media One as Art Director, appointed Senior Art Director.
' +'Unique skills in both the digital and analog settings. Equally comfortable with a sketchbook or mouse.
' +'Design/Artwork displayed locally regionally and nationally.
' +'Trained, inspired and influenced literally hundreds of other designers and staff and suppliers through his work ethic, design excellence and sense of humor.
' +'Recognized locally, regionally and nationally for creative excellence.
' +'Consummate hard working professional with 30+ years experience.
' +'“Design is more important today than ever. With the amount of information that is available, your communication efforts had better be done right, because people are very careful with their time. If you don’t connect with them right away, they are gone. The challenge energizes me.”
' +'Graduate of Colorado Institute of Art, Denver Colorado.
' +'Gourmet chef, Adventure traveler, Student of the arts, Skilled landscape painter. A book in the works?
'; var becky='Rebecca Kayser, Comptroller, is responsible for overseeing all accounting functions. Our clients love her, even though she sends them bills.
'; var beckymore='Strong financial planning, management and organizational abilities.
' +'Excellent project management, cost analysis and vendor management skills.
' +'Media post-buy analysis evaluation.
' +'Thorough, relevant client budget management, forecasting, reporting and analysis.
' +'Responsible for overall financial/inventory management for regional/national automotive distribution operation.
' +'Controller for property management/development company, project management and accounting functions.
' +'Accounting, cost analysis, project management responsibilities, for regional national marketing firm.
' +'“We are always doing new and exciting projects, that are never the same. I am responsible for getting all of the disparate elements together and organized in our management system and working with the production manager to make the numbers box. It’s never boring.”
' +'Attended DSU, Graduate of Colorado Technical Institute, BS in Accounting.
' +'Former competitive runner turned outdoor enthusiast, growing interest in chasing walleye, master to two Huskies and regular volunteer at the Sioux Falls Humane Society.
'; var greg='Greg Blomberg, Director of Account Services, is responsible for overseeing the creative work of Media One’s art directors, producers and writers, making certain that each project supports a long-term strategic vision. Greg’s hobby is making his own wine, which actually isn’t too bad.
'; var gregmore='Practical, experienced, problem solver.
' +'Demonstrated skill building group consensus and identifying important, actionable strategic opportunities.
' +'Board-level educational institution governance background.
' +'Successful at relationship building on numerous regional/national accounts, including state government, financial institutions, professional services tourism/entertainment and business to business.
' +'Results oriented, documented proven performer.
' +'Specific experience in higher education recruitment projects for The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine Augustana College and Northwest Iowa Technical Institute.
' +'Started Media One as one of original partners. Current responsibilities: Partner, Director of Account Services.
'
+'Skilled at complementing client expertise with properly matched account team for efficient, successful communication.
'
+'Regular guest lecturer for the University Of South Dakota Beacom School Of Business, Augustana College, and trade events.
'
+'Recognized locally, regionally and nationally for creative excellence.
“The world is a very interesting place, full of many smart people. Marketing people are particularly interesting because they are never satisfied with the status quo. Having the opportunity to interact with bright, diverse groups of restless problem solvers has created many lasting friendships, professional relationships and success stories. You can’t get new old friends.”
' +'Graduate of Augustana College, with BA in History and English minor, seminars, webinars, and specific, appropriate trade functions for clients.
' +'Aspiring viticulturist and enologist, tending a 2,400 vine vineyard on weekends. Completed 11 North American Birkebeiners, a 52k XC ski race in Northern Wisconsin. Founder/Director of the Media One FunSki, a fund-raiser for the Children Inn. Family, friends, music and a free thinking, 3 year-old yellow lab, Nova.
'; var brad='Brad Blomberg, Account Coordinator, brings a newly minted degree in marketing and fresh thinking to the agency. His position allows him to contribute at all levels of account service, from meetings and creative to production and placement to bringing in the donuts.
'; var bradmore='' +'Deliberate, thoughtful, organizer with an eye for where everything fits in the big picture.
' +'Brings resourceful, value-oriented vendor management, with a knack for keeping vendors moving on deadline.
' +'Keen understanding of managing tight timelines and schedules.
' +'Connected, technically savvy, understands marketing to the college market.
' +'' +'Four years sports retail experience during and after college.
' +'Ground level market research meeting the general public in sales and service.
' +'Summer intern at Media One 2004.
' +'Hired as Account Coordinator 2008 with clients in retail, professional service and business to business.
' +'' +'“I get to work with and learn from all types of people involved in projects from start to finish. I work with our artists, outside vendors, management, controllers, etc. on a daily basis to see that our client’s aspirations turn into results in the most efficient way.”
