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The Agents of Deckhand are on their way!
When it’s Show time, it’s GO time.
Meet Deckhand’s team of top designers, playmakers and coordinators who are currently
traversing the globe helping our clients put on their biggest shows to a global audience.
The Lead
J. Scott Shanks - Senior Creative Director
A stickler for good design and having the correct fonts loaded on your show machine, Scott is a veteran of cinematic keynote design. He runs a tight ship and fonts aren’t an afterthought, they’re mission critical.
Scott will find that rogue Arial font, shame it into Helvetica compliance, and personally escort your slides back to typographic integrity, all with his trusty Mac book and an unimpressed glare.
The Pointman
Brian Kenney - Creative Director
Brian is our Creative Director from Chicago, whose design chops are as deep as the city’s pizza. He tackles challenges with a disarming sense of humor, but beneath that levity is a meticulous design baller who will take you to the paint…and you’ll be the
better for it.
Pass the rock to Brian if you’re preparing for an IPO, mulling over a keynote address or engaging with employees, Brian is clutch in managing a diverse range of work.
The Technician
Meena Vempaty - Designer/Motion Graphics
Meena is the unassuming agent who treats slide decks and milkshakes with equal reverence. She’ll prototype a slide deck between sips of strawberry, all while quietly solving complex problems with precision and an inexplicable fondness of metadata.
Don’t be fooled by her calm demeanor; her toolkit includes a surprising mash-up of technical know-how with anime-inspired creativity, she’ll debug your file and then redesign your hero slide with the ‘pop’ of
a Shōjo manga-zine.
The Professional
DJ Schamber - Senior Designer
DJ is a dependable agent who treats pizza like a food group and waves like personal challenges. A native of Hawaii, he meets problems the way he meets the surf… paddles hard, with perfect timing, and rides whatever comes at him. No slide deck is too gnarly and if he can survive rogue waves, he can definitely handle your busiest event.
When he’s not turning chaos into calm, you’ll find him bombing San Francisco hills on his skateboard, secretly hoping a stray slide deck will cross his path.
The Secret Weapon
Steph Chen - Senior Designer
Steph is the human version of a perfectly designed slide, straight to the point, quick to edit, and always cohesive. She goes through deck revisions like they’re a warm egg tart, hands out stickers like confetti, and never misses a quip.
An avid dog lover, Steph will dog walk any stray deck she comes across. With razor sharp attention to detail and a biting wit, she spots typos from across the room and delivers a zinger that lands like a well‑timed ‘click’. In the Deckhand arsenal she’s invaluable, part editor, part dog whisperer, all charm.
High Praise on a Global Stage
“Thank you for a beautiful show and your willingness
to just jump right on in and really elevate the keynote
- it was awesome!”
Betsy Fox
Senior Event Manager - Google
“You consistently met
all our needs on the creative and the timelines, and many times blew past expectations
on both. All that, with such a friendly partnership!”
Alison Maloney
Director, Brand Design - Snowflake
We can scramble our tactical design team anywhere across the globe to support your next big event.
I’m ‘Agent 0086’ but you can call me Lane. Contact Deckhand below to
learn more about working with our design agents.
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