“Jen is one of the most gifted graphic designers I’ve worked with. Without fail, She and her team sailed past our expectations and delivered the perfect graphics despite the incredible time constraints and pressure of delivering for a network television show with 6-8 million weekly views. If that wasn’t pressure enough, we also had live audience/diners eating with us daily, our teams of contestants, and Chef Ramsay personally overseeing and approving her work, often with great amusement! I could never tell the pressure was ever an issue with her or her team; That was worth more than I could express in a testimonial.”
— Scott Moses, Supervising Art Director FOX's Hell's Kitchen TV Series / Former Production Designer of The Ellen Degeneres Show
“Jen is one of those rare individuals who is brilliantly artistic, wonderfully upbeat, and totally organized! One of the few creatives I’ve worked with who can balance a budget and do it with a smile. It’s a joy to work with Jen, she’s my go-to person for anything artistic.”
— Edgar Struble, Music Director, Academy of Country Music Awards, Video Music Awards & Billboard Music Awards; Producer, Mickey Matson Series, Crowning Jules, and The Penitent Thief.
“I met Jen in London and immediately noticed her energy and the passion with which she approaches everything she does. Which was then confirmed even further when I had the pleasure of working with her on a feature and discovered that not only is she amazingly talented as a production designer, a gifted sketcher, and a great budget and time manager, but also does it all with great disposition and a contagious mood. She has a trained and talented eye with powerful vision for story interpretation that truely brings amazing design dreams come true.”
— Maria Belen Cirio, Production Designer/Art Director, based out of Uruguay, S.A.
“Jen is one of the most talented people I’ve ever met! Her ability to fully conceive someone else’s vision and hit it right on the mark each time through design is unparalleled. She is a pleasure to see work and work with from start to finish. I can’t wait to work with her again, her joyous attitude is infectious!”
— Elissa Sawaya, Production Coordinator, 'In Stranger Company'
“Jen blew me away with her talent, attention to detail and ability to work as a team. She brings an energy and life to set that every production needs.”
— Alicia Heinrich, Producer, Grithouse Films
“Jen single handedly turned the weakest departments into one of the strongest with no prep time. Can’t wait to hire Jen for my next film (context: hired 3 days into production to take over the Art Direction)”
— Tim Lieber, Director - Silver Platter Feature Film
“Thank you...this is exactly what I envisioned in writing the book”
— Mark Arnold, Writer of the book 'Loyalty Treasures' whom the movie 'In Stranger Company' was based off. (He had walked up, asked if I designed the set, when I answered yes, told me to stand, gave me a hug and started to cry and said the above. Not only was this particular set super fun to design, but the script was one the director tapped into my own story of loss to help tell. So it meant a lot to us too...to get it right)
“Jen is on my speed dial for all design work related to Miles Media Films, she is excellent at understanding exactly what producers need from the art department on any project big or small. Her ability to quickly and efficiently design professional prospectuses for the Miles Media consulting clients makes her so easy to work with, I’ve never been disappointed!”
— Brian Harrington, Associate Producer, Miles Media Films
“Jen and the team at Sponge Designs are truly committed to achieving their clients’ goals. They genuinely enjoy the process of listening to us and experimenting until the right design is born. I always feel that they are part of our team and that they help our organization tell its story well. Their work is varied, creative, fresh, and on-point for us every time. We have definitely dragged them into some off-the-wall concepts over the years, and they never flinched! ”
— Josh Blunt, Lead Pastor, Sunshine Community Church
“Sponge Designs gave me way more than what I expected. I was working on a design project for over a year and wasn’t making any progress. I started working with Sponge Designs, and very quickly their collaborative process helped to turn my vision into something very special. Their ability to create a design that spoke to my exact target customer turned something ordinary into something extraordinary! I couldn’t be happier with their work!”
— Adam Hodson, Adam Hodson CPA
“We would strongly recommend working with Sponge Designs for all of your creative needs. Sponge has been our go-to provider for graphic designs including sales collateral, digital ads, internal communications, and much more for the last 2+ years. Over that time Sponge has never stepped down from a challenge and continues to impress us with their work. Sponge’s project management is professional and communicative, lead time is competitive and group structure makes them an excellent business partner. We highly recommend working with Sponge Designs!”
— Flexfab
“WOW! All I need to say is wow! From the customer service to the final design. TREMENDOUS!! I would HIGHLY recommend Sponge to any of my friends and family!”
— Vince Shirey, Skinny With Vinny
“You guys really have an incredible team! Your videographer and composer...the marriage between those two and what they are able to accomplish together in storytelling is unreal! You guys must have been working together for YEARS to be able to collaborate and communicate in a way that would produce the video that you did for us!”
— Chris Stallings, Abundance Financial Advisors
“I dread bringing in designers on a project - will I get the defensive one or the arrogant eye-roller this time? Fortunately, I never have to deal with that again. Jen Horling and her team at Sponge are such professionals - unassuming, unflappable, and genuinely humble - that I felt honored to join their team as a contractor on a project. They are so easy to work with! Their ideas are almost always better than mine, but you would never know it by asking them. What I saw inside the daily operations was a group of creative talent that don’t get their feelings hurt, that manage expectations with grace, and that engage with the client and with each other like professionals. Their project management processes are strong enough to keep even the most scattered clients on deadline. Even better, their design work rises out of a research-based understanding of what engages and motivates their specific target audience. Does that mean their work is boring or clinical? Not at all. Their designs are always attractive, whether it’s a logo, a book cover, or a movie set. You always get the right combination of colors, textures, words, and moods. If you believe (like I did) that dealing with immature, emotional scatterbrains is just part and parcel of working with creatives, I urge you to bring your next project to Sponge. You will wonder why every agency doesn’t operate like this.”
