Brandon Threinen

Director of Email Marketing & Automation at Trinity

Brandon Threinen is the current Director of Email Marketing & Automation at Trinity. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior Ad Layout Artist at Post-Bulletin from July 2006 to December 2012, where they were responsible for creating professional retail and classified newspaper advertising, designing editorial content and covers for special sections, and developing into a team leader. Brandon also created a new look for the classified section in the newspaper, maintained several large advertiser's accounts, and mentored for the editorial department while they switched to Adobe InDesign.

From August 2005 to January 2014, Brandon worked as a freelance graphic designer, providing expert knowledge as part of a marketing committee to rebrand PossAbilities of Southern Minnesota, volunteering services to design Good Shepherd Church's 2010 member directory, and creating event posters for Fight Nation. Brandon also redesigned Reach Real Estate Inc.'s logo and designed their $36,000 advertisement used in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Yellow Book. In addition, they developed corporate identities for Rescue Funding in Phoenix, AZ; Prodigy Partners in Phoenix, AZ; Financial Transaction Services in Phoenix, AZ; and designed a unique logo for Prairie Stone Coffee & Juice.

Brandon is proficiently use Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Acrobat in a fast-paced work environment.

Brandon Threinen received a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in Internet and Web Development from Arizona State University. Brandon also holds an Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS) in Graphic Design from Dakota County Technical College. Additionally, they have earned a certification from Salesforce in Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Email Specialist.

Brandon Threinen reports to Craig Smith, Founder & CEO. Some direct reports include Josh Rizzo - Email Marketing Specialist, Lindsey Potter - Lead Email Marketing Specialist, and Logan Zenker - Email Marketing Analyst. They work with Jay Mattison - Technical SEO Lead, Sadie Saurdiff - Director of Engineering, and Nate Ende - COO.