Who We Are

Julie has a fine art background with a B.F.A. in Painting, and has spent the last 22 years in marketing, design and advertising. In 2006, she and her husband Mat bought an existing business in northern Vermont and grew it into a full-service graphic design shop. They sold this business in early 2012 to relocate to Santa Fe. Now, she is the principal strategist for Loka Creative and loves turning ideas into beautifully crafted campaigns for her clients. When she's not working, Julie loves traveling, riding her bike and writing.

Katherine is an Albuquerque native who’s currently living la vida Loka in the Pacific Northwest. An experienced writer and editor, her diverse background includes work in journalism and PR, as well a six-year stint as a resident playwright specializing in theatre for children and families. She loves jumping headfirst into a brand’s voice and creating something that’s fun to read, and in her free time, she enjoys road trips, listening to podcasts, going thrift shopping, and drinking her way through Seattle’s coffee shops.

Mat makes all of the furniture found in the Loka office, and installs signs and graphics for us when he’s not exploring trails on his mountain bike.

Dominique is a veteran print graphic designer and photographer with more than 20 years experience. She especially likes it when we get to road trip for photography projects around northern New Mexico. When not working, she loves to travel, find great dark craft beer, mountain bike and spend time with her dogs.

Oye has a B.A in history of Mathematics and Science and Philosophy from St. John’s College, as well as a national diploma in Electrical Engineering from Yaba College of Technology.

While at St. John’s, he was the intramural coordinator for two years and was in charge of organizing and publicizing the school’s sporting events. He also worked at the Student Activities Center for four years, starting as a front desk staff member and later becoming the student supervisor. He’s a motivated and hardworking person, and likes to do the best job possible for whatever task he is assigned.

Oye has worked and studied in various fields and has been able to reengineer this knowledge into an ability to look at issues from diverse perspectives. He likes to solve problems and he is always willing to have discussions with people. When he isn’t working, he likes to chill with friends and have discussions over drinks. He is amiable, and you can always see him with a smile that brightens the mood of everyone around him.

Michael has years of technical expertise that he brings to his work with Loka Creative. He handles everything from custom themes to e-commerce functionalities to SEO. He lives to scuba dive and always welcomes a good cigar and a glass of malbec from grateful clients.

Rosario has a B.S in Psychology and Spanish from the University of New Mexico and has worked both in the private and non-profit sector here in her native New Mexico. She loves details and checking things off her to-do lists, but if you ask her what brings her joy she’ll tell you it's helping others.

Married and the mother to a 22-year-old son and an 9-year-old daughter, Rosario loves her family and friends, her dog Rosie, gin and tonics and nachos.

Luke Macias is a New Mexican. Raised in Santa Fe he has all the small town feels with big city drive. Luke brings to Loka an extensive background in events management and beer.

Prior to Loka, Luke was an Events and Marketing Manager with one of the largest local breweries in New Mexico. Curating his love for beer and developing a passion for writing, he is now a writer and blogger for the New Mexico Dark Side Brew Crew.

Luke enjoys reading, writing, and finding ways to expand his imagination, through books, games, movies, and even foods. But most of all, he’s just appreciative of the things in which he’s allowed to participate; a gracious guest to whatever host the world has to offer.