The Crew
Jonathan Campo
Founder | Managing Partner | Co-Creative Director
Known to most by his last name ‘Campo,’ Jonathan was born and raised in New Orleans. He’s the son of a Cuban refugee. Campo misspent his formative years drawing and noodling on cheap guitars; not wrestling gators, as some may lead you to believe. Eventually, he made his way up the Mississippi and studied art and design at Wash U in St. Louis. In his early twenties, Campo played in a number of middling Brooklyn-based, indie rock bands. His biggest commercial success was with ‘Faux Punk,’ a Daft Punk cover band that lit up ski lodges and frat parties all over the country. Sadly for his adoring fans, advertising got in the way of his music career. Campo met Henry at FCB New York in 2007, a heady year that’s notable because of the irresponsible amount of oysters the duo consumed at the now defunct Tracks Bar in the belly of Penn Station. For longer than he’d like to admit, Campo’s been hustling up and down Madison Ave., working as mercenary freelance art director, designer, illustrator, and creative director, accruing war stories and industry awards. In 2012, Campo and Henry co-founded Gravy Boat Regatta, and ran it out of an industrial loft in Park Slope. Campo, and his photogenic family decamped to Charleston during the pandemic, where he currently resides. When he’s not making ads, he’s either painting paintings, cooking good seafood gumbo, or writing overwrought Yelp reviews.
Henry Mathieu
Founder | Managing Partner | Co-Creative Director
Henry is 44 but he reads at a 46 year old level. He spent his childhood skiing and fly fishing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. When he was 15, he and his family moved to Paris, where he did his best to speak French to French women in smoky cafes. Henry graduated from Williams College in 2002 and he’s been writing ads ever since. He’s worked as copywriter and creative director for big agencies on big brands, and for small agencies on small brands all over the country, including: San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Charleston, and New York City. In 2012, Henry and his main man Campo co-founded Gravy Boat Regatta, and it’s been smooth sailing ever since. Henry currently bounces between the Tetons, the Lowcountry, and the 5 Boroughs. He makes quiche Lorraine, and writes charming thank you notes.
Missy Bruno
Associate Creative Director | Studio Director
Missy grew up on an island in the serene waters of the Niagara River, four nautical miles south of the magnificent Niagara Falls. She fell in love with art at a young age whilst sitting for a portrait. Missy’s long had ambition to become a portrait painter herself, a dream recently dashed by the ubiquitous selfie function on iPhone cameras. Missy translated her love of art into a love/hate of design at Binghamton University. And she’s been plying her trade as a graphic designer and art director a very high level for the last 15 years. Just ask the painting elephant who appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman (she designed that elephant's painter’s smock). Missy enjoys comedy, and long walks on the beach with comedians. Missy makes delicious eggplant parmesan.
Lee Elliott
Director Of media + analytics
Lee was born in the landlocked city of Atlanta. As a younger man, his poor sense of direction steered him to Lynchburg College for four years of dubious Appalachian book learnin’. In dicier times, Lee made runs at being a PR flak, a political consultant, a copywriter, a night manager of a coffee shop, and a professional dog sitter. How does a man perform such backflips and land on his feet as a numbers guy overseeing the digital media operations of some of the world’s biggest brands? By losing bets and winning friends. Multiple archivists are currently aggregating Lee’s notorious ‘Leemails’ into a volume that will be posthumously released as, ‘Travesty Memoranda.’
Ruth Reyer
Senior Designer
Ruth is from southwest Virginia, near the Blue Ridge Parkway and Appalachian trail. She was homeschooled and encouraged to make art at a very early age. In fact, people are still talking about the local Phar-Mor coloring contest she won at age 5. As a teenager, she and her horse pulled down some more hardware in hunter/jumper, dressage, and show jumping. And, she taught herself HTML and CSS! She paid her way through college working as a vet tech, and came through with a degree in visual design. Animals are still a huge part of her life, especially her no-longer-a-foster-puppy, Isaac. Over the years, Ruth has worked for various ad agencies, startups, small businesses, and publishing firms as a graphic designer, art director, marketing manager, UX/UI designer, and front-end developer. She and her husband founded Sensor Station, a design and dev studio, and still live in Virginia. When she’s not slinging pixels, she grows vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruit, raises honey bees, and breeds Coturnix quail. She’s passionate about agroecology, natural design systems for food production and habitat regeneration. Finally, if all that wasn’t already enough, she’s also a 500-hour certified yoga teacher in Vinyasa and Ayurveda.
