Vanessa King

Vanessa is an animator who enjoys using experimental techniques to create comedic and introspective animations. Her talent, passion and enthusiasm infuse her work and delight viewers. She has had a hand in creating animations across multiple clients and projects. Before Avoq, Vanessa worked as an animator at PBS KIDS, where she won a Daytime Emmy

Elizabeth Farren Watson

Elizabeth Farren Watson

Elizabeth specializes in project management, including budgets, timelines, vendor relationships and specialized projects, including website content management and brand development. She works with federal advocacy organizations, higher-education institutions, museums, nonprofits and state organizations.Elizabeth has managed website builds, advertising and marketing campaigns and public service announcement production. Elizabeth worked at Jackson & Campbell, P.C., where she

Joy Burks

Joy Burks

Working across sectors, but with a strong focus in public health and health advocacy, Joy has played many roles at Avoq. Joy led Avoq’s broadcast media division, executing satellite and radio media tours for clients across the nonprofit, for-profit and government agency landscape. She also oversaw the development of the agency’s in-house production studio and,

Elizabeth Held

Elizabeth Held

A lifelong reader and writer, Elizabeth loves to apply her understanding of storytelling and narrative structure to our clients’ toughest issues. She directs content strategy across a wide variety of accounts, identifying opportunities and creative ways to insert our clients’ perspectives in ongoing conversations. Elizabeth led content strategy for an award-winning campaign that laid the

Kent Holland

Kent Holland

Kent specializes in campaign management, corporate reputation, crisis communications, executive positioning, media relations and digital advertising. He works with a range of clients across sectors and is a leader in the company’s technology, financial services and higher education practices. Drawing upon his decades of experience working in media relations, Kent directs integrated communications and advertising

Maggie Bergin

Maggie leverages her experience across industries and sectors to bring the right solutions and strategies to her clients’ communications challenges. She works with the account leadership and project management teams to ensure that client deliverables are on time and on budget. Maggie has a long career of working within advertising agencies in Washington, D.C., and

Emily Premo

Emily Premo

Emily is passionate about working with clients across industries and sectors – from associations to nonprofits to private business spanning science and technology, finance, recycled materials, and more. Her work spans multiple verticals including paid advertising, website design and development, event production, research reports, and generalized communications work. Before Avoq, Emily was in the entertainment

Ismail Cidic

Ismail specializes in media and government relations, issue advocacy and foreign policy. He works across a range of sectors in public affairs, strategic communications, media outreach and public policy initiatives. Previously, Ismail served as president of the Bosnian Advocacy Center, a Sarajevo-based NGO that advocates for a free, sovereign, democratic and secular Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Irina Anthony

Irina Anthony

Irina specializes in implementing and managing digital media campaigns and marketing strategies, and developing brand recognition while positively impacting businesses and communities. She brings extensive experience in media buying, digital campaign management, analytics and data-driven storytelling. Before joining Avoq, Irina was a paid media lead on accounts in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, energy, tech and nonprofit at

Tiffany Kalmar

Tiffany Kalmar

Tiffany specializes in video production and project management, working closely with clients to find the best approach to tell their story. This could include social videos, profile videos, virtual event videos or TV ads. Tiffany helped start up Avoq’s virtual events program at the start of the pandemic. Before Avoq, Tiffany worked in production at