After a few years being a sub-par bass guitar player in a sub-par heavy metal band, Paul decided that advertising might be a better career choice. Since then, he’s logged 15 years of advertising, design and brand-building experience working at agencies like Arnold Worldwide in Boston, Huey/Paprocki in Atlanta and SlaughterHanson and Lewis Communications in Birmingham. He’s done work for brands such as Royal Caribbean International, The Hartford, US Postal Service, ING, CNN, Turner Classic Movies, Amsouth Bank, Protective Life, KinderCare Learning Centers, Mastercraft Boats, Honda Small Engines, Vanderbilt Medical Center and Prevent Child Abuse.

Paul has won just about every award given for advertising and design including The One Show, Communication Arts, Archive, Effies, The New York Festivals, Print Regional Design, MPA Kelly Awards, Hatch Awards, London International Advertising Show, US Ad Review and local, regional and national ADDYs. He has also had his work reviewed by the The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

In 2005 and 2006, the Birmingham Advertising Federation named Paul both Creative Director and Art Director of the Year. He was again named Art Director of the Year in 2008. In 2010 Paul was named Copywriter and Creative Director of the year.

Paul and his wife Emily have two children, Ian (10) and Natalie (8). When he’s not at Scout or chasing the kids around, you can find him at the CrossFit facility trying to shave a few seconds off his time.

Originally from Charlottesville, Virginia, Carly’s first visit to the deep South was when she decided to attend The University of Alabama. In addition to her public relations and spanish studies, Carly was active on the Advertising Team, a writer for Platform Online Magazine, Vice President of Phi Mu sorority, and a top advertising Account Executive for the school’s Crimson White newspaper.

Carly continued her interest in the advertising field by starting with Scout upon graduating in May 2009.

Since her time at the agency, she has been recognized as Account Executive of the Year at the AAF Peak Awards and named one of the top young professionals by B Metro magazine.

She keeps busy serving on the boards for the Rotaract Club of Birmingham as Membership Recruitment Director, Junior Achievement and the Birmingham-Jefferson Chapter of the American Red Cross.

And if she could ever find a down moment, Carly enjoys game days in Tuscaloosa, embarrassing her friends at karaoke bars, coaching girls’ lacrosse, and vacations with her family.

Keelie believes that great creative engages clients, and great client service creates partnerships for the long haul. Growing up as the oldest of three children, Keelie was awarded a black belt and served as an ambassador to the USSR before she got her drivers license. What industry engages someone with such a diverse upbringing? All of them – which could only mean advertising.

Over the past 15 years, Keelie has worked on clients from Mohawk Flooring and Cadence Bank to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Porsche Cars North America. Keelie’s traditional experience is matched by her digital history working with accounts including Toyota, Vulcan Materials and US Pipe and Foundry. In addition to working with clients she has also served in a number of operational roles, bringing a new level of understanding to her clients’ internal stakeholder challenges. In 2011, Keelie’s work with Mohawk Flooring’s Smart Strand Challenge was honored at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity as one of the top integrated campaigns in the world.

In her spare time, Keelie and her husband are busy raising three children and two dogs. She still loves to travel. She also enjoys cooking for family and friends and sewing.

Originally from Huntsville, Alabama, Karen has been passionate about art and design since she was only a wee child. She even designed her own business cards in elementary school. Growing up around her parents’ photography studio helped inspire her appreciation for color, composition, and creativity.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Auburn University with a BFA in Graphic Design.

After graduating from Auburn, Karen worked as a publication designer in Chattanooga, TN before relocating to Birmingham where she was been designing brand identities, books, ads, invitations, and websites. Karen constantly strives to create work that is both beautiful and functional.

Karen is a member of AIGA – the professional association for design. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her boyfriend Blake, reading books and blogs, running, practicing yoga, and watching documentaries.

Born and raised in the South, Kathryn grew up going on backyard adventures with her 2 older brothers in Birmingham, Alabama. In high school, she loved playing sports and dating her now husband, Curt.

Having been raised as a die-hard Auburn Tigers fan, it was only natural when she decided to go to school there. She discovered Graphic Design and fell in love with all aspects of design, whether it be a sensitivity to typography, logos, publication design or the perfect color pallet. She then graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design and was awarded gold and silver ADDYs for her design work during her final year.

When she’s not at Scout, Kathryn spends most of her time with her husband, Curt and rescued boxer mix, Apollo, who has a very big personality. Every now and then, she can be caught late at night playing Super Mario Brothers on the Wii. One way Kathryn likes to expend some creative energy is by working on their short bus! They have spent a lot of free time ripping out the insides of the bus and installing benches, flooring and fun centered around a “loose nautical” theme. Kathryn and Curt have a true passion for traveling and hope to follow in her Granny’s footsteps and travel around the world together! Scouring estate sales, flea markets and thrift stores for great vintage finds or her next DIY project is her weekend passion. Since this tends to over crowd their tiny apartment, she recently decided to open the Etsy shop called GATHER & REDOUX where you will find unique vintage, industrial and retro items.

