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Shawn Brincks is the President of AKC Marketing, Dwebware and REL Productions. Prior to that role, he served as the Vice President and Director of Sales for each of those companies.

Shawn is a graduate of Central College in Pella, Iowa, and received his master’s degree from Illinois State University. He is a proud father and an avid Cyclone fan and supporter.

Kim Adler is an Account Executive with more than two decades of agency and in-house marketing experience. Prior to AKC, her client work included FedEx, The Coca-Cola Company, Polo Ralph Lauren and the International Olympic Committee. She has degrees from the University of Iowa in political science and communications.

Kim likes to spend time with friends and enjoy art at her father’s art gallery.

Marcie Ceaser is the Accountant for AKC Marketing where she oversees all financial operations. Prior to working at AKC, she worked in public accounting for 21 years. She graduated from Western Washington University with a major in accounting and a minor in business administration.

Marcie loves spending time with family and painting in her spare time.

Emily Chambers is a Digital Marketing Specialist. She handles day-to-day projects for clients to ensure timely deployment. In her role, she focuses on client-facing analytics, consistent client support, project management, process improvement, tech stack analysis and streamlining business practices and optimizing activation plans within a low-maintenance framework.

Before working at AKC, Emily spent five years working at an international technology and consulting firm on their digital project management team. She is very passionate about her cat Penelope and dog Maddie.

Amber Claus is a designer on the creative team with more than five years of experience. She works hard to clearly convey the client's company brand and messaging.

A University of Northern Iowa alum, Amber enjoys illustrating and binging horror films/shows.

Cole Ebel is a Content and Digital Marketing Manager, working on marketing, social content, strategies and overseeing campaigns from conception to completion.

A Greater Des Moines area transplant, Cole keeps busy by attending local events, concerts and festivals, eating his way around the Metro, and finding his next favorite food or drink.

Ann Marie Edwards is the Senior Public Relations Manager at AKC Marketing.
Ann Marie has worked in agricultural communications throughout her career.

A graduate of Iowa State University, she and her family are passionate about the Cyclones, wrestling and every sport in between.

Baillee Furst is the Social Media Manager at AKC Marketing. She helps manage client organic and paid social media campaigns and ensures the utilization of SEO and SEM best practices. 

Baillee is a 2020 graduate of Simpson College. In her free time, she enjoys reading and supporting the Cyclones and the L.A. Dodgers.

Cassie George is the Merchandise Manager at AKC Marketing where she oversees sourcing, managing, and curating apparel and promotional products.

Outside of work, Cassie enjoys spending her time with her husband Will, daughter Blazi and son Hoyt on their farm, working cattle or riding horses together.

Scott Holton is the Marketing Automation Manager at AKC Marketing. In addition to overseeing the Business Intelligence team, he is responsible for developing inbound marketing strategies, implementing campaigns and using customer relationship management (CRM) software for lead generation and sales.

Scott and his wife Diane of 24 years have two daughters, Carter and Lilly, and a sassy boxer named Memphis Blue.

After more than a decade in newspaper journalism, Ben Jacobson hung up his reporter's notebook to start his own content creation business. Ben works alongside AKC Marketing to help create and enhance content. He has a thorough understanding of AP Style, a keen eye for detail and brings a healthy disdain for the serial comma to all his projects.

Ben lives in Dubuque with his wife, three dogs, two bunnies and a chinchilla. He spends his free time sampling craft beers, watching horror movies, reading, playing board games and trying to convince his wife not to adopt any more animals. 

Erin Julius is the Human Resources Manager for AKC Marketing. Prior to AKC Marketing she worked in HR at an agriculture cooperative.  

Outside of work, she loves spending time with her two children, Reagan and Reid, and being with family at their cabin in Okoboji.   

Neon McGraw brings two decades of copywriting and advertising experience to his role as Content Manager at AKC. His penchant for words and languages sees him creating compelling content for myriad media. He loves a turn of phrase that turns heads.

When not tapping away at a keyboard, you’re likely to find Neon at the local observatory, camping in the deepest woods he can find or absorbed in the latest physics journals.

Kristin McKibben is a graphic design professional with nearly 15 years of experience. She is a graduate of UNI and loves the way design constantly encourages her to grow as a professional and as a creative with every project.

Outside of the office, you’ll find Kristin enjoying a craft beer with her husband, Mat, wearing a silly costume, painting in her home studio or playing with her 2 rescue dogs, Bailey and Gilligan.

Amy Nichols is a full stack marketer with C-Suite experience who has a track record of growing companies, brands and revenue for clients. As a consultant working directly with AKC Marketing, she helps build and maintain strategic and productive relationships with internal teams, leadership, vendors, and other third parties by checking the ego at the door, actively listening, being flexible and willing to do all tasks – big and small.

She was instrumental in the creation, launch and management of original programming designed to disrupt traditional ag marketing with a new concept dubbed “Agritainment.”

When she’s not working, Amy is an over-enthusiastic soccer mom, fitness guru, amateur photographer, foodie and movie-goer who may, or may not, share popcorn.

Gentil Ntegeyimana is a Marketing Automation Specialist at AKC Marketing, managing clients’ digital assets. A Grand View University graduate, he has almost a decade of experience in digital marketing.

At 6’3" Gentil loves playing basketball and outdoor activities. He also speaks French and Kinyarwanda.

Brianne Pudenz started working at AKC in 2020 as a Data Analyst. She now works in HubSpot to build out marketing assets for campaigns and events. One of her favorite parts of the job is helping the client focus on an inbound marketing strategy.

In her free time, Brianne likes to explore Des Moines, spend time outside — whether that is at a park or on a patio — attend ISU sporting events, travel and enjoy time with family and friends.

Scott Rhone is a design professional with more years of experience in marketing and communications than he wants to admits. He graduated from Grand View and has spent his career in the Des Moines area.

Scott has been married for 20 years to his wonderful wife, Jodi. They have one son, Nathan, that enjoys theater, robotics and Legos. Scott loves baseball (even the ups and downs of being a Cubs fan), movies, music and is an avid Star Wars fan.

As the Creative Director at AKC Marketing, Brent Thomsen brings more than 30 years of award-winning strategic thinking and creative design to the table.

When not keeping multiple marketing projects in the air at once, Brent enjoys spending time with his family, watching football (American as well as English), growing and consuming hot peppers, and hitting the road on his Harley.

Taylor Treibel is the Office Manager at AKC Marketing where she oversees the day-to-day operations of the office and client hospitality.

When not at work, Taylor enjoys spending time with her two daughters, Macklyn and Eily, and her husband, Nate.

Sarah VanDerHart is a Senior Strategic Account Manager at AKC Marketing where she partners with clients to develop result-driven marketing strategies. Sarah has 10+ years of marketing experience spanning from marketing operations management to public relations to experiential event planning.

Sarah lives on an acreage that has been on her family farm for 90 years with her husband and two daughters.

Kyle Webb is the Content Director at AKC Marketing where he oversees a staff of writers and digital specialists to ensure all content meets the tone, style and voice of the client. Prior to working at AKC Marketing, Kyle worked for nearly a decade as a newspaper editor in both Iowa and Texas.

A graduate of the University of Iowa, Kyle is passionate about the Hawkeyes, as well as his family, including his wife, Kathleen, and young sons, Austin and Nolan.

Nicholas Wilkening is a Social Media Expert at AKC Marketing, where he helps clients create analytics-driven social media campaigns and strategies. Prior to working at AKC, Nicholas helped small businesses optimize their social media strategies.

A graduate of Central College, he is passionate about homebrewing award-winning beer, cycling around Des Moines with his wife and spending time with their dog, Tonks.