Our Team
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Cameron Strang
CEO (& Publisher, Creative Director, Editor & Computer Fixer)
EmailCameron founded RELEVANT in June, 2000 (we can't believe it's been 10 years already either). He's a lover, not a fighter, and is a huge fan of the Orlando Magic. You can connect with him via Twitter here and Facebook here.
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Josh Babyar
Chief Operations Officer
EmailJosh joined the RELEVANT team in 2008 after a tenure as executive publisher of the very cool culture magazine Stop Smiling. He has been instrumental in our recent growth, leading much of our marketing, finance, consultation and operations. To say he wears many hats would be, well, yeah, he wears many hats.
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Chris Miyata
Chief Innovation Officer
EmailChris leads the client projects in our RELEVANT Solutions consultation division, as well as steering the ship of our internal digital innovation (*cough* tablets/apps *cough*). He brings with him a decade's worth of experience in high-level digital development and project management. Considering how quickly media is evolving, that's a very good thing.
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Roxanne Wieman
Editorial Director
EmailA Colorado native, Roxy leads the editorial team, writes cover stories and has a hand in everything we produce. Considering this year we're expanding from magazines and web to books, tablets and more, we'd like to clone her. Can someone work on that for us?
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Josh Loveless
Senior Editor, Neue
EmailFor the last 14 years, Josh has led creative and innovative churches in Chicago and Orlando. He applies his international vision and passion for the Church in leading our ministry division, Neue. Plus, he's a really cool guy.
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Ashley Emert
Associate Editor
EmailAn actual Florida native, Ashley is the editor of RejectApathy.com, and handles the copy editing for all of our other editorial (which is a ton of stuff). Unlike most copy editors out there, she's really nice and funny.
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Ryan Hamm
Associate Editor
EmailYou know that snarky voice that writes the slices on RELEVANTmagazine.com? That's Ryan. He heads all of RELEVANT's web content and music coverage, so if you want to write for us or have ideas to pitch, hit him up. Just remember, he's snarky.
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Alyce Gilligan
Editorial Assistant
EmailIn addition to writing and doing a ton of interviews for us, Alyce assists Roxy, Ryan and Ashley in keeping all of the editorial plates spinning. Trust us, there are a lot of plates.
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Amy Duty
Print Design Manager
EmailA graduate of the presitgious Savannah College of Art & Design, Amy not only heads up our magazine design, but also manages all print design projects. You should see her whip the guys into shape.
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Jesse Penico
Senior Marketing Designer
EmailA grad of Ringling (not the clown college), Jesse heads up all marketing design on our team, both print and online. He also does motion graphics and contributes to the magazine. And here you thought his moustache was the only thing about him that was versatile.
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Justin Mezell
Designer
EmailJustin is a really talented UCF student who's earning his design chops on our team. Some of our most creative recent work has come from his hand (did you see the Bear Grylls cover?). He's one of those designers that keeps coming up with stuff that makes other designers say "wow."
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Tim Dikun
Digital Manager
EmailRecipient of the Best Office DJ award two years running, Tim leads all of our digital innovation and development—working with the team to make everything from our websites to online radio, to newsletters, iPad/iPhone apps and more. If something's glitchy on our sites, you should email him and let him know. He loves that.
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Chad Michael Snavely
Audio & Video Producer
EmailIf it has our name on it and it makes noise or moves, Chad had a hand in it. Not only is he the creative trust behind the RELEVANT Podcast and RELEVANT.tv, he's also the DJ of RELEVANT.fm. So if you're a band that wants some spin, he's the guy you hit up.
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David Barratt
Web Production Assistant
EmailCrazy smart when it comes to coding and meticulous with detail, David helps Tim make our web visions a reality. Without him, Tim would be working 26-hour days.
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Josh Strohm
Systems Administrator
EmailJosh oversees the security, efficiency and backend of the RELEVANT web world—plus comes to the rescue in PHP emergencies and works with our app development. In short, he makes everything work.
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Hemarie Vazquez
Senior Marketing Manager
EmailAmong her many duties, Hemarie oversees all marketing and circulation plans—from subscription acquisition to newsstand distribution. So pretty much without her we'd be out of business. Not that she regularly blackmails us with that fact.
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Sarahbeth Wesley
Marketing Coordinator
EmailSarahbeth is responsible for the social media/viral/street team/event/promotion/campus/partnership aspects of our marketing. You know, a job that should take about 10 people.
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Richard Butcher
Marketing Assistant
EmailRichard assists the marketing team in every area, handling logistics, research, reports and even customer service. He's also on the UCF Cycling team and is in a band. He's pretty rad.
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Philip Self
Director of Business Development, RELEVANT Solutions
EmailPhilip oversees the growth of our marketing/consultation division, RELEVANT Solutions, which is the fastest growing part of our company. When payday comes around and the checks don't bounce, we all send Philip a thank you note.
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Michael Romero
Advertising & Sponsorships Manager
EmailMichael works with our advertising partners to help them craft strategies to effectively reach the college-to-30s demographic through our various print and digital platforms. He's a busy, busy man.
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Jen Cook
Advertising Associate
EmailJen helps us scout out new opportunities and partnerships. She's a people person, which is a good thing because she's on the phone a lot.
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Maya Strang
Operations Manager
EmailMaya is Cameron's wife and second-most-tenured team member. Among her many duties is making sure everyone gets paid (both us and the people who send us bills), so she's easily the most popular Strang of all.
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Theresa Dobritch
Executive Assistant to Cameron Strang & Project Manager
EmailEverybody loves Theresa. Not just because she's the bolt on the rims of the RELEVANT vehicle and without her, the wheels would fall off (or at the very least, Cameron's would). No, everyone loves her because she's just plain awesome. She's also from Ohio, which we don't hold against her.
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Rachel Gittens
Fulfillment Manager
EmailRachel is the person you talk to if you have any questions about your RELEVANTstore.com order. She's really nice—you should give her a call if you're bored.
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