Dan hails from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He spent most of his childhood and high school years playing soccer and drawing.

After making a difficult life decision whether to play soccer for no one (he is actually an all state defender) or attend Pratt Institute, Dan was off to New York to explore design school and that famous NY pizza. Dan is a graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY where he received a BFA in Graphic Design. After finishing school he continued working for a private label fashion company, until he relocated to Alabama.

Dan took a trip in 2010 to work on a project in Greensboro, AL called PieLab. PieLab was born out of a Project M session by a group of graphic designers and is founded on the idea that simple things, like delicious pie and good conversation, can bring us together and spread joy.

These days you can find Dan enjoying some insanely good food at various eateries in Birmingham, becoming a beer and burger connoisseur, and pretending he can cook.

Remember that scene from the movie Spaceballs where they are “combing” the desert looking for clues? That’s kinda what Jeremy does while working on projects. The details are what matter to him. His degree is in marketing, but he’s spent the last 10 years or so designing print, web (both design and code) and video projects for himself and for a long list of clients. Jeremy is our only remote employee working full time from our “Nashville office”. Sometimes Jeremy’s Boston Terrier, Lucy, will join us via video chat during our weekly staff meetings.

Jeremy has several “side projects” that he is involved in. The most recent is BestAboutPages.com. It’s a showcase of the best about pages on the web. He and his wife started Gallerytopia.com in the fall of 2010. Gallerytopia is a service that offers mobile websites for photographers and designers. Jeremy keeps track of this favorite things on his inspiration blog at ForYourInspiration.com. Even Jeremy’s dog, Lucy, has her own website at LucySitGoodDog.com.

When he’s not working, he spends the rest of his time with his wife, daughter and Boston Terrier puppy. When he’s not hanging out with them, he’s watching Chicago Cubs games from the bleachers at Wrigley Field. His skill set includes web design, front-end development, custom WordPress theming and video production. Some of his other skills include: playing a guitar and harmonica at the same time, spinning a basketball on all of his fingers (including his thumb) and whistling really loud.

A Kentucky girl at heart, Kate has been passionate about art and design from an early age. After attending the Art Institute in Cincinnati for Graphic Design, Kate worked as a freelance designer by day and a waitress by night before relocating to Birmingham in 2010.

She has since pursued her career in management while continuing to feed her creative side with design, photography, and recycled Print magazines.

It was through her internship with Scout (and yes, some episodes of Mad Men) that further unwrapped her interests in the world of advertising. With such an appeal to project development, as well as the allied creative facets, comes a fitting balance.

When not at Scout, Kate is either watching Kentucky basketball or seeking Birmingham’s top desserts (notably petit fours and macaroons). The perfect Saturday begins at the Pepper Place farmers market and ends with a classic Cary Grant/Audrey Hepburn film after an evening spent cooking with her husband, Bryant. On days other than the perfect Saturday, you can find her reading field guides and Tintin, sipping chai tea, practicing yoga, or putting her scuba diving certification to good use.

Dalton, a self-confessed recovering lawyer, has run the gamut of serving as counsel to a US Senator and senior advisor for a governor, to being an entrepreneur and non-profit executive.  He is most at home, however, building a for-profit business and raising a family.

Dalton serves on a number of civic boards and is building his resume as an expert coach of sports for children under the age of ten.  He and his wife, Stephanie, have five children.

Lucy lives at our Nashville Office with Jeremy Mitchell. She spends most of her time at Scout Nashville sleeping in the corner of Jeremy’s office. Lucy can sit, shake, give daps, lay, stand and twirl. Her latest skill is catching a frisbee in her mouth. She also knows how to stay. Speaking of stay…she stays in her yard with out a shock collar. Even when other dogs tempt her to run in the street, she declines their offer.

Lucy was brought home to her human parents on July 5th, 2010. It took her awhile to feel at home. But soon she became part of the family. She’s a smart dog. She learned most of her tricks including sit at five weeks old ( see video here ). Lucy enjoys going outside…a lot. She sometimes takes naps out on the deck furniture in the sun. She also enjoys chasing tennis balls and then taunting anyone who tries to take it out of her mouth.

When Lucy is not sleeping in the sun, she enjoys sitting in laps, getting her belly rubbed and chasing ice cubes across the kitchen floor. Get updates on Lucy from her website and be sure to follow her on Twitter.