Our Story
After being an adjunct professor, we hedged our bets starting this small business. In a basement in Portland, Oregon, in 2017, Jess began by making commission pet portraits. The product & business model have evolved several times since then.
Jess became an art therapist & noticed many therapists in private practice had a tough time making solid branding choices for their small business, (this is for various reasons; see our Blog for more on that!)
Our Team
-
Jess Minckley
Owner & Chief Designer
Jess (they) is the creator of Minc Work and serves as a one-person-band. A professional artist, college professor, board-certified art therapist & mental health counselor, Jess is a natural helper, entrepreneur & part-time ding dong. They like to work with people who value aesthetics, honesty, and believe that delegation is a strength.
-
Delany Davis
Design Assistant
Delany (she) is a California-born creative who holds a BFA in Visual Media Arts with specialization in Production from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. She moonlights as Woman Friday for Minc Work. You’ll find she’s delightful to communicate with, and is as efficient as she is kind.
-
Manuel Sicairos
Vector Savior
Manny (he) is a digital art wizard, politics junkie, and die hard Subaru/McLaren F1 GTR dork. He outgrew art school and became a freelance graphic designer whose car-culture projects have been seen by eyes all over the planet. He helps us with vector graphics and .ai files we can’t handle & generally keeps things real.
Interns & Volunteers
-
Nashira Ransome
Graduate Volunteer
Nashira (she) lives & works in Northern California having completed her MFA in Animation from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) + undergraduate training in Fine Art from Michigan State University. She’s interested in illustration and graphics, in addition to web/graphic design.
-
Cecilia Marianella Lorenzana
Graduate Volunteer
Cecilia (she) holds a BA in Graphic Design & Media Arts with a concentration in Web Design from Southern New Hampshire University. She is a graduate student in Graphic Design & Digital Media at Academy of Art University. She’s currently working on packaging design projects with us and obsessing about plants!
-
Daniel Bean
Undergraduate Intern
Daniel (he) is a freelance designer living in Florida! He is pursuing a degree in Graphic Design from Southern New Hampshire University. He assists Minc Work with logo design ideation, is interested in the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in design, and aspires to create several meaningful brand kits for our clients.
We’re Hiring!
We’re looking for interns, junior designers, and administrative staff
in a part-time capacity. Reach out!
Let’s make some cool stuff together!
Disclaimer: We work on ”Crip Time”. This is a Disability Community phrase about sustainability. This disrupts and challenges ableist, capitalist expectations of productivity, time, & ways of being. As disabled people we move, build, organize, & work at different paces and invite an extension of compassion & grace to us all as we navigate a changing world.