Matt Pendergraff
Founder and Creative Director
He defies every label. Because you can't label an idea. As Creative Director of PDG+Creative, Matt melds pure instinct with conceptual imagination to develop every idea. His objective is to unleash creative that will lead to an effectual product. To broaden the reach of influential creative, Matt serves as a professor of branding and design at a local liberal arts university. Before launching PDG+Creative in the early 90s, Matt worked with a consulting firm as a Communication Specialist. In conjunction with PDG+creative, Matt has consulted with clients from around the US to develop and communicate concepts.
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Barbara Pendergraff
Chief Financial Officer
She communicates in numbers. And her brilliant mind for business upholds every aspect of PDG+Creative. After earning a B.S. in Accounting, Barb first took the world of business as a stock broker; for five years she managed the financial markets of several corporations and individuals. Now, at PDG+Creative, her intrinsic logic and keen attention to detail keeps an unpredictable creative team on track.
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Jennifer Farmer
Account Director
She is a meticulous leader, whose verve adds unsurpassable quality to each project she directs. Vast experience in the industry has equipped Jennifer with innumerable talents and strong ingenuity. Utilizing her eloquent skill as a communicator, Jennifer worked with Plan B in Chicago as the Account Executive specializing in new business development. She has also lent her directorial talents to Stevens & Tate in the Chicagoland area, for whom she was a freelance Account Executive. Her attention to detail and natural sense of order keeps every project at PDG+creative focused and on-target.
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Jared Patton
Interactive Art Director
Jared is a man of intrepid energy, with full command of his position as Interactive Art Director. He fuses his knowledge of interactive functionality and graphic design to create intense and captivating web sites. Though Jared began with PDG+creative as a member of the print department, he has made a powerful difference with the interactive team. He offers an enamor for the conceptual aspect of design and a solid understanding of web usage and standards. Above all, Jared relishes driving every project to a dynamic finish. Because it's hard to beat beholding the final product.
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Javod Khalaj
Lead Developer
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Javod is the cool and reserved professional you can’t help but trust—with ever a confident manner and ready answer. As the PDG+creative lead developer, he is consumed by his desire to develop and improve code, thereby making web technologies faster, smoother and more efficient. Never allowing his feverish fingers a rest, Javod devotes much of his free time to piano and guitar-playing, while the remainder is given to (no surprise) various open-source projects. With his intimate knowledge of what goes on inside the box, Javod is our honest go-to guy for technological edge.
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Natalie Turner
Senior Designer
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Natalie is pretty much what you’d expect from a redhead—adventurous, passionate, outspoken, driven. Her love of story-telling led to her love of design, believing that visual communication is the most lasting and inspiring (and sometimes dangerous) influence one can have. As a PDG+creative designer, Nat approaches every client’s project as a story to tell and works to ensure that it’s authentic, meaningful and enduring. Her creative mind finds new outlets in guitar-playing, oversees missions work and the rejuvenation of being outdoors. With a natural fire for life, it’s Nat who keeps ours alight at work.
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Hannah Puckett
Designer
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She may be soft-spoken, but don’t let this former art teacher fool you—she’s commanding and capable, with a keen eye for composition. After studying Fine Art and Studio Art, Hannah followed her creative senses down many different paths, eventually finding her way to PDG+creative. As one of our designers, Hannah unites her love of fine art and history with her abilities in layout and design, creating unique solutions to every design challenge. In the meantime, she’s often about town hunting for unique unwanted objects and antiques to incorporate into her own masterpiece.
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