Meet Our Team
Sarah
Account Manager
Sarah Clark
Sarah is a gifted leader with over a decade of experience in marketing and event coordination. As one of Jelly’s original employees, she’s been a part of Team Jelly from the start-up days and has spent the over 5 years specializing in real estate and project marketing. Keeping her event planning background in mind, Sarah is an expert in multi-platform integration and execution, and believes that there’s nothing more satisfying than having a detailed plan come together perfectly. Armed with a perpetually positive attitude, creative trouble shooting skills and a serious love for data, Sarah loves keeping her clients at ease and informed with her exceptional account management. When she’s in the office, you can find her with her young daughter and husband, cooking up a storm in the kitchen, or spending time outdoors.
Hudson
Account Manager
Hudson Lee
Hudson comes to Jelly with a rich history in customer service and social media coordinating. With building meaningful client relationships at the forefront of all of her endeavours, Hudson uses her master people skills and organizational wizardry to establish effective communication with her clients as an Account Manager. Out of office, you can find Hudson perfecting her yoga poses, watching 1980’s rom-coms, and hosting kitchen dance parties.
Amaan
Account Manager
Amaan Fazal
Amaan’s extensive background in digital marketing complements his appetite for excellence. He has worked with professional services, including law firms, across Canada, to develop and execute digital marketing & PR campaign. His focus on results-based strategies leads to clear reporting and ultimately, greater ROI on marketing dollars. Amaan can often be found sipping a caffeinated beverage and reading about the latest technology in his downtime.
Chris
Account Manager
Chris Penner
Chris comes to Jelly with several years of experience in managing corporate sponsorships and partnerships, primarily in the world of sports both at the professional and amateur levels. As a highly self-motivated individual, Chris loves keeping busy and continuously learning how he can better serve his clients. Outside of work you can find Chris watching or playing sports, or outdoors keeping active and enjoying nature.
Mike
Partner
Mike Lawrie
Mike comes to Jelly with an eclectic mix of experience, having worked in landscape supply, transportation, and most recently in commercial packaging. He has a passion for people and brings a work hard play hard mentality. Always seeking understanding, Mike loves to learn and he thrives on bridging the gap between abstract ideas and practical application. Outside of work, Mike can be found playing hockey, slo-pitch softball, creating music with friends, or spending time with his family.
Darian
Founding Partner
Darian Kovacs
Darian is founding partner of the award-winning Digital Marketing and PR firm known as Jelly. If you didn’t already know, Darian brings unparalleled charisma and excitement to the brands that he popularizes (is yours one of them?). Known for off-the-wall ideas and fantastic stories, Darian’s energy keeps the Jelly bus rolling down fun and fabulous roads.
Caroline
PR Coordinator
Caroline Coons
Caroline joins Jelly with extensive sales experience in the sports and entertainment industry. A truly driven individual who thrives in fast-paced environments, Caroline prides herself on going out of her way to deliver exceptional results for clients. When she’s not busy working on her next big pitch, you can find Caroline catching up on the latest in all things sports, and spending time with her family and friends.
Jessica
PR Coordinator
Jessica MacLeod
Jessica comes to Jelly with a wide range of experience in customer service, experiential marketing, brand promotions, and social media. As a new university graduate, Jessica is eager to contribute fresh ideas and build innovative campaigns for your brand. With a passion for social media, she’ll be sure to keep you connected to your customers and updated on all the latest social trends. When she’s not scrolling through your feed, you can find Jessica spending quality time with family and friends or hiking and camping in her own backyard (aka Beautiful British Columbia)!
Natasha
PR Coordinator
Natasha
Joining team Jelly straight from the sunny city of Dubai, Natasha brings with her an enriching and treasured experience of working in Marketing and Communications across the Middle East. Having worked on a portfolio of local and international clients, Natasha’s favourite go-to word when working on projects is GloCal! (think global but act local) Outside of work, you can catch her concocting recipes in her kitchen, juggling Skype sessions with loved ones across different time zones and not to forget her perpetual love for dogs, chatting up almost every pupper she comes across while exploring the city and backroads of beautiful British Columbia.
