About

our team

Founded by Mark Jarecke in 2008, FOUR32C has grown to include a diverse group of people working collaboratively to produce beautiful and useful products. While we each have a unique role to play as we bring our individual experiences and talents to bear on every new project, we share a passion for the creative journey we take together with our clients.

    • Mark Jarecke

      Founder/ Creative Director

      Mark began his digital career as Art Director at Nurun designing websites for L'Oréal, Evian, and Club Med. In 2000 he joined Condé Nast Digital as Art Director for Style.com where he was soon elevated to the role of Creative Director, overseeing the development of Condé Nast's destination Web properties: Style.com, Epicurious.com, and Concierge.com. Under his leadership, all CND destination sites were rebranded and redesigned in-house. These redesigns contributed to record growth and garnered myriad prestigious industry honors, including awards from The American Society of Magazine Editors, MIN, The Webbys, and The James Beard foundation. Mark studied art history, performance, and philosophy at the University of Nebraska, and is a dancer and choreographer. Mark founded FOUR32C in 2008.

    • Mike Lee

      Partner/ Design Director

      Mike joined Condé Nast Digital as Design Director of User Experience in 2006. Prior to that he worked at Time Interactive, where he contributed to the hugely popular online edition of In Style magazine. Mike's digital credentials include work on the agency side at Alloy Marketing + Promotions (AMP), where he specialized in user experience and design products aimed at the teen market, and at CDMi as an Art Director on pharmaceutical accounts. At CND, Mike designed and developed the award-winning Style.com iPhone application and led the user experience department for the destination sites. Mike is also a trained chef, and joined Mark at FOUR32C in 2009.

    • Elizabeth Stafford

      Director, Strategy & Development

      Elizabeth recently joined FOUR32C to expand strategic and marketing services and develop client relationships. For the last eleven years she led the marketing and business development team for Condé Nast Digital where she was responsible for audience development, social media, SEO/SEM, content distribution,branding, and promotions for the company's digital brands - Style.com, Epicurious, Wired.com, Brides.com, and Concierge.com. Other responsibilities included creating sponsorship events and providing digital expertise and solutions to the Condé Nast magazines. Prior to CND Elizabeth worked with many great consumer brands including J.Crew, Bloomingdale's, Disney, and iBeauty.com. Elizabeth studied history, economics, and political science at Yale University.

  • Jamie Marin

    Technology Director

    Jamie joined FOUR32C in 2009 after nine years at Condé Nast Digital, where he led the front-end Web development department. Jamie was responsible for interfacing with the technology and design departments to develop and maintain the award-winning roster of destination sites.

  • Chris Prentice

    Experience Lead

    Chris brings to FOUR32C a passion for creating products that are easy to use and solve a problem for other humans. She has attracted press and is included on patents for contributions to the design and strategy for products, services, and conceptual works ranging from e-readers to urban interventions. Chris teaches Thesis Research & Writing to Design & Technology MFA candidates at Parsons, The New School for Design. Previous clients include Epson, Lexis-Nexis, Nationwide Insurance, SAP and Weatherproof.

  • Justin Ternullo

    Producer

    Justin joined FOUR32C in June 2011. He spent the previous five years as partner and lead designer for his own company, Design Brooklyn. Justin brings with him a solid background in arts and technology, a BFA from Purchase College, and a healthy sense of humor.