TEAM

We’ve been doing the doing for many years.

Our partners have built foundations upon which to quickly grow a company, laid the tracks for in-demand teams to thrive, practiced human-centric leadership, and expertly scaled dynamic disciplines and critical global brand accounts.

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    Amie Pascal

    Amie is a business and org leader who creates the conditions in which creativity flourishes. As a Partner and executive at the digital agency Instrument, Amie built and scaled a successful nearly $20M business, leading a multi-disciplinary team providing full-service offerings to partners such as Google, YouTube, and other Alphabet companies— significantly contributing to Instrument’s growth and transition from indie success to global holding company sale.

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    Tsilli Pines

    Tsilli has built, led, and transformed various creative ecosystems, from globally successful creative agencies to non-profit organizations. After 20 years as a Creative Director and Designer, Tsilli became VP of Creative at Instrument, where she led the Design and Writing disciplines and doubled the capacity of the agency’s creative delivery within 3 years. She also co-founded Design Week Portland and fostered the festival, making it a staple in Portland’s cultural life.

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OUR PHILOSOPHIES

  • Fostering a strong creative environment leads to the most innovative work.

  • Trusting relationships form the bedrock of any collaboration.

  • Teams that reflect the true diversity of humanity are the most creative and dynamic.

  • Listening is the best starting point.

  • Strategy is nothing without clear, actionable tactics.

  • You can have a successful business AND take care of humans on your team.

  • It doesn’t matter what you say if your actions don’t align.

  • Always be as kind as you are candid.

  • The perfect GIF is worth a thousand words.

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CONTACT US

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  • “From the beginning, I knew we were in very good hands — it’s that double threat of clear confidence and deep understanding.”

    – Audrey Aiken, Thread Creative

  • "Since we’ve worked with NoCo I am getting better at understanding the more medium to long-term aspects needed to make improvements to our business.”

    Leigh Whipday, ToyFight

  • “The best part of working with NoCo was the research and care put into discovering what was best for Jolby and me at the crossroad we are at right now.”

    – Josh Kenyon, Jolby

  • "The biggest impact of working with NoCo: our leadership team is aligned on a direction.”

    – Molly Inderhees, Thread Creative

  • "NoCo's insights helped us re-shape our operations and process to reflect our values and give us the space to create our best work.”

    – Traci Sym, +&>

  • “NoCo helped us not only organize our diverse offerings but also approach them with renewed vigor and optimism!”

    – Kate Bingaman-Burt and Leland Vaughan, Outlet

  • "It's clear that Amie and Tsilli understand change management only the way you can from having years of experience."

    – Molly Inderhees, Thread Creative

  • "The Learning and Development work we've done has us poised to bring our future leaders along and ready them for the next step in their careers."

    – Liz Hartmann, Thread Creative

Partner photos by Ryan Garber