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Messina Agency: Built to Keep Marketing Moving

Founded by Daniela Messina in 2004, Messina is a San Diego-based creative agency that serves as an extension of its clients' marketing teams. We help organizations manage the ongoing marketing and creative work that keeps their businesses moving, from branding and campaigns to websites, presentations, packaging, print, events, and production support.

Rather than focusing solely on one-time projects, we build long-term partnerships with organizations that need dependable creative support every day. Our clients rely on us to understand their brand, adapt to changing priorities, and deliver thoughtful work with consistency, responsiveness, and attention to detail.

Over the past two decades, we've partnered with organizations across financial services, higher education, healthcare, consumer products, hospitality, nonprofit organizations, and professional services. Whether supporting a national campaign or a last-minute request, our goal is the same: to help our clients stay focused on their business while we keep their marketing moving.

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THE TEam Behind Messina

The Team Behind MessinaGreat work doesn't happen in isolation. Behind every project is a team of creative thinkers, designers, developers, strategists, and production specialists who care deeply about the work we deliver and the relationships we build.

We collaborate closely, adapt quickly, and support one another to help our clients navigate everything from major campaigns to everyday marketing needs. Whether we're launching a new website, developing a packaging system, producing an event, or responding to a last-minute request, we approach every project with the same commitment to quality, responsiveness, and attention to detail.

It's this combination of creativity, collaboration, and dependable execution that has earned the trust of our clients and made Messina an extension of their marketing teams for more than two decades.

Daniela Messina
Founder / Creative Director
Christine Virola
Marketing Strategist
Tom Howarth
Sr. Art Director
Leslie Yu
Sr. Project Manager
Allie Nasmeh
Project Manager
Erin Sykes
Designer
Franzine Mackley
Designer
Matthew Torres
Sr. Production Artist
Jorge Pires
Senior Developer
Dill
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