Mobile-first. Simple and intuitive. Quality, curated content. These are the pillars of Instagram’s newest feature: IGTV, a new app to watch long-form, vertical video from creators around the world. Arriving exactly five years after the launch of video on Instagram, the release of IGTV came alongside the announcement that Instagram will allow users to upload […]
Augmented Reality (AR) has been a buzzword in the marketing and tech worlds for nearing a decade. Yet not one person in either industry would say that the true potential of AR has been realized. That has in large part been due to AR’s lack of scalability. Thankfully, every single major tech company has been […]
Last October, I had the awesome opportunity to attend the AIGA Design Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was my first time attending an AIGA conference and after three wonderful days, I came back to Fort Worth incredibly inspired. So much so, that I finally became a supporting member of AIGA. But I knew that wasn’t […]
Facebook recently announced its most significant algorithm change since the platform’s creation – choosing to prioritize content from family and friends over brands and publishers in the coming weeks. This means posts that inspire conversations and better engagement among friends will now be favored over other content from brands, news sources, and companies. While the […]
With cyber week literally right around the corner, I’m going to try to keep this as simple and high-level as possible for you. I asked PMGers across channels around the agency to share their insights on what we should expect from retailers during Holiday this year. I received an overwhelming number of responses, and from […]
In the cluttered world of social media, brands are constantly searching for ways to break through the noise to stand out. The use of video content on social media is exploding and will continue to be a way to create engaging interactions. With 100 million hours of daily video watch time on Facebook, brands are […]
As designers, our jobs are about solving creative problems for our clients and the most important thing to keep in mind when coming up with these creative solutions is the audiences we’re targeting. The audiences we’re constantly trying to reach include people of different genders, religions, ethnicities, and cultures which is why diversity is essential […]
Display banners play an important role in brand awareness and direct response advertising, yet they often get minimal design attention and are the very last thing to be developed at the end of the creative process. Much has been written on the death of the display banner, and with the rise of ad blocking and […]
What do you do when you want to use the same banner template for an entire feed of products? Create a dynamic banner! Unfortunately, the pre-existing banner templates aren’t the best looking display ads… Luckily, we were able to conquer Google Web Designer and create awesome banners for our clients. Let’s get technical. So how […]
Recently, I had the pleasure to attend a Design Diversity workshop at the University of Texas at Arlington (my alma mater). I listened to some incredible speakers discuss how their personal background influenced their careers and their designs. After the 2016 presidential election, diversity was (and still is) a constant topic in the news. One […]