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Wrap Up

And just like that, another year is in the books. Our 7th year in business was one to remember with new team members, amazing clients, inspiring projects, and too many cat gifs to keep track of. Let’s hop into the time machine and take a look back at the past 365 days.

10 Plants Thriving / 9 Games of Scribble.io / 3 Games of Among Us / 1 Office Party / 28 Team Lunches Eaten / 1,688 Meetings / 68,217 Slack Messages /

10 Websites Launched

2021 was a big year for our designers and developers. We enjoyed working with 9 unique clients to establish their web presence and launch sites that will help them grow their business and connect with their community.

Barnacle Foods
Best in Show

Best in Show

Wrapping up projects that our clients love is all we could ask for, but getting recognized by the greater design community for our work is just icing on the cake. Our team is honored and proud to have received multiple design awards this year for some of our favorite projects.

Best in Web & Digital Design

Pharos Academy

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People’s Choice Award

Pharos Academy Website

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Clutch Top 100 B2B Companies

From top 1,000 to top 100 design firms! Commence ranks amongst the best creative agencies.

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Thought Leadership

Thought Leadership

Thought Leadership

This year we really developed our writing chops and we’re eager to share more of our ideas and knowledge with the world, so we started a blog.

Hot Branding Iron

Hot Branding Iron

Hot Branding Iron

We love branding projects and we got a lot of them done this year (including our own). From kelp-based food to boutique fitness gyms in California, we always welcome the challenge.

Our Rebrand

Our Rebrand

Our Rebrand

As a team and creative agency, we have big goals. It’s important to us that our identity can support those goals and give us the space to grow our team and expand our reach.

Purpose Driven Commercials

Purpose Driven Commercials

Purpose Driven Commercials

What started as a branding and web project turned into a whole lot more. We had a blast scripting, directing, and shooting a purpose-driven commercial for MessageDesk as we expanded our video service offerings.

Styling Products

Styling Products

Styling Products

You can’t have a hair styling product that doesn’t have style. Beyond just the branding for Gravallese, we also designed their packaging and Shopify e-commerce experience. We might be biased, but it’s got style.

Damn Good Chicken

Damn Good Chicken

Damn Good Chicken

Nothing makes our hearts fuller than designing for our community (and eating fried chicken). We loved creating the branding, illustrations, website, and food truck design for Hey Hey’s Fried Chicken. Almost as much as we loved their food.

Logos and More

Logos and More

Logos and More

Sometimes a rebrand doesn’t go the way you want. That was the case when we changed from Laxalt and McIver to Logos and More. As a rebrand it was not successful. As an April Fools joke, however, it was very successful.

7 Awards Won

7 Awards Won

7 Awards Won

We are honored to receive not one, not two, not even three, but SEVEN awards this year for the work our team has created and we appreciate the wonderful clients that brought us those amazing projects.

Illustrations Galore

Illustrations Galore

Illustrations Galore

Illustrations might be just pretty pictures but when they work together they can make a brand identity system that much stronger. This year we made more illustrations than you can count on the fingers and toes of 10 people.

Design That Works

Why go through a rebrand and build a new website, you ask? Because you want to grow your business, that’s why. Design helps us connect with our audience and good design can boost conversion rates, customer LTV, and all those other fancy metrics that we want to see an increase. Need to see more? Just look at how our work with Barnacle helped them grow.

  • +7% Average Order Value
  • 7.5% Conversion Rate Post Launch
  • +30% Returning Customer Rate
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Keepin’ it Green

We love our home. And by home, we mean Earth. This year we took big steps in lowering our carbon footprint and making sure we follow the most up-to-date practices in sustainability so we can leave this planet better than we found it.

KTMB Green Certified Business

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Offsetting 10.67 Tons of Carbon

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50 Bottles Of Hot Sauce

50 Bottles Of Hot Sauce

We love design and we love hot sauce. So we made a label, perfected our recipe, and with a bit of magic, we now have our own hot sauce. Made with love and dedicated to friends, family, clients, and everyone else who supports what we do.

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Committed to Growth

Committed to Growth

We pride ourselves on being a team of lifelong learners and we really leaned into that this year. We got dedicated strengths coaching to learn how to be our best selves, taught each other what we know, and attended workshops to hear from experts in various industries. Our minds are growing but our team is growing as well and we’re more excited than ever to put our newfound knowledge to the test.

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Strengths Discovered

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Lunch and Learns

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Workshops attended

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New Employees

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Employee Promotions