Maria Ipac

Maria Ipac
Client Liaison | Project Coordinator

I am your Project Coordinator & Client Liaison. I’m a people person, and love helping our clients have a smooth and enjoyable experience!

Skills:
– Project Management
– Personal Client Assistant
– All things Social Media Related
– PR
– I enjoy working here!

Fun Facts: I love fashion, lifestyle blogging, and traveling! Backpacking across Europe is on my bucket list!

Richard Carman is a Sr. UX/UI Designer who loves turning digital experiences into human ones. He’s responsible for monitoring user experience and ensuring that websites, software programs and products are easy to use. In addition to his UX/UX skills—he’s a Front End Developer with a background in code.

Skills:
– User Interface (UI)
– User Experience (UX)
– Sketch
– Wireframing
– Adobe InDesign
– Adobe XD
– Figma
– Interaction design
– Usability
– InVision
– Adobe Photoshop
– CSS
– Product Management

Fun Facts:
I’m a gamer and fiction writer when I’m not designing.

Ilona Buitova

Ilona Buitova
Brand Designer

I’m a Senior brand designer. I’ve been creating brand identity designs and interfaces for 10+ years. I love it!

Skills:
– Logo Identity Design
– Iconography
– UI design
– Packaging

A little bit about me:
I’m originally from the Ukraine. And I stand with Ukraine!

Fun Facts:
I’m obsessed with Harry Potter, cos-play, and love my cat, Buzz.

Marius Panait

Marius Panait
Web Engineer | Developer

I am an web developer with more than 15 years of experience in this domain. Most of the projects I worked on are related to WordPress and PHP.

Skills:

– WordPress administration and development (HTML, PHP, CSS, mySQL)

– Pixel-perfect conversion from layouts (PSD, Figma etc.) to WordPress (custom templates, Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, etc.)

– WordPress themes and plugins customization

– Web applications development in WordPress

– 3rd party API integration with WordPress

– Experienced with all popular WordPress plugins (ACF, Gravity Forms, YoastSEO, WpAllImport, etc.)

A little bit about me:

I’ve been coding since DOS was a thing 90s. I’m a geek, basically.

Fun Facts:
I like sword fencing, wine making, and singing opera (no joke).

Mary Delosa

Mary Delosa
UX Researcher and Data Analytics

Hey I’m, Mary. I handle all the analytics and research. Numbers, data, and spreadsheet are my thing.

Skills:

– UX Research

– Data Analytics

– Marketing Analytics

– Data Entry

A little bit about me:

Japan (日本) became my second home from 2015 to current. I am a math nerd. I now use my love for numbers to analyze complex data from the Marin Design Agency.

Fun Facts:
I love hula hooping, my dog Jax, and reading horoscopes

Michael Bassolino

Michael Bassolino
Brand Strategist | Co-Founder

Michel Bassolino is co-founder of Marin Design Agency. He has over a decade of brand strategy experience. He’s helped numerous companies grow their organization through insightful brand strategy and discovery. Michael has worked with many industries—spanning from lifestyle brands— to tech startups.

Skills:

Brand Strategy
Company Positioning
Market Analysis
Core Values
Mission and Vision Statements
Messaging
Naming

Fun Facts:
Michael has traveled and lived over 20 countries, composes piano music in his spare time, and makes the best marsala sauce!

Michelle Bassolino

Michelle Marin
Director of Design | Co-founder

Michelle co-founded the Marin Design Agency in 2013 and serves as the Director of Design.

Michelle is known as a “unicorn” in the design industry. Her expertise spans many styles and mediums, from logo and web design—to product packaging and ecommerce.

Fun Fact:

She’s a SAG actress, and once stared in the horror film “Inoperable”.

About Us

Our Story

We’re a family-owned branding studio founded by husband and wife Michelle Marin and Michael Bassolino in 2013. Our work encompasses logo identity design and graphics, brand strategy and positioning, products and packaging, websites and digital experiences,

Our structure is unique. At our studio, the business owners actively engage in creating the work and directly interact with our clients. This method originates from our belief that exceptional design demands talent, intelligence, and deep personal commitment. Our portfolio, reflecting various industries and clients of all sizes, is a testament to this philosophy, with a history that spans over a decade.

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