Meet the Team
Bethany Doane
Principal + Operations Director
Bethany is the numbers person in a house full of creatives, but between us?
She wouldn’t have it any other way.
As JayRay’s operations director and principal, she’s the one making sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes: paying the bills, running payroll, managing benefits, balancing budgets and keeping projects on track. If it involves a spreadsheet or a deadline, it probably crosses her desk.
A self-proclaimed homebody with a soft spot for Earl Grey tea, off-color podcasts and the satisfying click of her 10-key, Bethany brings order, calm and good nature to the office, even as she circles back on billings. Again. Her team knows her as the person who can make even the most complicated spreadsheet feel simple, doing it all with humor and heart. At the helm of a woman-owned business with deep local roots, Bethany’s proud to be part of an agency that’s fun, sassy and smart (her words!).
When she’s not keeping JayRay humming, you’ll find her in search of sun, beach and the best spicy margarita in town — proof that balance, like good bookkeeping, is an art.
Q+A
If running payroll had a soundtrack, what would be the theme song?
Steve Miller Band, “Take the Money and Run” or The Rolling Stones, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”
How many tabs do you have open right now?
A respectable amount. Orderly, like my brain. Not like a wild animal on meth.
Balanced budgets or inbox zero?
Balanced budgets!
What’s one administrative task you secretly love?
Reconciling the bank statement.
What’s your favorite thing about working with a bunch of creatives?
How non-linear they think.
What’s your favorite spreadsheet function (and why is it magical)?
A good pivot table is pure magic.
