Gillian Zed

Gillian Zed
Gillian has enjoyed turning products into profits for over 20 years. She launched The Product Rocket in 2002, and her creative merchandising skills and proven market intuition offer timely ideas to our clients.

Previously, as an Account Executive at a top Seattle marketing agency, Gillian worked with high-tech clients on new product releases, corporate events and direct mail programs. As Marketing Manager for a toy manufacturer, she re-positioned the brand for sporting goods and entering the mass market. While National Sales Manager for a Jewelry POP Display maker, she designed award-winning merchandising programs. As National Sales and Marketing Manager for an apparel line, she produced National ad campaigns, catalogs and dozens of trade show booths.

Gillian is an award-winning public speaker and published author with a knack for naming and tag lines. When she's not at the studio, you can find her at the ice rink cheering on her daughter or combing thrift shops for mid-century finds.

 

Kimberly Lasher

Kimberly Lasher
Kimberly has been collaborating on creating new brands with Gillian for over eight years and offers her unique approach to our clients as a Senior Designer. Product identities, catalogs and ad layouts as well as web sites, all come to life under her direction.

Formally trained as a graphic designer, Kim enjoys earned notoriety as the maker of one of a kind doll sculptures collected and shown by doll aficionados across the USA.

Kim has a couple of life size dolls as well: James, 5 and Rainer, 2.

 

Whitney Hartshorne

Whitney Hartshorne
Whitney has over 15 years technical and industrial design experience combined with extensive hands-on production skills.

Her expertise in product packaging and structural engineering, integrated with her training as an ISO 9000 coordinator has resolved costly breakage issues for clients and provided improved marketing tools.

Whitney offers amazing attention to detail as a project manager, juggling production issues and deadlines while always putting clients first.

 

Ryan Smith

Ryan Smith
Ryan is The Product Rocket's behind the scenes manager of operations. He handles the coordination of scheduling, bookkeeping, travel logistics and solving the problems no other team member can.

Ryan enjoys birding and is guiding the evolution of a backyard habitat as part of his do-it-yourself home remodel. He is loyal to the Mariners and Seahawks and plays a wicked game of Texas Hold 'Em.

 

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