Marcie Strang
HR Director | Project Manager
Legend has it that Marcie was born on a steamboat in the Mississippi River. Historians all agree she grew up in the iconic port city of New Orleans. Marcie spent the first act of her life devoted to ballet. She attended all manner of highbrow dance academies, including: the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center, the North Carolina School of the Arts, and the Rock School in Pennsylvania. Eventually she pirouetted her way to Indiana University, and afterward grand jetéd into a professional dance career at the Charleston Ballet Theater. In her second act, Marcie focused her uncanny eye for detail on an entirely different field: engineering. Marcie organized incredibly complicated projects for some of the planet's largest structural and mechanical engineering firms. Which brings us to her third act: Marcie the wife, mother, and Office Director extraordinaire. She spends her downtime teaching her beautiful daughter Penelope new songs, adopting lost puppies, and feasting upon her gourmet husband's culinary creations.
Charlie Jackman
Senior Designer
Charlie spent his childhood between Querétaro, Mexico and London, England. He started playing piano at age 5, painting at age of 10, and dabbling in graphic design at age of 15. He's been working away at all three ever since. Music critics agree he peaked as a pianist during puberty, after a run of shows during his studies at a catholic conservatory of music. Art critics agree he peaked as a painter in his early 20’s during his mannerist phase. Design critics agree his best years have yet to come. Charlie currently lives in Miami, and knows more about hole-in-the-wall ramen spots than anybody in South Florida. Dogs vs. Cats? Charlie chooses cats of all shapes and sizes, especially his tuxedo cat named Oreo.
Willie Chiu
Director of Web Dev
It's Willie. Not William. Or Willis. Or Wilfred. Look at his birth certificate if you don't believe us. Willie grew up on the mean (and delicious) streets of Chinatown in New York City. He went to Brooklyn Tech to study Aeronautics, and then to NYU Stern to study IS and Finance. He worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Accenture for about a decade apiece before starting his own web dev shop, Thorium Digital. Over the years, Willie has added value to all kinds of clients, including Park Place Entertainment, Payless Shoes, SC Johnson, Diageo, Popeyes, and Galaxy Fund Management. Willie loves technology, especially the web. Willie loves '80s and '90s cartoons, especially GI Joe, Transformer, Voltron, and X-Men (obviously). Willie loves listening to a variety of music genres, especially Cantopop, alternative, and pop. And also Eminem. So it's fair to say Willie is a lover, not a fighter. Interesting fact about this gentle soul: he leaves his Christmas tree up all year long, because it's pretty.
Jessie Bower
Director of eCRM | Senior Copywriter
Jessie grew up in Florence Alabama, which is also where Helen Keller grew up (but they didn't know each other). At the ripe age of 14, she played Carnegie Hall. Shortly thereafter, she retired from her bright but brief career as first chair euphonium player. Jessie graduated from high school in 3 years, and then graduated from the College of Charleston in 4 years with a focus on arts management and printmaking. After that, she went to pastry school in the South of France, where she discovered her intolerance to gluten. So she cruised over to Italy and studied International Arts and Cultural Heritage Management and Cultural Economics at the University of Bologna. But even then, she wasn't done studying! She also has an MA in Arts Management from Carnegie Mellon, and certifications in Digital Marketing and Global Marketing Management from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and Boston University. Jessie worked in various arts nonprofits and as a professor of arts management over the years. She's also owned and run a liquor store (the only one that opened on Sundays for 40 miles in every direction), a concept boutique, and a restaurant. After all that music and study and pastry and travel, Jessie found a passion for email marketing and automations. She said it appeals to her big robotic heart and her love of system dynamics.
