JOANN L. SMITH
President/Principal Designer

Joann Smith started Balance Design from her garage back in 1997 and has since developed it into a successful full-service design firm. Her education in design and visual arts, in combination with extensive business management experience, forms the foundation for Balance Design. Joann has worked on clients worldwide on projects ranging from corporate identity, website design & development, to CD packaging design.

ARTURO RODRIGUEZ
Web Producer

Arturo Rodriguez has over six years of web development experience, including extensive knowledge of multi-tier web architectures and enterprise databases. Arturo has successfully launched multiple web products through the entire release cycle, including determining business needs, writing technical specifications, UI design, data modeling, coding, QA, and development to live-site migration. Product technologies have included SQL, TCL, Perl, VBScript, DHTML, JavaScript, XML and Java. This broad range of development expertise has given Art the skills to apply the right amount of technology given the business needs of a client.

JAMES DEKOVEN
Copywriter

For almost 10 years, James DeKoven has been writing web content, marketing collateral, ads, and direct mail for companies like IBM, C&H Sugar, E*Trade, Gap Inc., and Hewlett-Packard. This diversity allows him to bring multiple perspectives to every project. By balancing marketing expertise and creative flair, James writes copy that simultaneously conveys a company's sales, business, and branding efforts.