About Lenz
With a sixteen-year track record of success, Lenz solves marketing challenges by listening to our clients' needs and responding with innovative thinking, thorough market research, editorial prowess, creative design, and quick execution.
Richard J. Lenz founded the company that is now Lenz, Inc. in 1992. He began the business with a singular focus on newsletter design and production. By 1997, the business relocated to its current home on the Decatur Square.
Today, Lenz is an integrated marketing company that will bring you marketing expertise, business strategies, creative talent, and a group of people who want to do their best work for you. We have solutions for almost any marketing challenge.
The Lenz Team
Principals
Richard J. Lenz | Founder, President, and CEO
Richard J. Lenz is founder, president, and CEO of Lenz, Inc., an integrated marketing firm that uses advertising, public relations, graphic design, and web-based technology to help clients achieve their goals. His most recent accomplishments include launching one of the most celebrated festivals in the country; rebranding a major hospital system; designing and installing a 2,000- square foot museum exhibit; steering a $20 million fund raising campaign; and launching a web site that is revolutionizing cancer care across the country. He has won industry awards for his graphic design, ad campaigns, writing, and photography and is author of several popular non-fiction books.
John R. Lenz | Vice President
John joined his brother Richard at Lenz in 1993, and is a managing partner. Though his interests remain broad, his primary focus is interactive technology and social media—both the implementation of current solutions and the forecasting of future trends. John uses his 16 years of experience to match client needs with the appropriate matrix of integrated marketing and advertising tools.
John is proficient in standards-based coding practices using four different programming languages, and recently conceived a novel coding method using CSS and JavaScript to solve the issue of print functionality for ChemoOrders.com. This solution was a cost-effective alternative to purchasing, installing, and maintaining expensive plug-in software.
John is also President of the Tall Rocker Company—a firm that creates smartly-designed outdoor furniture. Before joining Lenz, John attended Oglethorpe University, where he was a starting pitcher on the baseball team.
John is married with two children and lives in Tucker, Georgia.
Marketing/PR Department
Michael Killeen | Marketing Director
Michael directs client marketing at Lenz. His responsibilities include marketing strategy and consultation for several of Lenz’s largest clients. Most recently, Michael helped develop Georgia Cancer Specialists’ “The Cancer Answer” advertising campaign, which featured impactful messaging extended through the mediums of print, radio, TV, and outdoor.
Michael received a Journalism degree from the University of Georgia and joined Lenz in 2002. He is a performing musician, who has released two albums and shared the stage with southern rock legends The Marshall Tucker Band and Grammy-award winners the Blind Boys of Alabama. Michael sits on the board of directors at The Magic of Life Foundation, a non-profit cancer education and support organization.
Alice Murray | Business Development Director
A long-time Decatur resident, Alice has more than 25 years experience in the newspaper business, most recently in the Marketing Department at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She joined Lenz in 2007, and uses her community contacts, writing ability, and leadership skills to recruit new business. Alice is a graduate of the Leadership DeKalb Class of 2006, received her Journalism degree from Auburn University, and for 12 years was co-owner of The Freight Room, a restaurant and music venue in the old Decatur depot. She currently sits on the board of the Empty Stocking Fund and Georgia Shakespeare.
Nathan Beaver | Marketing Manager
Nathan supports the marketing department's daily needs, including copywriting, research, and project management. He is editor of Doc Talk, a quarterly DeKalb Medical publication that aims to improve patient care through a “shared awareness of cutting-edge programs and procedures available within Atlanta’s physician community.” Before joining Lenz, Nathan managed a Bed & Breakfast in Madison, Georgia and toured the Southeast as a performing musician. He is currently recording his second studio album.
Ryan Klee | PR Manager
Ryan joined Lenz as a Marketing Assistant in January 2004 after graduating from the University of Florida with a degree in Communications. At Lenz, Ryan further pursued his interest in media and soon ascended to Public Relations Manager, where he oversees both PR and advertising for Lenz clients.
Ryan is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, and excels in building strong, productive relationships with local, regional, and national media. Most recently, his PR efforts helped Georgia Cancer Specialists collect nearly 4,500 backpacks and suitcases for foster children, during the practice’s statewide Totes 2 Tots event.
Jenny Paynter | Marketing Manager
Jenny is a Marketing Manager at Lenz, overseeing the daily communications of several Lenz clients, including Georgia Cancer Specialists, the Georgia Cancer Foundation, and DeKalb Medical. Her responsibilities include project management, event coordination, and copywriting for both print and web.
Jenny joined Lenz in 2005 after graduating from Georgia State University with a Journalism/Public Relations degree. While there, she served as President of GSU's Public Relations Student Society of America chapter.
Tali Toland | Marketing Manager
Tali is a Marketing Manager at Lenz, overseeing the daily communications of Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. Her responsibilities include project management, event coordination, copywriting for both print and web, public relations, and advertising.
Prior to joining Lenz, Tali graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Art History. She has worked in publishing and public relations, most recently at the Memphis Botanic Garden.
Design Department
Scott Sanders | Art Director
Scott is an award-winning graphic designer and the architect of numerous successful branding and advertising campaigns for Lenz clients. His most recent accomplishments include brand development and extension for DeKalb Medical—a 775-physician, 627-bedhospital system and the Decatur Book Festival—an annual event that draws 60,000 “bibliophiles” to downtown Decatur each fall.
He excels in print design, corporate branding, illustration, logo design, and web design, and is proficient on both Macs and PCs. Previous to joining Lenz, Scott was an art director at an advertising firm in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where his clients include Bell South, Cingular Wireless, Krystal, Restaurants, and several other regional clients.
Matt Tinsley | Graphic Designer
Matt joined Lenz in 2004 after working as a designer at a television production firm where he produced, directed, and edited full-length programs, feature segments, and commercials that aired on ESPN, Fox Sports Net, and Spike TV.
At Lenz, Matt has found his niche in the environmental field, where his achievements include illustrating the Governor’s Quail Hunt invitation and designing the Joseph W. Jones Center’s Biennial Report 2006-2007.
Matt was also the brand architect of The Community Campaign 2008, the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s multi-million dollar fundraising campaign. He designed the Georgia Center for Total Cancer Care’s logo and graphic identity and the cover art for Mike Killeen’s Guns Kill People album, as well.
Matt received a graphic design degree from the University of Georgia and excels in print design, illustration, and logo design, and is proficient in both Mac and PC formats.
Cameron Spivey | Graphic Designer
Web Design/Interactive Department
Shannon Buice | Web Designer
Shannon designs and implements web sites for Lenz. She uses her talent and technical savvy to solve our clients’ interactive marketing needs.
As a designer and a developer, Shannon uses W3C standards-based coding practices to develop websites that are both functional and attractive.
Fluent in Spanish, Shannon graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Georgia with a degree in education. Her background in education and cross-cultural communication gives Shannon a deep understanding of people that puts Shannon's interactive work within a solid context.
