About
Sano Agency formed in early 2009 as the shared vision of Blaine Graboyes and Joe Simek. Driven by their shared interest and experience in the digital media space, these partners created a company dedicated to innovation and honest business practices.
Sano Agency has worked with diverse roster of clients, including major retailers, media companies, restaurants, non-profits, bloggers, and more. Sano Agency has also been involved in a number of original projects including Backscratchr, a B2B Widget, and RSSible, a local news aggregator for mobile phones.
Blaine Graboyes | Chief Revenue Officer | LinkedIN
Blaine Graboyes is an award-winning Media Architect and accomplished Producer and Executive Producer in design, production and development for transmedia. Blaine’s chief role is the understanding and integration of creative, technical and business objectives.
He has developed over 4000 interactive projects for world-renowned clients in videogames, education, fine arts, feature films, television, music and museums including: Dreamworks, Sony, Paramount, NFL Films, Disney, Nickelodeon, MTV and more. Blaine founded ZUMA Digital, one of the earliest DVD production studios in 1996. He was also the President and Co-Founder of Silver Platter, the first independent UMD label for the Sony PSP.
In 2007, Blaine was among the founders of Worldwide Biggies, a digital entertainment company helmed by Albie Hecht.
Currently Blaine lives in rural Pennsylvania and works in NYC and LA on digital media consulting projects, including his role at Sano Agency, a social media company, as well as Hope Arcade, an online casual game center to support charities.
Joseph Simek | Chief Sanoist and CEO (the good kind) | LinkedIN
With his experience as a social media marketer, writer, performing musician and small business owner, Joseph Simek brings a diverse range of talents and knowledge to Sano Agency.
For the last several years, Joseph conceived and managed websites and social media campaigns for Worldwide Biggies, a digital entertainment company. These online skills have also translated into his work with independent projects such as LooseKannon.com and variety of small businesses.
Joseph has contributed to daily newspapers blogs and national magazines, including Philly Edge, Illinois Entertainer and Wonka Vision. His career in the music industry involved both his work as a publicist for small and international record labels, as well as promoting and releasing albums with his own touring band, The Administration.
In 2005, Joseph co-founded Dragonfly Yoga Studio, which has grown into one of Bucks County, Pennsylvania’s premiere yoga studios.
Joe Student | Senior Accounts Manager | LinkedIN
Joe Student brings a decade of experience in the media industry to the Sano Agency team. He believes that a thoughtful, creative approach to problem solving and a passionate, dedicated pursuit of goals always produces a positive, measurable result.
After five years as an award-winning columnist who appeared on both television and radio while at an alternative-weekly publication in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton market, Joe helped establish Philly EDGE, an entertainment and nightlife-focused print publication now gone online-only. In addition to collaborating on the Philly EDGE logo, Joe also gave the concept its name.
Having been employed at Knight Ridder, and later Calkins Media in Philadelphia, Joe’s experience as a writer, designer, editor and general manager allow him to understand a brand from its inception, to its narrative and presentation, to its day-to-day, bottom-line operation. And, because everyone asks: Yes, that is his real name.
Josiah Golojuh | Executive Assistant | LinkedIN
At a certain point, thanks to Marvel Comics, George Lucas movies (before 1990), history books, and the thick Western Pennsylvania underbrush, a number of deep seated passions arose, but none more gripping than that of writing. An abundance of passion, but a lack of natural talent led Josiah Golojuh to USC and a Masters in Professional Writing. The second greatest contributor to good writing (the first being practice) is experience. So Josiah continues to seek new and unique challenges from soul crushing work in the legal field, to the emotionally exhausting work in a group home, to work in the world or new media. Josiah continues to fill his portfolio of experience, and of course he keeps writing all the while.
Brad Baker | Social Media Coordinator | LinkedIN
Brad Baker is Sano Agency’s Social Media Coordinator and one of many online community members. Along with being our resident Twitter expert, Brad helps Sano manage client profiles across multiple networks. When he’s not online, you can find Brad surfing at the Jersey shore, playing guitar and making gourmet pizza.
