Meet Our Team

Darian

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.

Sarah

Sarah is a gifted leader with over a decade of experience in marketing, HR and event coordination. As one of Jelly’s original employees, Sarah spent many years leading our team and clients through successful nationwide campaigns before focussing on where her passions truly lie; our people and our operations! Armed with a perpetually positive attitude, creative trouble shooting skills and a true desire to see everyone thrive, Sarah’s priority is to ensure that Jelly operates at its best for our team and our clients. When she’s not in the office, you can find her with her young daughter and husband, cooking up a storm in the kitchen, or spending time outdoors.

Slava

Slava comes to Jelly with a wealth of knowledge in digital advertising and website solutions in the automotive industry in addition to over 5 years experience in eCommerce. Passionate about building client relationships and delivering value, Slava brings a deeply client focused approach to his role at Jelly. When he’s not working he is out enjoying life with his young daughter and wife, playing soccer, or relaxing and playing a game on his Super Nintendo.

Danielle

Danielle possesses a decade of experience in digital marketing and communications for a diverse range of organizations in Canada and the UK. She is passionate about connecting with people, using storytelling to engage audiences and keeping the ‘big picture’ in mind while ensuring all the details come together. Outside of work, you’ll often find Danielle reading amidst a stack of books, watching football and spending time with her husband and family.

Andrew

Andrew joins Jelly with a decade of experience in the consumer-packaged goods and sports industries where he has managed every aspect of the marketing strategies for the companies he worked for. Andrew loves learning about his client’s story and helping them take their vision and turn it into reality. When he’s not at work, you’ll find Andrew playing or watching sports or working on his latest LEGO creation.

Kolbie

Kolbie comes to Jelly with nearly a decade of experience in the athletics industry at both University and National levels. With extensive knowledge in what it takes to succeed at a high level, Kolbie’s go-getter, persistent, hardworking attitude helps her stay on top of things and confidently provides peace of mind for Jelly’s clients. When she’s not in the office, you can find her spending time with her husband and golden retriever puppy, dining at a delicious restaurant or hunting down the best snow for a ski weekend.

Anabel

Anabel has a passion for all things PR and marketing and comes to Jelly with experience managing beauty and fashion brands. Anabel has a love for acting and writing which directly plays in to her role as a storyteller for clients and creating magic with a campaign. When she’s not working, you can find her on adventures through Vancouver to find new treats with her friends or cuddling up with her chihuahua, Eyore, for a movie day.

Mackenzie

Mackenzie’s love for people and connection has developed through years of experience in hospitality, social media management, and marketing. She loves being able to share her enthusiasm for her favourite things with the people around her – especially when that comes to Jelly’s clients! In her spare time, you can find Mackenzie attempting the latest DIY project from TikTok, forcing her boyfriend into watching a scary movie, or obsessing over her yorkie, Bella.

Rachel

Rachel comes to Jelly with experience in social media marketing, hospitality, and a love for building connections with people. She prides herself on her ability to come up with ideas, and has often been referred to as an idea factory. She is creative, organized, and has a passion for creating digital content. Rachel loves style, beauty, and looks for opportunities to make everything as aesthetic as possible! In her spare time she loves to create reels on Instagram of her travel adventures, spend time with her family, and do her favourite workout- the 12-3-30!

Cheryl

Simon

Simon’s love for marketing comes from his appreciation fostering authentic human connections. He comes to the Jelly team with a background in content marketing and data analytics from the auto industry. Simon’s thirst for knowledge and goal-oriented thinking makes him a team player who’s always looking for ways to deliver value in his advertising. On his down time you can catch Simon either gaming, playing volleyball, or casting a line in the water for a bite.

Sean Imoo

Sean is a recent university graduate with a knack for social media marketing and PPC advertising, bringing his years of experience working in the hospitality industry to Jelly. Sean’s passion for marketing stems from a deep love of storytelling, analytics, and building genuine connections with others. Sean embraces the challenge of integrating creativity and data in order to produce tangible results and value in his work. Outside of the office, Sean enjoys working out, bowling, volunteering, cheering on the Canucks, and meticulously managing his fantasy football rosters.

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Raelyn

Raelyn comes to Jelly with a background in marketing, sales and hospitality and prides herself on her ability to build meaningful relationships. At Jelly, she brings her communication and listening skills into play to craft strategies and stories for our clients. When she’s not working, you can find Raelyn binge-watching the latest Netflix series (or rewatching The Office), spending time with friends, or snuggling up with her two kitty cats, Max and Rocky.

Jason

Jason joins the team with a background in technical and creative digital marketing and his creative flair and enthusiasm brings a unique perspective to the SEO team at Jelly. He has a strong passion for understanding customer behaviour and implementing growth-driven strategies to help businesses reach their goals. When he’s not analyzing data, he enjoys sprinting, interval strength training, and exploring new adventures.

Mitchell

Juliana

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

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.

Michael McKay

Michael is a passionate and eager young man who’s beginning his next chapter at Jelly as our Multimedia Intern. He’ll be graduating from BCIT as a web developer and is eager to learn as much as he can from the Jelly team. Michael has enveloped the “granola” persona; he loves rock climbing, long boarding and coming back home, smelly from a 3 day backpacking trip. Michael hopes to bring tons of curiosity and energy to the team as he has lots to learn!

Garth

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.

Denae

Denae comes to Jelly with several years of experience in customer service, administration, and operations. With a passion for making a positive impact on those around her, she is always on the lookout for ways to brighten someone’s day. When she isn’t behind the front desk at Jelly Headquarters, Denae can be found baking treats to satisfy her sweet tooth, hitting the gym for some weightlifting, or tackling a challenging jigsaw puzzle.

Julius

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

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.