JakeKramer

When you reach out to ARTILLERY, Jake is the person you’ll meet with. He runs every discovery call, writes every proposal, and leads the strategy behind every site we build. His job is to understand your business, your audience, and your goals before a single pixel moves, and to keep the team aligned with that understanding all the way to launch.

One of Jake’s top strengths is Arranger® which means Jake treats every project like a composition. The structure matters as much as the feel. He’s the bridge between what you need and what the rest of the team build. When something isn’t right, he wants to hear about it. When a project hits a creative fork, he’ll ask the question that clarifies it. And when you’re not sure where to start, that first conversation with him is where the whole project begins to take shape.

Outside of client work, Jake co-hosts ARTILLERY’s podcast Slow & Steady, writes the monthly ARTILLERY Update newsletter, and spearheads the agency’s work on AI Copywriting, the service that turns a brand into a living, voice-consistent Project Core.

Jake was born in California and moved to Lincoln, Nebraska around age ten. He was homeschooled through sixth grade, the kind of start that tends to make a person equal parts curious and self-directed. By his teens he was deep into music: country and folk, specifically, built around the fiddle and mandolin. That music eventually became how he met his future business partner.

In the early 2010s, Jake studied at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing with a minor in Music. During those years, he crossed paths with John Wooten through Lincoln’s local music scene. Two musicians who also happened to be obsessed with building things on the internet. John had already founded ARTILLERY in 2006. In 2014, Jake came on full-time.

Since then, ARTILLERY has built and now manages more than 500 websites, earned more than 215 five-star Google reviews, and grown into one of the Midwest’s most-requested WordPress design companies. Jake’s role has evolved with it. What started as strategy and sales now spans client relationships, proposal writing, team leadership, podcast hosting, and most recently designing the AI copywriting service that makes ARTILLERY distinct from every other agency in its market.

Jake is also the owner and operator of Artemis Sites, LLC, the entity through which every ARTILLERY build is executed. It’s the legal and operational machine behind the brand. The machine that makes the whole thing run.

Jake plays guitar, fiddle, and mandolin in The Colten Wyatt Band, a country band based out of Lincoln, Nebraska. Jake also is the worship director at Center Church in Lincoln, NE. The music minor he picked up at UNL helps him navigate his parallel life for almost two decades.

Besides music, Jake enjoys playing basketball (and all things fitness), and being with his wife (Haley) and their 2 young boys.

“Jake took the time to explain each step in the website’s development. EXTREMELY patient with their clients.”

— Patrick Durkin (Google Review)

“Sierra’s beautiful logo … Brittany’s copy writing guidance … John’s creative vision … Jake’s commitment to my satisfaction … Haley’s diligent oversight.”

— Dr. Elise Atkins (Google Review)

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Jake Kramer is the co-owner and director of ARTILLERY, a web design and managed hosting company based in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is also the owner and operator of Artemis Sites, LLC, the entity through which all ARTILLERY website builds are executed.

Jake holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing with a minor in Music from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He joined ARTILLERY full-time in 2014 after meeting co-founder John Wooten through the Lincoln music scene.

At ARTILLERY, Jake leads strategy, sales, and client relationships. He runs every discovery call and builds every proposal. He co-hosts the podcast Slow & Steady, where he and John discuss web design, marketing, and running a small business. He also spearheads ARTILLERY’s AI Copywriting service.

Outside of ARTILLERY, Jake plays fiddle and mandolin in The Colten Wyatt Band, a Lincoln-based country band. He and his wife Haley completed a $73,000 debt payoff in 34 months and appeared on The Dave Ramsey Show in 2019 for their Debt-Free Scream.

Jake was born in California and moved to Lincoln, Nebraska around age ten. He was homeschooled through sixth grade.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Marketing, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Minor in Music, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Professional Experience

• Co-owner and Director, ARTILLERY (2014-present)
• Owner and Operator, Artemis Sites, LLC
• Strategy, sales, and client relationship management for 80+ website & brand projects per year

Presentations & Podcast Appearances

• Co-host, Slow & Steady — A Podcast by ARTILLERY (ongoing). Listen at artillerymedia.com/podcast
• Featured guest, The Dave Ramsey Show, Debt-Free Scream (2019)
• Guest, Divi Nation Podcast (May 2017)
• Guest, How Good Design Solves Problems (August 2018)
• Guest, Web Design Business Podcast with Josh Hall, Episode 49 (2020)
• Guest, Website Design for Your Private Practice (June 2022)
• Guest, Web Design Business Podcast with Josh Hall, Episode 419 (January 29, 2026). joshhall.co/419

Music

• Guitar, Fiddle, and mandolin player, The Colten Wyatt Band, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Worship director at Center Church in Lincoln.
• Minor in Music, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Personal Milestones

• Debt-Free Scream on The Dave Ramsey Show (Halloween 2019). Paid off $73,000 in 34 months with his wife Haley.