Our Leadership Team
Meet Studiovald’s idea-toting...think-from-the-hip...
double-barrel brains for hire. BAM!
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Peter Vald | Founder & Sr. Creative
A Sr. creative with a deep appreciation of art history and cultural trends, Peter’s inspiration comes from a wide range of sources. You’ll see it in his compelling logo designs. His dead-on print executions. And experience it firsthand in his brilliant interactive web designs.
A Senior Creative with a reputation for generating “the big idea,” Peter’s understanding of current design and marketing trends combined with his profound understanding of traditional media and new technologies gives him a unique perspective – one that generates award-winning work that keeps clients and consumers engaged.
For the past 18 years, he has crafted print, digital, and broadcast solutions for brands including household names such as The Miami Dolphins, Nissan, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and many more.
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David Deas | Co-Founder & Sr. Creative
How can we turn a creative brief into the next Cultural Revolution?
That’s the question that fuels Dave’s imagination. A word Ninja from New York City, David delights clients with an exceptional ability to listen, understand and transform ideas into results that catapult brands to the next level.
Throughout his 19-year award-winning career, he has built and maintained some of the best-known brands in the world, including General Motors, Denny’s, the U.S. Army, Seagram Americas, Courvoisier, Anheuser-Busch, and many others. Dave was also responsible for work on Royal Caribbean International, and authored the cruise line’s global tagline, “Destination Wow.”
That wide range of experience combined with his reputation for penning breakthrough-the-clutter solutions follows him to Studiovald where his ideas continue to exceed client expectations.
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Senior Account Executive and Education Marketing Lead
Rachel Domark brings more than 20 years of marketing leadership and direct experience in education marketing.
As former Chief Marketing Officer at Summer Discovery, a pre-college program, she led a marketing function that connected students and families with pre-college academic enrichment programs through social media, SEO, email, webinars, print, partnerships, website strategy, lead generation, KPI reporting, and enrollment optimization.
Rachel understands how families evaluate educational opportunities, how enrollment cycles shape the timing of communication, and how Campaign performance must translate into practical decisions.
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Creative Director and UX Design Lead
Renzo Arecco brings more than 20 years of experience spanning creative direction, product and visual design, UX, web and mobile design, social media, accessibility, and brand systems.
His EdTech experience includes work with SchoolMint, where he supported design systems, recruitment and enrollment workflows, mobile and web UX, school choice experiences, family communication, testing, prototyping, and product launches for a platform serving millions of students and thousands of schools.