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Besides being j. simms agency's walking encyclopedia
on all things San Diego, Julia Simms is a fourth-generation Coronadan.
She grew up exploring the tidepools in Point Loma, the nooks and
crannies of Balboa Park and the hidden entrances of the Hotel
Del Coronado.
Despite her misspent youth as an island rat, Julia brings more
than 25 years of experience in the public relations and marketing
field to the work of j. simms agency. She’s seen more economic
cycles than anyone would care to admit and her breadth of experience
has earned her the ear of many a mover and shaker in the San Diego
business scene. From the trenches to the boardrooms, Julia has
watched San Diego grow and brings her hard-earned knowledge to
bear for all of the agency’s clients.
Having earned the prestigious APR designation from the Public Relations
Society of America, Julia has won more awards from the Building
Industry Association of San Diego County for Best Public Relations
Campaign than any other person or company in the area. She was
awarded the Eva Irving Community Service Award from PRSA in
2003 and the Building Industry Association dubbed her The Gary
Campbell Industry Professional of the Year in 1999.
Born and raised on the island, Julia attended
Coronado schools and San Diego State University before graduating
from the University of Phoenix in San Diego. She claims to have
never lived outside the county (except for a two-month stint at
age 17 of which the details will remain hidden forever).
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Hailing from
foggy San Francisco, Bonnie came to j. simms agency by way of
San Diego State University on a mission to fulfill a life-long
dream of beach living. The resident expert in Pacific Beach, her
prized possession is a red beach cruiser and she can out do any
Fodor’s guide in naming the best beach eateries and hangouts
up and down San Diego’s coast.
A devout SDSU Aztecs fan, she observes every
game day religiously and claims to personally know the school’s
mascot, Monty Montezuma. And even though the song says she should
have left her heart in San Francisco, we are quite certain San
Diego has stolen it away.
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Judging by Lisa De Marco’s extensive knowledge of San Diego’s
hiking trail system and native plants, one would be surprised to learn she
is originally from Illinois and has only called our lovely city home since
1985. She earned her design degree from Southern Illinois University
back in the day of X-Acto knives and paste-up boards but really came to sharpen
her graphic design teeth once computer technology took over the industry. She
fell in love with publication design and has worked on numerous magazines including
Living in Style and Liquid Living. While Lisa finds the endless possibilities
of a blank glossy page utterly enthralling, she has been able to translate
a similar level of passion for online design and her Web site creations are
proof of this.
When not cooking her specialty dish of risotto with
wild mushrooms and Brie or digging in her garden of colorful flowers, Lisa
spends time with her partner and their blended family of four daughters.
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Suzanne was born in San Diego but moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth
area at age 11. Determined to return to California, she enrolled
at San Diego State University and four years later, walked away
with a degree in Communications, Public Relations. Suzanne spent
most of her later California life trying out various places in
the county but finally found her perfect place in Pacific Beach.
She enjoys keeping up with all of her college friends as well
as her high school friends from Texas. She is glad to be back
to her original home of San Diego and loves spending time at the
beach.
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Jonathan is a native Californian
who fully embraces the lifestyle with daily surf sessions and
a steady diet of sunshine. Before becoming a member of the j.
simms agency, Jonathan operated a freelance design business for
a select group of clientele. Jonathan designs for print and web
and produces what he likes to call “true works of art.”
The latter of that being debatable, he does put his entire creative
muster into the projects he’s entrusted with and makes it
his goal to help build the client’s brand and business using
the power of creative communications. Like the rest of the team
at j. simms, Jon wears more than one hat and has recently taken
over the responsibilities of promoting clients via the growing
world of social media.
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Abigail Having
vowed to never to live more than 20 minutes from the ocean, George
arrived in San Diego circa 1979 from Newport Beach. He graduated
with distinction from SDSU (yet the meaning of this honor had
to be explained to him) and remains a loyal alumnus of the black
and red. When not churning out dazzling Web site designs for j.
simms or rooting around in the dark places behind every site,
he serves on the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District
Tech Preparation Advisory Panel in the areas of Graphic and Web
design.
His favorite stomping grounds are Old Town,
Anza Borrego desert, Coronado and pretty much any Mexican restaurant
in between. And in all sincerity, he believes a Siberian Husky
is the closest thing on earth to perfection. George is a j.simms agency affiliate.
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