About
Where Passion Meets Skill
We Believe
Hip Check believes in being partners not service providers. To accomplish this, we combine our skills with our passions.
We Focus
Through a personal service approach, Hip Check provides custom solutions to solve our client’s unique problems. In order to do this, we focus on the industries we know and care about: food, entertainment, art and sustainability.
We Deliver
We also believe that a company’s size shouldn’t restrict them from quality, experience, and thoughtful consultation. We give the same level of service, follow-through and investment with all of our clients, no matter their size or the size of their budget.
Team
We're Powered by Coffee and Red Hair
TONY ASH
Solutions Architecture & Management
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Tony is a solutions architect and interactive technologies crackerjack. With more than 17 years of experience building communities, mobile applications and business strategies, Tony has led projects in all stages of growth. With focus and expertise in sustainability, food, art, and education, Tony has taken napkin-sketches to award-winning interactive experiences.
RAQUEL FAGAN
Media & Strategy
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Raquel has a wide variety of experience and skills when it comes to digital media outreach. She’s created digital marketing strategies for companies like Sprint, Dell and Johnson & Johnson. She believes every business should utilize their digital identities to build a loyal customer base.
KRISTEN ZIRKLER
User Experience & Design
Kristen attacks problem solving with the eye of a designer, the precision of an engineer, and the business sense of an executive. Over the last 18 years, Kristen has led teams to create companies and software that people love. From UX & branding to engineering and process development, she partners with stakeholders to drive progress and results.
Our Services
We're Partners, Not Providers
We create mobile applications and websites while providing digital media strategy and training. From marketing and promotion to e-commerce and utility, we believe no site or app is complete without an outreach strategy and metrics to track its effectiveness.
Websites & Mobile Apps
Implement & Execute, Test & Deploy, Measure & Improve
Workshops & Training
Business Strategy, Social Media & WordPress, Content & Media Audits
Support & Maintenance
Upgrades, New Features, Security & Backups
Our Process
There's a Method to Our Madness
1. Ice Breaker
Often overlooked, the first step of a project is the most important one. We’ve found that the more we understand our customers, the better we’re positioned to build a sustainable program, application or campaign. We’ll ask more questions than you’re used to, but the results are well worth it.
2. No Bad Ideas
Now that we’re aquatinted, let’s brainstorm. Utilizing the validated learning cycle, we meet to discover the best way to make the ideas come to life. We lead this process through common brainstorm techniques that help everyone focus on the end goal.
3. Caffeine is our Friend
Once all the details are locked into place; we get to typing. We use our background and skills to create the best end-results we can. With metrics and data, we improve as we go. All the while, keeping you in the loop and up-to-speed so nothing comes as a surprise.
4. That's A Wrap
We’ve built it; now it’s time for you to break it. We mean it. Get in there and see how the system holds up against daily use. Depending on the projects specifics, we might also include training or outreach strategy. Often though we just send you on your way to do what you do best, run your business.