Discover the layers of "the onion".
blue onion's mission is to be the premier idea generator for challenger brands. blue onion does so by fostering an open, collaborative, entrepreneurial work environment. This results in forward thinking solutions for our clients and a more rewarding work environment for our employees. This makes blue onion a fun place to work and do business. If it isn't fun, we don't like it. But most importantly, blue onion is family owned and our family includes both our employees and our clients. We treat everyone as family and have relationships of over 20 years to prove it.
Who We Are
We focus on our clients.
Not ourselves. Not awards. Not the newest marketing gimmick. We leave that for other agencies to chase like lemmings. And we don’t use fancy advertising words to impress you.
We believe in good ole’-fashioned honesty. We’ll give it to you in plain English. We’re a advertising agency that supports and elevates brands through cost effective creative execution and media planning and placement. We work hard to deliver results for our clients.
So if you’re ready for a fresh approach, to be listened to, and to work with some super-talented people without super-sized egos, you’ve come to the right place.
And now, we’d like you to meet some of our people here.
Everybody shot a quick cell phone video to show a little about themselves and what they like to do.
Norty Frickey
President/CEO
Founder, President and CEO, Norty, as we like to call him, has a long history of taking good ideas, hiring talented people and building great companies. Norty’s father, Norton Senior, started Network Affiliates Inc. in 1989– it began as a means to advertise his law practice and...
Read More »Peter TenEyck
VP Business Development
Peter hails from the East Coast, but has been with our company for over 20 years. He brings over 30 years of solid marketing, management, advertising, entertainment, production and post production expertise to the table. He is currently responsible for new business development, as well as new...
Read More »Eileen Weinert
Media Team
Eileen received her B.S. Degree in Business Administration from Arizona State University in 1976, but didn’t graduate from the School of Hard Knocks until 1987.
She doesn’t usually share this, but her dream was to sing back up for James Taylor – well, if talent wasn...
Read More »Megan Weinert
Media Team
Megan recently joined the blue onion Media Team from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, where she worked in the Technology Department for two years. She was the lead technical support representative for the help desk, i.e. she played with machines.
While in college at CU...
Read More »Jill Cloutier
Media Team
Jill started her career as a national media assistant for Clear Channel Katz Advantage in Dallas, Texas. After a few years of working in national radio she made the move to a Dallas based advertising agency to broaden her knowledge of advertising and media. In 2008 Jill relocated to...
Read More »Kelly Hawthorne
Media Team
Before walking through the doors at 940 Wadsworth, Kelly earned her Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of Colorado. She loves her Buffs, but cheers on most other Big 12 teams, too!
Kelly joined blue onion’s media team after several years with our parent...
Read More »Mike Heinrich
Creative Director
Mike has served as the agency Art Director since 2002, wowing clients with his fresh and innovative designs. Mike's specialty is creating results-driven direct mail campaigns and building brand awareness through TV, print, point of purchase, and collateral marketing materials. What sets Mike...
Read More »Jeff Feierstein
Director of Broadcast Production
Jeff graduated from Northern Arizona University in 1999 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Advertising.
He got his start at Safeway Foods when he was 16, where he was an award winning grocery bagger. But Jeff was destined for more. Right out of college, Jeff...
Read More »Natalie Sudar
Project Manager
Heidi Dater
Media Team
Heidi joined The blue onion Media Team a few years ago, bringing 14 years of media planning and buying experience. Previously, Heidi worked at Morey Evans Advertising developing media strategy for clients such as Qdoba Mexican Grill, Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard, Deep Rock Water...
Read More »Clay Frickey
Digital Strategy
Clay began his long career with Network Affiliates at the tender age of 3, starring in a syndicated legal TV ad. Due to the commercial’s overwhelming success, Clay decided to go on sabbatical for the next 18 years, discovering far distant lands and gaining a proper education culminating in...
Read More »Mark Davidson
Director Business Development
Melissa Dirmish
Media Team
Melissa graduated as a University of Florida Gator with a Bachelor Degree in Marketing. She also minored in Bartending 101 – she has slung drinks in bars from here to Florida. She has recently joined the blue onion Media Team after working as a Media Buyer for 5 years at Mindshare...
Read More »Lisa Petrick
Media Team
Lisa graduated from University of Southern Colorado in 1992 and has been in the Denver area ever since. Her passion for media led her to work at KOSI-FM. She then spent 9 years at Karsh & Hagan Advertising working primarily on the McDonald’s account as a Media Supervisor.
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Read More »Rick Koch
Interactive Director
Rick has been in the blue onion family since 1988. He is an invaluable asset to the company. Rick coordinates all of our web site projects, including design, development, programming, banner advertising, social media marketing, Flash design, web analytics and web videos. Rick lends tremendous...
Read More »Todd Kuhlmann
Chief Operating Officer
Todd’s specialty is his ability to effectively manage and operate a business. Having 13+ years of financial and operations experience in a variety of industries, Todd understands our client’s perspective on advertising and marketing, the importance of their objectives, and the need...
Read More »Matt Renstrom
Interactive Designer/Developer
With a BS degree in Interactive Multimedia Development, Matt began his career in broadcast television as a graphic designer with WLFI-TV in Lafayette, IN. In this fast paced environment, Matt learned the skills necessary to deliver meaningful graphics and design project on extremely tight...
Read More »Shawn Roberts
Producer
A bit of an oddball in a creative business, Shawn gets a kick out of organization and order. Shawn started with blue onion as a technical support technician, and has since been a video editor, IT technician, producer, director, account coordinator, project manager, and all around go-to-guy....
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