Passion & Partnership

A classic oldest child, natural optimist and tireless consensus-builder, Lis is happiest working alongside our team and clients to move everyone toward their shared goals. She's a writer by trade and an entrepreneur at heart, collaborating with Jen to oversee the agency's direction and build strong, successful client partnerships. With 15 years of experience as a content strategist and creator, Lis guides Statement's content team to deliver smart, consistent communications across all print and digital formats. A high-level thinker with a penchant for fine detail, Lis loves helping clients crystallize innovative ideas into actionable branding and marketing plans.

• Honed her interviewing skills as 
an investigative reporter
• Paris is near and dear to her heart
• Her lunchtime La Croix is a daily highlight

Jen is half of the entrepreneurial force behind Statement. She works alongside Lis to lead the direction and growth of the agency, from delivering exceptional client service to shaping new business strategies. With a sharp eye for good design and visionary ideas, Jen has spent two decades helping clients elevate their visual branding, digital and print marketing within sectors like Fortune 500, health care, tech, nonprofit, restaurant and hospitality. At Statement, she leads our design team to help clients translate their goals into smart, compelling solutions. Her genuine passion for innovation, trends and tech helps ensure client brands stay relevant and dynamic with the times.

• Trained with Dutch design masters 
in the Netherlands
• Married to a Chicago street artist
• Would take a podcast over a book any day

Not only does Doreen keep Statement's project pipeline running smoothly, our clients also praise her for keeping them just as well-organized. A quick thinker and meticulous planner, Doreen keeps complex marketing programs and high-volume environments humming along with diligence and patience. She developed her organizational and client service skills in previous roles, creating operational structures for new teams and managing large-scale global conferences 
and events.

• Gets unreasonably excited by spreadsheets and bulletin boards
• Happiest when eating, dancing or taking in a good view
• Grateful for her husband who manages to keep the plants alive

You can call Yolanda a creative wonder woman. She is an award winning designer with an eye for color, type and trends. Creatively, she lives by the mantra: “Design can and should make a positive change in the world.” She’s built a career working with clients in hospitality, education, real estate and financial services. She uses fresh thinking to elevate brands to the levels they deserve and is truly collaborative in her approach, both with clients and our team of talent. 

• She loves a good grid
• Likes to travel to stay inspired
• Never met a puffy blouse she didn’t like

A masterful writer and thoughtful creative, Lyssa has a gift for turning even complex concepts into content that draws attention. She seeks to truly understand the "Why?" behind every brand, and she passionately pushes to make every project better. With a sly sense of humor and a knack for killer headlines, Lyssa is an award-winning creative who worked with a slew of Fortune 500 brands before joining the Statement team.

• New York Festivals Award Winner for International Advertising
• Mother of twin girls
• Food weaknesses: pizza and lobster

Isabel is known for her ability to take a creative brief and run with it, coming back with fresh ideas and a perfectly built design file every time. From digital design to long-format layouts, she blends beautiful and intuitive with each project she touches. She also happens to be the queen of deadline-crushing, all while maintaining a can-do, Zen attitude that keeps the whole Statement team centered.

• Creative chops from The School 
of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Has never met a deadline she couldn’t crush
• Takes her Fitbit steps very seriously

A true Swiss Army knife, Grace spends her days moving adeptly between content marketing channels with craft and precision. Grace's roles at Statement include social media execution, content creation, and reporting and analytics. She brings a thirst for knowledge and a methodical approach to her work, knocking out deadlines with a smile on her face and serving as a valuable resource to Statement and our clients.

• Earned her MS in Integrated Marketing Communications from Roosevelt University
• Knows Twitter's global primetimes 
by heart
• A pro singer who can apply a great smokey eye