Who We Are

We're Publishing Experts

Every member of Hop Studios has extensive experience with publishing -- that means Web sites, magazines, graphic design, printing, information architecture, photography, exhibitions and conferences, education, book writing, SEO and everything in between. We're experts, so you don't have to be.

If you want to get to know us one by one, here's the team:

Susannah Gardner

Web designer, university lecturer, blogging expert, author of multiple books. Knitter, geek, American. Windows user. Loves books and cats. Résumé?

Her latest book is "Blogging for Dummies, 2nd Edition." Also the author of "Buzz Marketing with Blogs for Dummies," and "BitTorrent for Dummies".

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Travis Smith

Editor of Web sites (Variety, Los Angeles Times), journalist, writer, conference speaker. Entrepreneur, photographer geek, Canadian & American. Mac user. Loves gadgets and camping. Résumé?

Check out the Daily Trojan Alumni Link, a community Web site that Travis built for more than 2000 fellow alumni.

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Justin Crawford

Web developer, journalist, teacher, Mac convert, vi user, bicycle evangelist, compost turner. Masters in Print Journalism. Loves funk music and dogs.

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Rachael Ashe

Photographer, artist, blogger, prefers Macs/reluctant Windows User, Flickr goddess, and office cat cuddler. Loves toy cameras and the colour red.

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We treat you like part of our team.

After all, we're all after the same thing.

Yes, it's a little hokey. But it's true.

Photo credits:
Susannah Gardner by Kris Krug;
Travis Smith by Jennifer Chin;
Justin Crawford by Michael Robson;
Rachael Ashe by Boris Mann;
You by Rachael Ashe