Adam Schaffer
Creative Director | President
The Time Manager
Adam is an international award-winning creative and one of the original founders of the agency. His vision and dedication has helped bring local and national acclaim to the agency for consumer engagement campaigns, tv spots and geo-social/mobile check-in promotions.
NICOLE McKINNON
Art Director | Project Management
Little Nicole
Nicole has been with the agency for over 6 years and is one of the OGs dating back to 2014, when we were at the Market Street location. Her role(s) are a lot of everything. From design, illustration and basic web development, to project / account management, event management and administrative support. When she's not making things happen at 5ivecanons, she is being a dad, doing yard work at her home and raising her two cat babies.
Cassidy Keller
Executive Administrator
Over Over Achiever
Cassidy is the baby of the team. She is originally from the buckeye state and graduated from Bowling Green State University with a BS in Marketing. Cassidy helps the team with various administrative tasks, managing social media, and project development. Thanks to her boss, she is currently the most certified person on our team in Google adwords having certificates in 4/5 categories (hoping to soon have all 5). On the weekend she likes to take her fur baby to the dog park, hang at the beach and play Rocket League with friends.
Jessica Burns
Search Strategist l Copywriter
Floor is Lava Champ
Jessica is one of our project and creative leads. She's a copywriter and search strategist, with over a decade and a half of some pretty unique experiences. She started her career in marketing at Atlantic Records. In 2006, she moved to Costa Rica to build a business with her brother. She traveled around the world, mentoring students, living with incredible local families, participating in their cultures, and spearheading sustainable development projects - and that was just the beginning of the most rewarding years of her life - as a preface to becoming a mom. She and her husband do their best to keep two tiny humans alive and raise them not to be assholes. She’s a jump on the couch, goldfish for breakfast, floor is lava champ kind of mom. Jessica appreciates living the present and feels blessed to be “one of those” people who loves their work.
Alex Butz
Director of Client Relations
Butz... Mr. Butz
With over 12 years working in the marketing and advertising space, Alex leads the agency’s client and account relations efforts. He works out of our office in Uptown Charlotte, supporting our national and international clients headquartered in the Southeast. Despite working in the Queen City for the past 15 years, he remains a Buckeye at heart.
Steven Warren
Technical Lead
The Hamburgerologist
We learn something new about Steven nearly every day, so know this small space here is only scratching the surface. Steven, is the technical lead at 5ivecanons working on complex implementations and solving client web issues. He was a member of the first freshman class at the University of North Florida, and as a true Jacksonville native, has been a Jaguars fan since their inaugural game in 1995. Before 5ivecanons, Steven ran a mobile app company, got a degree in Hamburgerology, owned The Maxx Pizza Factory, and followed U2 on the initial Joshua Tree tour. Doesn’t this all make you want to know more? Steven and his wife Cheryl have two grown boys, Shawn and Jake, and he adds two dogs, Dexter and Hagar, to our dog loving crew.
Raul Martinez
Website & Digital Designer
The Percussionist
Raul joined our team in early 2020, he loves music and art. He graduated from Universidad Autonoma de Occidente, Cali, Colombia with a B.S. in Multimedia Engineering. He has over 6 years of experience. He supports the agency with UI/UX design, front-end development, video production, graphic design, and multimedia projects.
Sampson
Head Security | Food Taster
Employee of the Month
Sampson is a rescued American Bulldog and has been employee of the month for almost 80 months straight. His saggy jowels are the muse to great ideas and his big brown eyes beg for pets, even if he is currently being pet. Don't be fooled by his charm however, he's been around the block for quite some time.
