Our Studio

FOUNDER + DESIGN DIRECTOR

Liza graduated magna cum laude from Maine College of Art & Design with a BFA in Graphic Design. Here, she earned the highest ranking scholarship at MECA&D. The VIA Agency is where she began her design career, art directing and designing ad campaigns for Welch’s, Maidenform, Seagram’s Escapes, Backyard Farms, Lojack, DuPont and Dundee Beer. Here, she received a merit and silver award for art directing a VIA self promotion campaign hung on 40 ft high billboards in the SoHo district of NYC. After leaving VIA, Liza specialized in designing for environmentally focused communications including clients, Green Builder, Portland Trails, Greater Portland Landmarks and Green & Healthy Maine. Liza’s latest passion projects include creating art for Phoenix Way Art—a décor and art-focused design business and yoga. Her art can be seen on Maine Cabin Masters, in Downeast Magazine, and in various boutique shops throughout Maine. Oh and pick up a pint of Gifford’s ice cream, her illustrations are the new package design.

FOUNDER + STUDIO DIRECTOR

Rachel is a multi-tasker supreme who runs the client management side of Talley-O, but supports the design side as well: Her degree is a BFA in printmaking from Bates College. A Maine native, she lived in Seattle for four years where she worked as a visual merchandiser for Macy’s. She continued that pursuit after transferring to Macy’s in Boston. Her transition to the account side began when she moved back to Maine and started working at The VIA Agency as an account executive. While there she managed accounts for Klondike, Seagram’s Escapes, DuPont, Unum and Colonial Life. Rachel also freelances at O’Brien design as a production designer and design assistant. In her non-ample spare time, Rachel is rearing a passel of young Mainers with her husband, Andrew, another hardworking entrepreneur.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Kathleen has been writing copy since before the dawn of the Internet, so she draws on a deep well of experience across marketing categories and disciplines. A veteran of New York ad agencies and The VIA Agency, her ability to craft engaging communications has helped Talley-O clients tell their stories cohesively and compellingly. Her favorite past projects include deep dives into branding and new product development for Neutrogena and Nivea, sales collateral and press kits for Clairol and Revlon, and TV, radio and digital for Samsung, Popsicle, People’s United Bank and Golden Corral, to name a few clients. Kathleen and her husband, George, moved to Maine 30 years ago to raise a family. Their two adult sons are “natives,” born at Maine Med, but the parents were advised early on by a Down Easter that “a cat can have her kittens in the oven, but it don’t make ‘em biscuits.” Nevertheless, they’re all here to stay. She is from New Jersey.