Nick Due Email & Phone Number

Born and raised in the heart of North Dakota, I'm originally from the scrappy small town of Washburn — population 1,361 (2020). I grew up in a household that favored work over play with every moment being an opportunity to learn valuable life lessons. My parents owned and operated a heating and cooling business where I spent a good number of days being a tool runner for my dad.While I definitely inherited my dad's passion for hands-on work, I was always finding ways to try out new forms of creativity. I was the kid that was building cities out of cardboard boxes in the backyard and designing board games using tag board and Play-Doh.I always took every opportunity I could to be a leader in group situations. I was passionate about getting others involved and active in projects, whether that was in school or in the community. This passion ended up allowing me to be a tour guide and historical interpreter throughout high school at the Lewis & Clark winter-stop of Fort Mandan.I ended up moving out to the Fargo-Moorhead area to attend college at Minnesota State University of Moorhead. I started off in a music engineering degree, but after a semester realized I didn't have quite enough musical talent to make that work. I ended up getting my degree in Advertising and Public Relations and set my sites for working at an ad agency. In my senior of college, I landed an internship at a new digital advertising agency in town called AdShark Marketing. By the time I had graduated, I was overseeing the agency's creative workflow as Creative Lead and was working full-time.I'm still with AdShark and now serving as the company's Creative Manager, leading a team of graphic designers, copywriters, and creative specialists. I live in Fargo with my wife, Kayla, who is an oil painter and endless source of inspiration. While I consider my work a hobby of sorts, I spend my free time plucking my guitar, getting groups together to play board games, and honing my unique sense of sarcasm on unsuspecting victims.