About us

Our long-standing partnerships with top-tier directors, production teams, talent, editors, and printers enable us to deliver high-quality solutions with rapid turnaround times.

Our fully virtual environment enables us to execute projects of any scale quickly and seamlessly, offering unparalleled speed, flexibility, and efficiency.

Our nationwide network of best-in-breed specialists ensures consistent, high-quality project management and continuous support, regardless of your time zone.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Jerry is a thirty-year ad agency veteran. Most notably as co-founder of Dallas-based SWJ Advertising, which was later purchased by Havas Holdings Worldwide.

SWJ's core competency was retail/transaction-based marketing with an emphasis on measurable media programs. Clients included Pizza Hut, Sprint, CompUSA, Hewlett-Packard, CSK Auto, Golfsmith, Service Corporation.

Prior to SWJ Jerry was President of Los Angeles-based Italia Partners, with offices in LA, Dallas, Denver and Chicago.

Jerry has been recognized with numerous industry awards and honors for creative excellence and program performance. Jerry received his BA in Architecture from the University of Washington.

EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Dino leads creative vision and strategy across our entire portfolio of brands, overseeing creative development, production, talent, and execution across all media channels, including immersive retail experiences.

Previously, as GM/EVP and Creative Director at Italia Partners' Chicago office, Dino spearheaded campaigns for CompUSA, Sears, True Value, and EAS Sports Nutrition. As VP/Creative Director at Sports Partners, he crafted retail promotions and event marketing programs for Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, and Service Merchandise. His extensive experience includes successful national and regional promotions for major clients such as General Motors, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Lexus, Toyota, AT&T, and Subway.

ACCOUNT DIRECTOR

Lissa’s favorite part of the work has always been in using real and authentic target insights to build strategic and honest brands. She’s been at it for over 20 years, since starting her career at DDB Chicago in the 1990s. Lissa has worked on global accounts that include Johnson & Johnson, General Mills, WM Wrigley, and Dell, Emerson and Pentair. When you don’t find Lissa immersed in solving the latest message or brand strategy, chances are she’s working alongside the creative team to help home in on the best ideas and refine the work for the biggest impact.

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR

Brandi has over 12 years of experience in the marketing/advertising industry. As Production Director at Wessels and Associates, she oversees production for all of the agency's clients. Before joining Wessels, Brandi was employed with Axcess Marketing Group. At Axcess, Brandi was the Account Executive and Traffic Manager on accounts including CompUSA, Golfsmith, and Service Merchandise. She was with Axcess Marketing from 1998-2010. Brandi received a bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida in 1995. She and her husband moved to Texas in 1998, where she enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter.

DIRECTOR HISPANIC MARKETING

Carlos has over 20 years of advertising experience focusing on the U.S. Hispanic market. Carlos has led Hispanic campaigns for several blue chip clients including McDonald's, Six Flags, Southwest Airlines, AutoZone, Fiesta, Academy Sports & Outdoors and Sears Optical. In 2005, Carlos founded The Creative Exchange, a Hispanic-centric creative, production, post-production agency. Wessels & Associates enjoys a strategic partnership with Carlos to provide our clients with a turn-key, Hispanic marketing resource.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Beatrice has been creating successful campaigns for clients of all types and sizes for more than 25 years. Most notably, she created the campaign that helped take CompUSA from three stores to over 300. Her work for Youbet.com resulted in the single largest handle of any wagering outlet in history – a 280% increase over the year before. Over the course of her career, she has worked on Mattel, McDonald's, True Value, Safeway, Lamps Plus, Guitar Center, JC Penney and Proactiv Solution, to name just a few. Prior to Wessels & Associates, she was the owner/creative director of the Ad Barn.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Patrick brings over a decade of audio/video engineering and production expertise, creating immersive experiences and top-level production values in TV, radio, streaming and podcasting. Patrick is up to speed on all the latest digital production technologies to offer clients the most efficient workflows possible. Prior to joining the Wessels team, he was writing, recording, and producing ads for retail clients across the country. When he's not mixing and mastering, you can find Patrick taking his kids to the beach, or lifting couches over his head to help his community.