We are LACUNA, an intentionally small collective of digital veterans with an average of 25 years of live-fire experience. We’ve led design teams, directed products, managed marketing departments, built UX from the ground up, and sat in the C-suite. Titles came and went, but the work always came down to the same thing: leading by doing.
Small is how we move faster, cut through noise, and focus on what matters: meaningful results for clients who are doing good for the world, not just themselves.
Every engagement is led by experienced doers, not fast-talkers (actually we do tend to talk a little fast, just not that kinda fast.)
We don’t see “client and vendor.” We see partners working shoulder to shoulder for meaningful change.
We’re no-nonsense in the best way — quick with an honest opinion about what’s best for you, not us.
We’re laser-focused on tangible, measurable results that help both your business and your bottom line.
We’ve played just about every role you can imagine — sometimes all at once. Head of Design and Project Manager. VP of Product and Front End Developer. Marketing Director and Fractional CMO.
We’ve been in two-week sprints that felt like marathons, and two-year transformations that felt like sprints. We’ve touched virtually every major industry, plus some you’d never expect.
Very powerful magnets
Brazilian hip hop
An all-night party at the New York Public Library
Larry the Cable Guy
Christian crypto
Senior fitness
Cyber counter-terrorism
If nothing else, we’re versatile.
At LACUNA, we live in the space between. Between strategy and execution, human and machine, noise and clarity. And we’ve built our careers — and our company — on filling those gaps with trust, expertise, and results.
From crayons to computers, Jake has been drawing and tinkering his entire life. His playful curiosity continually gets the better of him, but channeling it into project challenges big and small has helped him earn his strategic stripes. From the early days of virtual and augmented reality to the modern wonder of AI, Jake continues to experiment with new creative technologies.
Expertise & Interest
For decades and the foreseeable future, Matthew Jensen is a creative hybrid both impatient with and overwhelmed by the rate of change. He soothes his flummox with multi-modal expression: digital design, enterprise brand strategy, and a daily dirty limerick. He’s currently exploring the intersection of generative AI, behavioral economics, strategic foresight narratives, and purposeful play.
Expertise & Interest
John is a senior web developer whose career started by managing video encoding at one of the first streaming video websites online, the Webby-award winning Sputnik7.com. Since then, he’s built sites for multi-national companies as well as authors, book editors and yoga teachers. His prior background in audio, film and storytelling has served him well on both technical and creative fronts.
Expertise & Interest
You’ve met our leadership, but that’s not the extent of the land of LACUNA. We pull from our bench of senior level talent, with a splash of young up-and-comers when needed, to create a team perfectly sized to fit your specific project needs. All without the endless bloat of fancy titles and redundant roles that plague larger agencies. We’re the perfect fit for what you’ve been missing.
Our bench’s expertise includes:
We’re no strangers to ambitious projects or enterprise level efforts. When we need to flex both depth and breadth, we’ll call in a few of our nimble, yet powerful friends to help us get the job done.
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