Sullivan
Digital Ads & SEO Coordinator
Sullivan Geneau
Sullivan comes all the way from Calgary, AB, with a background in digital affiliate marketing and door-to-door telecom sales. He understands what drives consumer impulse and knows how to drive a click. He spent his adolescent years in Muscat, Oman, and brings his unique perspective to the Jelly team. In his free time, he enjoys producing downtempo music, lifting heavy things, throwing discs really far, and carving through moguls.
Aman
Digital Ads & SEO Coordinator
Aman Janmohamed
Aman comes to Jelly with a great deal of SEO and web development knowledge. Aman started out in the Automotive industry with a high passion for cars and technology. His passion for technology led him into freelance web development. In that field, Aman gained experience with deep diving into websites and helping clients get their website ranking high on Google. During his free time you can find Aman modifying Volkswagens for the race track, playing basketball, hiking, and playing golf with family and friends.
Juliana
Graphic Designer
Juliana Bermudez
Juliana comes to Jelly with a strong background in customer service and a passion for graphic design and illustration. As a recent university graduate, Juliana is ready to integrate her energetic approaches and imaginative designs into your brand. She knows what is up and coming in the design world and is ready to make your projects stand out and tell your story in a compelling way. When Juliana is not busy brainstorming for her latest project, she can be seen walking her young dog at local forests and lakes, in the kitchen trying out a new recipe to share on her Instagram, and viewing the newest movie releases.
Travis
Multimedia Specialist
Travis Jeffers
Travis’s passion for Photography and Video started with shooting his friends skateboarding in elementary school. From there it grew into a love creating cinematic visuals that tell the story behind the subject. These days his time away from work are spent chasing his young son and border collie around, exploring trails, and visiting the occasional brewery with his wife.
Kesia
Support Coordinator
Kesia Ram
Kesia comes to Jelly with experience in customer service, the beauty industry and a passion for continuous learning. Being a recent PR graduate, Kesia is excited to bring her creative ideas to the table and create innovative campaigns for clients, while using both PR & social media. When she is not posting content, you can find Kesia either being creative with makeup, or spending time with her family and friends, while going on adventures through Beautiful BC!
Joni
Client Experience Coordinator
Joni Fehrenbacher
Joni comes to team Jelly from the states. Prior to coming to Canada, Joni was a running specialist for a triathlon coach in Scottsdale, Arizona. Joni has lived in a number of American cities, including Washington D. C., Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Phoenix, Arizona. She is an accomplished athlete as a competitive marathon runner. Joni has qualified for and run the Boston Marathon, was a top finisher in her age group at the Marine Corps Marathon, and was on the winning team of the 50 miler JFK Ultra Marathon in Virginia. Her fun, outgoing personality, positive attitude and background in motivational coaching, will be a wonderful addition to the Jelly team Joni is married and has three adult children, all of whom have immigrated on their own to the Lower Mainland of Canada.
Garth
Web Designer
Garth Poon
Garth is a design ninja who’s been creating digital art since he was a wee lad. He loves building beautiful, clean websites that perfectly capture an organization’s purpose and branding, and he obsesses over every pixel. When he’s not designing websites for Jelly, he’s either taking photos, building LEGO with his two boys, or eating samosas.
Julius
Accountant
Julius Alfonso
Coming from a family of accountants, Julius is a designated CPA, CMA with over 15 years of professional experience. He loves to create tools that help manage budgets, labour, spend, and measure overall company profitability. His passion is to explain the art of accounting in simple layman’s terms and measure what everyday success looks like.
Ryan
Jr. Accountant
Ryan Lawrie
Ryan is all about the numbers and earned his chops with over 10 years of experience in a variety of commercial endeavours including light manufacturing, commercial real estate and investment businesses. His experience extends through to all the fundamental accounting functions of these different industries. He lives and breaths all things Canucks, takes an active interest in US politics–don’t get him started–and can often be caught reading the works of Noam Chomsky.