Kelly Dassing

Kelly conquers the one thing many advertising creatives fear the most, math. Go ahead. Give her a complicated equation. She’ll have it figured out in seconds, without a calculator. It’s mind blowing. And extremely valuable, because our budgets are always dead on.

But Kelly is a rare breed. Because while she’s part math wiz, she’s also quite creative. It’s not only helpful in brand strategy but also in billing, as she finds ways to make every client dollar count. Her impeccable accuracy lends itself well to our scheduling, too. When we’re on her watch, we’re always on time.

Before she joined Rise, Kelly was Assistant Manager at Kay Jewelers, where she honed her accounting skills. While customers bought gifts for their loves, Kelly fell in love with numbers. When she wasn’t balancing budgets, she was attacking enemy troopers with flails and broadswords. (She was on the cast of two different Renaissance Festivals in Florida and Ohio.) It was during a performance that she met her husband, a fellow performer. It was love at first Chiaranzana.

Kelly graduated from the University of Central Florida with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies. She runs, bakes and does a spot on impression of a velociraptor. It’s almost as good as her impression of a calculator.