People

Mindshare Studios pulls talent from a diverse pool of creative professionals based on client and project needs. The following biographies will introduce you to some of our team. Mindshare Studios has an office in downtown Santa Fe. We don’t have a large full-time staff, so we can pass on the savings from our low overhead to our clients.

Damian Taggart

Project Management, Web Development, SEO
Before founding Mindshare Studios, Damian worked as a web and multimedia developer for St. John’s College and Central New Mexico Community College, respectively. Damian has also worked doing freelance web design and internet/technology consulting. He is an Adobe Certified Flash Developer and an avid web technology enthusiast.

Damian graduated cum laude with an interdisciplinary degree in Media Arts and English from the University of New Mexico in 2003. Damian is a local Adobe Community Expert and was a co-director of the New Mexico Adobe User Groups.

Shaun Stanwood

Graphic Design, Adobe Flash/XHTML/CSS Development, SEO

Shaun Stanwood is a web and print designer experienced with branding and advertising, specializing in new media. He graduated with honors from the Art Institute of Boston with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. After moving from Forge Worldwide, a branding agency in Boston, Shaun moved to New Mexico to start up his own business for cutting edge graphic design and interactive development services.

He finds inspiration in all aspects of life and strives to provide his clients with thoughtful approaches to their design and web develpoment needs.

Jason Nakai

Web Development, Vector Illustration and Design
Jason has extensive experience with the development of distance learning content combining streaming media assets and interactive learning objects. In addition to web application programming and user-interface design, Jason creates photorealistic vector art and Adobe Flash animations.

Jason has worked with numerous organizations, such as the Unser Racing Museum, the Southwest indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), the Santa Fe Community College (SFCC), the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, and the US Army, to create multimedia productions ranging from small individual websites to full-scale training packages.

Padraig Taggart

Web Design, Content Migration, SEO

Padraig is currently a student in the Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media Program (IFDM) at the University of New Mexico. When he is not absorbed in his studies, Padraig works with Mindshare Studios doing basic web design including migrating static websites to database-driven content management systems and search engine optimization.

Collaborators

We play well with others. Below are some of the other designers and creative consultants we work with.

• Alex Hanna, Invisible City Designs
• Peri Pakroo, P-Brain Media
• Monica Christofferson, Carristo Creative
• Rose Hessmiller, PhD, Ferguson Lynch
• Holly McClelland, Clementine Studios
• David Garcia & Stuart Overbey, Halflife Digital
• Elaine Montoya & Becky Padilla, Zocoloco Studios
• Emily Lewis, Emily Lewis Design
• Joel Waldrep, Volar Media
• Maureen Burdock & Cinny Green, Thema
• John C. Bland, Katapult Media