About Us Easy, Fun And Professional
Tina Reynolds
Founder/Principal/Owner
Design and Communication Leaders
The Uptown Studios crew is known for being creative, dedicated and enthusiastic. Started by Tina Reynolds in 1992, Uptown Studios is now at the top of its game with a full team of creative professionals ready to help you change your world.
Tina has always led by example with her fiery enthusiasm and eagerness to take challenges head-on. She promotes a happy, healthy work environment where each team member is valued and encouraged to be involved in community activities and causes they are passionate about.
Find out more about Uptown Studios’ daily adventures and interests by following the team on Twitter: @UptownStudios or follow me @UptownTina.
Tina has been running her own design firm since 1976 and she is the community face of Uptown Studios. She is always ready and eager to get your project going, share her experience that will give you the “big picture” on your campaign or marketing materials. Tina loves the people she gets to work with and is always there to remind you to make it:
“Easy, Fun and Popular”
Kate Moore
Multimedia Director
Kate manages video production and multimedia projects at Uptown Studios. As an experienced broadcast
designer, Kate loves to create stunning animated graphics for video and presentations. She works with an award winning team of video professionals to take your video project from concept to completion. Kate is also a social media director, speaker and trainer. She understands that social media is imperative for business today, and keeping up with the changes is a challenge she loves. Kate also loves spending time with her wife and grand children. She enjoys bicycling around Midtown, getting creative with clay and watching baseball.
Cris Weber
Art & Web Director
Cris manages all art and web projects at Uptown Studios. She enjoys overseeing the creative process of projects and
maintaining brand consistency for the clients of Uptown Studios. Cris has owned and partnered in Sacramento design firms since 1994. She is an alumna of California State University, Sacramento — Department of Design where she also taught for 6 years. Away from the office, Cris loves raising her chickens and making art from found objects.
Sarah Barkawi
Project Director
Sarah manages all projects at Uptown Studios from concept to completion ensuring that each one is delivered on time
and to the customer’s satisfaction. She joined the team with four years of project management experience and a degree in Media Communication from California State University, Sacramento. Sarah has a personal passion for design and a love for her community. She enjoys the culture and team at Uptown Studios, including the great clients she gets to meet and work with. When out of the office, Sarah loves spending time with her friends and family, exploring Midtown on her bike, and creating fun and/or tasty things.
Anton Weaver
Lead Designer
Anton is here to communicate your message, in a wide variety of mediums. Be it print, web, photo or video, Anton is up to
the challenge to make it work, make it fun and make it look spectacular. Some of his favorite projects include: info graphics, logo/branding design, theatre posters, labels and the implementation of responsive web. He’s also a fan of whitespace and minimalism. It’s a movement! Anton has over seven years experience in the graphic design world and graduated from California State University, Sacramento in 2005 with a BA in Graphic Design. When not staring at a computer screen, Anton loves to focus his time and energy on anything with a motor and at least two wheels.
Leidhra Johnson
Social Media Manager
Leidhra manages social media at Uptown Studios – carefully taking her time to research, post, engage and conduct
analysis for each client’s multiple channels. Leidhra joined the Uptown Studios team shortly after graduating from California State University, Sacramento with a BA in Journalism and minor in Sociology. With a passion for communications and local community, Leidhra fits right in at Uptown Studios. She is thrilled that her position at Uptown Studios supports and encourages her love for meeting awesome people and sharing their stories. When Leidhra’s not at work, you can find her exploring Midtown with her partner in adventure, Roxanne the not-so-mini Dachshund.
Brent Stromberg
Web Manager
Brent joined Uptown Studios in July 2012 with six years of web developing and designing under his belt. By day, Brent
develops code – writing and editing CSS, PHP, jQuery, JavaScript, and HTML – makes WordPress template customizations, builds responsive designs, and helps clients with their web questions. He loves that his job allows him to constantly learn new things and go home everyday feeling satisfied. By night, he spends time loving his wife and daughter, woodworking and nerding out on Star Wars (pre 1997, of course).
Hailey Vincent
Exec Assistant & Office MgrHailey manages Uptown Studios staff and office needs. She is a Canadian born, California raised, travel
enthusiast. Hailey graduated from California State University, Chico with a BA in Public Relations and minor in sexual diversity. Her love for nonprofits and the midtown lifestyle drove her to Uptown Studios where she loves learning about clients every day. She enjoys being involved with various aspects of client needs here at Uptown Studios, from answering phone calls to reviewing websites. When she is not working, Hailey enjoys spending time with her partner putting bow ties on their three cats, Tina, Greasy and Lyla.
Steve Knau
Database Developer
Steve is a hardworking employee as well as a student. He is currently attending UC San Diego and is majoring in
Computer Science and Engineering. He has been working with HTML, PHP, MySQL, Java, and other tools for web and database development. Steve loves that his position at Uptown Studios allows him to develop web applications and interfaces for clients while learning more and more about the structure of computer software and hardware.
Jonathan Simpson
Finance ManagerJonathan Simpson, our Office Ninja, is back with Uptown Studios. Jonathan had a stint with us in early 2000 and
we are so pleased he is back. You will be hearing from him about your invoices, contracts and statements. If you have any questions on your bills Jonathan will your man to help you through any issues. He is here to help us with all things finance.
