people

Our people are the number one resource that drives the success we achieve for our clients.
Their creativity, energy, and insightful perspective, along with our executive team, are
responsible for producing the dynamic and targeted solutions for our clients.
 

Marion Fraternale
managing partner, owner

 

Allison Schwartz
partner, creative director

 

Jim Dempsey
senior vp operations

 

Robert Scully
vp design director

   
   

Marion

managing partner, owner

Leading this team of talented and passionate individuals is founder and president Marion Fraternale. Marion’s diverse background of developing brand identities and powerful creative vehicles for retail, corporate and advertising industries is the foundation for this company. Before establishing fai, Marion was with Federated Department Stores (R H Macy’s) as Corporate Vice President for 14 years. Her responsibilities included the development of all private label graphics, in-store shop creation, corporate signage, visual merchandising graphics, packaging and direct mail. Previously, Marion was a Special Projects Director for General Foods, developing creative concepts and product evaluations for a wide range of internationally distributed products. Marion graduated with a Fine Arts degree from Bard College. She sits on the Advisory Board of the Lighthouse for the Blind Institute.