Zach Seusy

Zach Seusy

Zach Seusy

Zach Seusy

Art Director

You might not realize it, but the Art Director behind the turtle-shell glasses isn’t just a world traveler, Moana fanatic or lavish Hawaiian shirt collector. He’s also Mr. Cache La Pourde Middle School. This honor wasn’t easy to obtain. The Fort Collins native had to meet rigorous, nerd-level standards that included reciting each spell in the Harry Potter series while executing the precise corresponding wand flicks and being a frequent traveler to Middle Earth. His crown for this title might be big, but his parents’ admiration is colossal. Hanging from behind the bar in his family’s home, resembling an opulent portrait, his “Mr. CLPMS” plaque reminds them every day of the royalty in their bloodline.

Since abdicating the throne as king of CLPMS, he’s set his sights to new heights. He’s scaled MizzouRec’s highest point through the MU Rock Climbing Club and watched ink dry as the print specialist of the McDougall Gallery in the school’s photojournalism department. Best of all his accolades, though, was being caught on the campus Snapchat story for swimming in a fountain sporting a shark costume. Some believed the stunt to be so real that a manhunt commenced for Sharkboy and forced him to hang up the suit for the rest of his Mizzou career.

But for Zach, it’s always about moving forward. Last summer, he travelled to Europe to finally meet some of his favorite artists face-to-canvas. His signature nerdiness came through again when he saw one of Van Gogh’s sunflower paintings at his self-titled museum in Amsterdam, and to his dismay, started crying. Zach didn’t notice the tears until his shirt was soaked with the appreciation of the arts. As his adventures continue, he’ll keep climbing to new peaks, designing dazzling animations and singing Moana’s “How Far I’ll Go” all along the way.

Brandon Graf

Brandon Graf

Brandon Graf

Brandon Graf

Copywriter

Meet Brandon. A creator from birth, his parents claim to have found crayons in his lunchbox when he came home from school. They even caught him crying (more than once) when the commercials ended on the TV and he was forced to watch the regularly scheduled programming. Although Brandon thought about taking a path toward football stardom, one ACL tear took him off the field and onto writing and producing his own music at the tender age of 14. His first 10-track album made its debut on YouTube for five full days until Brandon declared it trash and deleted it before it had the chance to hit the Hot 100. Maybe Brandon didn’t make it big, but he did manage to cultivate a passion for combining visuals with other mediums, as he made cover art for all of his failed creations.

These days Brandon is still writing music, while making the girls swoon at Mizzou. He currently works as a social media marketing and photography intern for the Columbia Parks and Recreation. He also interned with the Columbia Chamber of Commerce and a few of their clients in the marketing field.

Marley Schmidtlein

Marley Schmidtlein

Marley Schmidtlein

Marley Schmidtlein

Art Director

When she was only a small child, Marley came to the sudden realization that sleep was for the weak. Ever since then, she has been expanding her creative skillset at a nearly freakish pace. The Kansas City native first expressed herself through Irish dance—eventually qualifying for the national tournament with her team. At the same time, she was managing gigs for three different bands, handling their photography, running their social media accounts, designing their merchandise and creating album covers. On top of that, she was interning at an arts academy nearby, where she acquired fine art skills like cartooning, Chinese water brush painting and calligraphy.

Once she made it to Mizzou, she started working as an in-house marketing intern for a dental firm. Essentially a one-woman agency, she got practice writing copy, creating the artwork, designing the layouts of print, web, and out-of-home advertisements, researching campaign strategies and optimizing their corporate website. Most recently, she worked at Adswapper as a graphic designer and social media content manager. There, she learned more about creating and implementing social media campaigns, and redesigned the user experience and user interface of two different mobile apps. Now, her focus is on mastering emerging technology like 3D modeling and augmented reality animation. After graduating, she plans to take her first nap, and then go work for an agency.