Morgan Gruer
Art Director | Videographer
As a multidisciplinary designer, illustrator, art director, animator, filmmaker, and painter, Morgan is a singular talent. She’s also a triplet! Born in New Jersey, she spent her childhood trying to prove her individuality. Morgan started college at Skidmore where she double-majored in painting and Italian. But upstate New York’s winters proved too harsh. So, she transferred to warmer climes and finished her degree downstate at Pratt. Morgan has painted her way across the globe, participating in artist residencies in Chicago, Venice, and the island of Skópelos in Greece. She’s lived and worked in Los Angeles and San Francisco. But New York City, with its wonderful weather, keeps enticing her back. Morgan currently lives in Brooklyn. She can usually be found petting other people’s dogs, perfecting her cacio e pepe, or tinkering with a screenplay.
Nicholas Suttle
Director of Photography + Videography
Nick claims he was born on a pirate ship. We know for sure he grew up in the West Village in the Westbeth Community for the Arts. He successfully attended Williams College, and also graduated. Now he's a fancy fashion photographer, videographer, and jack of all (photographic) trades: beauty and fashion stills, Photoshop retouching, video editing, ripping selfies, etc. Nick has the best Instagram filters. Hands down.
Fabrizio Sanabria
Art Director
Fabrizio grew in Bogotá, Colombia. From a very young age, Fab's trademark curly locks have been making hearts pitter-patter. In fact, Fabrizio's striking resemblance to Fabriani, the handsomest magician in South America, earned him the alluring nickname, 'El Mago.' At Universidad Javeriana, Fab hosted his own radio show called, 'Jazz Latino,' on which he played Latin jazz. In 1999, Fabrizio moved to the United States of America, where he started an illustrious advertising career. El Mago has made quite a name for himself casting multicultural spells in the US Hispanic and Latin American markets. Fabrizio met the lovely and talented, Cecelia, while working at Direct TV. They married in 2016. And in 2017, Fabrizio became a US citizen. El Mago is a decent tennis player, and he's famous for cooking 'Porchetta,' which means, 'pork rolled in pork with a side of pork.'
Joshua Frankel
Animation Director
Josh grew up in Hell's Kitchen, in a building filled with musicians, actors, and dancers. He spent most of his youth listening to hip-hop and dodging anybody who wanted to steal his lunch money. He met Henry Mathieu at Williams College, and they both studied abroad at the Glasgow School of Art. Josh has worked as an award winning film maker, animator, and visual artist. He directed, 'A Marvelous Order,' an opera about Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs, and he curates video art for the Wassaic Project. Josh is a terrific husband and proud father of two. Josh is known for his savory smoked meats and thought provoking arguments on Whysaurus.com.
ZACH SEGER
Art director
Zach and his sister grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut. A distinguished Dinghy Captain, Zach spent his formative years sailing on the Long Island Sound with grandparents. Zach brokered the biggest M&A deal of his illustrious career at age 11, when his mother remarried and he acquired 5 step-brothers overnight. Zach played both soccer and lacrosse in high school until an eye injury forced him to refocus his efforts on the arts. As a painter, Zach has won many accolades including a Silver Medal From the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious competition for creative teens. He was 22. Zach attended Bucknell and skied on the Bucknell University Ski Team (B.U.S.T). Working for Gravy Boat Regatta is Zach’s first job out of college, and his first important step toward becoming a juror for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, which is what he wants to be when he grows up. Zach’s dog is named Atlas and has never competed in any competitions.
Ivey 'Scoots' Inman
Project Manager
Born a belle in the South, Ivey started leading projects very early on from neighborhood trash collections to circus protests to extravagant dinner parties. After four very cold years honing her skills as an artist in Vermont she trekked around the globe finding digital projects across a span of industries to occupy her time and imagination, but it is the hub of New York where her talent to corral talent has taken off. Ivey adds color to the workaday operations of project management through a combination of scrutiny and grace. She has a knack for teasing out the efficiencies of her team, giving more focus to the assignment and less worry over logistics.
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we’re proven.
We're grown-ups and we've been in the ad-game a long time. We provide all of our clients senior-level talent who know how to make ad campaigns that really work.
we’re Quick.
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we’re fun.
We take our work seriously, but we don't take ourselves seriously. We're committed to making the creative process enjoyable and rewarding for everyone who chooses to work with us.
we’re lean.
We don't have many full-time employees. But our core team is comprised of seasoned pros. When you engage Gravy Boat Regatta, you’ll get top talent working on your brand when you do need it, but you won't pay to keep that talent staffed when you don’t.
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This document was last updated on May 22, 2022