Experience and evolution…
We started the studio over 30 years ago, and have seen a lot of changes in the creative industry over the years, adapting, and learning along the way.
The skills we have picked up on that journey serve us and our clients well.
Proven impact…
We have managed complex creative and production work for clients including Bank of America, The Home Depot, AT&T, the National Park Service, Talking Rain Beverage Company, the Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle BioMed, the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and many smaller organizations and businesses. We have produced and art directed photo shoots across the country and managed production projects in the United States, Canada, and Europe. That broader experience has taught us how to coordinate large projects, solve problems quickly, and keep many moving pieces aligned — skills we apply every day to the tourism program’s digital and creative services work.
Clients stick with us…
We create effective, impactful, hardworking digital and non-digital marketing materials for our clients. It shows in the long-term relationships we enjoy with so many of the people, organizations and companies we work with. Most, including the largest of our clients work with us for over eight years, some have worked with us for over twenty.
Skill Set
- Strategy consulting
- Conceptualization
- Collaboration with a wide variety of stakeholders and team members.
- Project management
- Branding: brand auditing, research both internal and external, design, brand guidelines, templates, and implementation
- Brand Management: insuring consistency across platforms and channels and limiting brand erosion
- Art Direction of print, digital, photography and video. Location scouting, casting, permitting, releases, and scheduling
- Graphic Design
- Advertising: print, digital, outdoor, kiosk, and transit
- Photography
- Imaging: photo and video editing, retouching, and color correction
- Illustration: traditional and digital media
- Display design: interactive interpretive installations, wayside panels, and signage
- Vendor negotiations and management
- Print expertise: from initial planning through proofs, press checks and delivery of finished pieces
Digital Skill Set
- Website Management
- UX/UI
- Content Operations
- Search Optimization
- Analytics & Reporting
- WordPress Administration & Technical Maintenance
- Listings & Integrations
- Accessibility
- Email Marketing
- Imaging & Web Assets
- Admin of platform user accounts & Google Workspace
- Collaboration
Our story…
We started in Seattle, just south of Pioneer Square, in a building full of creatives, writers, photographers, designers, and ad agencies. That experience and those years were invaluable. While we have intentionally never grown the studio beyond Kerry and myself, the studio did grow. We ended up with a loft space in that building, eventually moving north to Whidbey Island to raise our daughter where we both grew up. Whidbey is a huge part of who we are personally, and creatively. Turns out it’s easier to create when you’re in your happy place!