' +'' +'A 2005 graduate of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln with a BS in Business Administration and Marketing.
' +'' +'Avid mountain/road biker, participating in race events in a three state area. Expert downhill skier. Working on 10 year restoration of 1971 Ford Bronco. Skilled in vineyard management.
'; var john='John Fiksdal is co-founder and President of Media One Advertising/Marketing. John and the Media One team have won literally hundreds of creative and marketing performance awards. John is fond of the Harvard Business Review, and for some reason, fountain pens.
'; var johnmore='Recognized, respected marketing professional.
' +'Broad experience in crafting and interpreting market research and in brand creation and management.
' +'Long-term experience in regional post-secondary research, branding, recruiting, capital campaigns and other stakeholder dynamics.
' +'Facilitator for group strategic planning. Demonstrated success in similar efforts for University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Augustana College, DSU, and the South Dakota Department of Education.
' +'Currently involved in personal family college search and selection process.
' +'School board, non-profit, and corporate governance experience.
' +'Media One founding partner. Current responsibilities: President.
' +'Regularly involved with the administration of key State accounts.
' +'Highly successful issues-related political consultant.
' +'Author/consultant for research studies, data analysis, shareholder analysis, and strategic recommendations for regional and national clients.
' +'Recognized locally, regionally and nationally for creative excellence.
' +'“The best is to cajole friend-clients; to work together to generate fresh solutions to age-old problems; to succeed together. A job, for me, doesn’t get any better.”
' +'Graduate of Augustana College, BA, additional studies in Journalism and Physics. MBA, University of South Dakota.
' +'Outdoorsman, mountaineer. Camping, hunting, fishing, SCUBA. Licensed pilot. Reading, philosophy, theology, politics. Motorcycle maintenance. Guitar, keyboards and other instruments. Gave up on golf.
'; var sara='Nobody can pinpoint your target audience like Anne DeLay, our Director of Media Services and Public Relations. She expertly plans and negotiates media for Media One clients. Anne is a no-nonsense kind of person, so don’t try anything funny.
'; var saramore='Demonstrated long-term skills building and managing media partnerships.
' +'Brings strong marketing perspective to media planning strategy.
' +'Multi-disciplinary approach for directing regional and national media initiatives.
' +'Specific experience integrating web based, social and broadcast media.
' +'Gained valuable experience and perspective from agency, corporate and media assignments. Strong public relations background managing events, vendors, volunteers, and management presentations. Understands and leverages the role of creative in media strategy.
' +'“I love being a problem solver. Media can be confusing to some clients. My skill is sorting it all out and understanding the best way to make all of the communication tools work together. I pride myself on finding creative ways to make all media work efficiently for our clients and move the meter.”
' +'Graduate of SDSU with BA in Mass Communications, Emphasis in Marketing
' +'MBA from USF, Specialization in Marketing.
' +'Anne and her two young children enjoy life and learning to the fullest, assisted by their rescue dog Benji.
'; var aaron='Director of Web Design, Aaron Daly’s approach to tackling design and development challenges is rooted in his hands-on experience in classic art forms such as sculpture and ceramics. He is skilled in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, and many other platforms. Aaron plays Scrabble at the tournament level and can spell ‘onomatopoeia’.
'; var aaronmore='Fully capable left-brain/right-brain designer, programmer.
' +'Nerd-like skill set combined with a sculptor’s eye for form and function.
' +'Responsible for creating award-winning designs across all forms of media.
' +'Skilled in all Adobe, Quark, HTML/XHTML/DHTML JavaScript, PHP, ASP, ActionScript, MySQL and MSSQL.
' +'Creator/designer/programmer of highly successful websites visited by engaged viewers from around the world.
' +'Excellent group creative skills.
' +'Eight-year veteran designer with Media One.
' +'Responsible for award-winning, revenue-generating designs, including print materials, newspaper/magazine ads, dimensional point-of-purchase, posters, brochures and direct mail.
' +'Design, production and coding of web sites; design, production and animation graphic elements for television and web applications.
' +'“I am excited about my work because we are always presented with new challenges to be addressed through design. As a group we are strategically driven. When I look for design opportunities, I am clearly aware of what the design needs to deliver and what the client expects. That kind of information is not restrictive, it is empowering and improves the process.”
' +'Bachelor of Science degree in Visual Arts with emphasis in graphic design and ceramics from South Dakota State University awarded December 2001.
' +'Currently consumed with tournament Scrabble play, Aaron just placed third in division 4 at the 2009 National Scrabble Championship in Dayton, Ohio. Yes, he can spell that word. Food junkie, tech head, ex-farm-boy with a weakness for classic big-block muscle cars.
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