ThinkPenny | Design Thinking To Make A Difference

Judy Penny is a thinker, a dreamer, a teacher, a perpetual student, and an optimist who is not afraid to ask “why?” or “why not?” to get to the heart of your brand. She believes in the impact of emotion to create lasting connections to your brand, and is constantly searching for new inspiration to elicit those emotional responses. A voracious reader, she has particular interest in social trends, cultural influences, art, architecture, sculpture, video, the current marketplace and competitive landscape, to develop compelling strategies to differentiate your brand. Her motto is “don’t blend in.” A good listener, she thinks that only by truly listening and hearing what clients really want, then working in collaboration, can business objectives be achieved. Judy's work has gained recognition by major competitions including One Show Gold, NY Andy Gold, International Festivals Gold, NY Art Directors Club, Clio, D&AD, Hatch, Addy, Communication Arts, Print, and NEBA. Her work has been featured in Adweek, Creativity and Print magazines. She has developed national campaigns for Puma, American Express, Ocean Spray, Gillette, Carnival Cruise Lines, Polaroid, Dominos, and TJ Maxx among others. Prior to launching ThinkPenny in 2000, she held senior creative Vice President posts at Hill Holliday and Mullen. She has served on numerous award panels including Communication Arts Advertising Annual, Art Director’s Club and has lectured at Emerson College, Massachusetts College of Art, the Wolfsonian and AIGA. She has taught at the Art Institute of Boston, New England School of Art & Design, has developed curriculum and is currently a faculty member at Miami Ad School, the world’s premier and most-awarded portfolio school, where she teaches Typography, Graphic Design and Ad Concepts. Her students work has been awarded by D&AD, One Show and Type Director’s Club.

Rémy Francès views advertising and design as not so much a business but an art. An art of enticement, of persuasion, of cultural archeology that just happens to use his constantly inquisitive mind and artistic talents to create fresh and inspired solutions for businesses. After attending the Ecole Supérieure d’Arts Graphique in Paris, France, his passion for life and curiosity led him to California then Miami where he designed everything from environmental graphics for Universal Studios and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines to set designs for Gloria Estefan’s videos, on-air graphics, advertising, marketing and promotional communications for Univision, Telemundo, Nickelodeon and AXN/Sony Pictures. His european sensibility toward design, culture and communications reflects an added dimension in his work which speaks to today’s smaller world and multicultural ubiquity. His over 20 years in design and management bring a strength to not only the general, but the hispanic side of the business as well. Fluent in Spanish, French and Italian, he’s particularly well-suited to handle our multilingual account activity. An emmy-nominated talent, Remy is also a watch aficionado with a passion for the history, intricacy and attention to detail that can only be matched by the passion he puts into his work. This extends to the community with the dedication he has for sharing knowledge to a new generation of designers while teaching at Miami Ad School, the county’s premier portfolio school with a worldwide following.