Fun. But driven by a serious drive for perfection in all we do. We’re in a building that dates back to 1909 and has been home to general store, grocery store, art gallery, toy store, antique shop, barber shop a scuba shop (and likely other things we don’t know). You’ll find a diverse and talented team of people here. Along with
a dog and a couple of cats. We have a great team. We further distinguish ourselves by applying principal-level attention on every project. All assignments start and end with owner direction
and approval.

BRADFORD LAWTON
principal and creative director
Brad’s career spans over 30 years in the advertising and design fields and encompasses a diverse range of experience. Following formal training in the fine arts at Southwest Texas State University, Columbus College of Art and Design, and the University of Texas at Austin, he worked as an independent illustrator and designer in both the United States and Sweden. While in Stockholm, he was creative director for Ide Och Resutat prior to returning to San Antonio and forming The Bradford Lawton Design Group in 1985. His work has received widespread acclaim and been showcased in numerous national and international publications, including Print, Communication Arts, and How. His work has also been published in more than 20 international design books. Local brand icons include logo designs for Taco Cabana, EZ’s restaurant, Paesano’s, SouperSalads and LoneStar Overnight. For more than 12 years, in addition to his agency responsibilities, Brad taught graphic design with an emphasis on conceptual thought, figure drawing, illustration, watercolor, and color theory at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, and at Southwest School of Art and Craft and the Incarnate Word University in San Antonio, Texas. Other notable projects include AstraZeneca, St. David’s Hospital, McKenna Foundation, Trinity University, Freightliner Trucks and Southwest Mental Health Center.

TONY DIAMOND
principal and president
Throughout Tony’s twenty seven-year sales and marketing career, he has built organizations and driven programs that generate profitable revenue while at the same time developing powerful brands. Spanning high tech, financial and manufacturing sectors, his approach creates alignment of objectives among senior leadership, sales, marketing and product management.
The result is absolutely clear strategy, followed by effective, efficient execution.

Tony held senior positions with startup, developmental and mature companies that were both privately and publicly held. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing a developmental-stage public company delivering outsourced electronic bill presentment and payment solutions.
He completed his objectives there by affecting the sale of the company to maximize growth. Previous executive positions
with Azrock Industries and Paris Technologies shared the
common objective of articulating a company’s strategy to meet market demands, then developing the products, market strategies, channels and revenue programs to take full advantage
of the opportunities.

He previously was a founding partner in two sales and marketing consulting firms serving an international clientele that included Amtico Ltd. and InSkin Media of England, Steag Microtech of Germany, Colin Medical Equipment of Japan, as well as domestic operations such as TransFirst, Clarke American, Enron, Frost Bank, Goodwill Industries, TransFirst Holdings and USLong Distance. One of the firms, blueground, merged in 2009 with The Bradford Lawton Design Group to form BradfordLawton, LLC. Tony was recruited as an Art Director with The Richards Group in Dallas upon graduation in 1983 from the University of Texas at Austin, from where he received a Bachelor of Communications degree in Advertising.

EMI RAMIREZ-HUNT
creative

SHAWN MEEK
creative

JOSH ZAPATA
creative

SIXTO-JUAN ZAVALA
creative

LINDSAY CROWELL
account service/creative

KAY RANGEL
production manager

FRANK SOLIS
account service

JON CARTER
account service

ELISA STANLEY
administration

KELSEY JACK
administration