WHAT WE DO
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Your Brand is everything wrapped up in more than a logo. It’s strategy, it’s story, it’s significant. Everything from naming, positioning, copy, identity, visualization and all the significant in-betweens of the creative expressions of your Brand are designed in partnership with your company to be compelling to your audience and competitive in your market for years to come.
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Capture attention and bottle it for wherever your audience may be. From social media to traditional channels, we craft strategic campaigns with dynamic visuals paired with punchy and persuasive copy for maximum attention-capturing visibility.
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Build it and they will come. In a digitally saturated world, the physical stands for more than an analog retail, restaurant, or pop-up experience. It’s emotive, purposeful, and powerful. It’s the human experience expressed through the emotion of your brand and immersed in-person.
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Grab your brand in-hand and stand out on-shelf, whether physical or digital. Packaging is the primary delivery of your product to your audience, and every detail matters. Design it intentionally for both parties and stand for something exceptional.
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We believe in the power of informed decision-making. Our strategic development process is backed by thorough market research and data analysis, ensuring that every strategy we recommend is grounded in real-world insights for real time results.
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Video is magical. It simplifies complex concepts or companies with engagement, explanation, demonstration and animation to highlight the personality of the brand or product in an impactful and shareable media. It’s a moment in time captured that makes a mark for your brand and its audience.
HOW WE WORK
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DISCOVER
Success begins and ends with your brand’s unique story. Through in-depth conversations, industry insights, and meaningful data, our team of strategists and designers will discover your brand’s prime placement in the market, points of differentiation, and right to win.
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DESIGN
Look, tone, and feel are just the beginning. Our seasoned designers, illustrators, videographers, and 3D artists will strategically build out every touchpoint of your brand to reach and inspire your target consumers. We’ll also give you a front row seat to the process, ensuring all your considerations are on sight and in focus.
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DELIVER
Tap it, pick it up off the shelf, walk past it on their way to work. Experience it for an evening, for a week, for the rest of their lives. There’s no limit to how (or how often) consumers can interact with your brand. We’re here to help you execute the perfect blend of engagement points to bring your brand to life and disrupt the market for years to come.
WHO WE DO IT FOR
We’re proud to partner with some of our favorite people, and thankful to call them clients.
OUR PARTNERSHIPS
Our work creates value through dedicated partnerships and fostered collaborations that go beyond the typical client-to-contractor working relationship. Years of brand advocacy and stewardship have allowed us to become an essential resource for our clients, sometimes deemed their ‘Internal Team’. Our priority has always been relationship driven and focused on building lasting partnerships outside of a portfolio. Our work is proven and what our clients say about Durham is proof.
SELECT CLIENTS
CLIENT
INDUSTRY
Adobe •
Corporate
BLINK •
Culture
DoorDash •
Corporate
Head & Shoulders •
Beauty
Packaging
1 Hotel •
Hospitality
WHAT WE DID
Pepsi Co. •
Corporate
Brand Activation
Olay •
Beauty
Copywriting, Storyboarding and Strategy & Positioning
Copywriting, Naming, Packaging and Strategy & Positioning
Braxton Brewing Co. •
Vice
Harry’s •
Retail
Ivory •
Beauty
Old Spice •
Beauty, Retail
Placemakr •
Hospitality
Brand Activation, Copywriting, Experiential, Packaging +
Bud Light •
Vice
Design System, Digital, Experiential and Social
Cincinnati Ballet •
Culture
Art Direction, Brand Identity, Copywriting, Photography +
Coterie Senior Living •
Hospitality
Copywriting, Storyboarding, Strategy & Positioning and Video
Art Direction, Brand Identity, Copywriting, Photography +
Enable Injections •
Corporate
Michelob Ultra •
Vice
Brand Activation and Campaign
Vice
Fat Tire •
Brand Identity, Campaign, Merchandise, Packaging, Strategy +
Brand Identity, Collateral Deployment, Copywriting, Environmental and 3D
Packaging
Campaign, Collateral Deployment, Copywriting, Packaging +
Jack Daniel’s •
Vice
Copywriting, Environmental, Experiential, Naming, Packaging +
New Riff Distilling •
Vice
Packaging, Strategy, Video
Brand Identity, Copywriting, Experiential, Naming, Strategy & Positioning +
Packaging
Brand Identity, Copywriting, Motion, Naming, Strategy & Positioning and Web
Brand Activation, Brand Identity and Strategy & Positioning
Our priority has always been relationship-driven and focused on building lasting partnerships outside of a portfolio.
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
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“Durham is by far nothing short of an exceptional agency. When vetting out potential agencies to work with for my brand's creative needs, it was clear from the start that Austin and the team were the right choice. From their down-to-earth attitudes to a well-diversified portfolio of work, they proved to be a trusted agency."
Stacy Winterburn–FMB Customer Marketing Manager, Jack Daniel’s
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“I cannot say enough positive things about the Durham team! They were instrumental to the success of our rebrand from concept to execution. From helping ideate a new name to developing our brand identity, Durham helped us build a brand that supports our business strategy."
Liz Thorson–Senior Director of Brand and Communications, Placemakr
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“Durham is a rare team. Led by super-talent Austin Dunbar, Durham has been Enable Injections' brand partner since our brand infancy days. The years involved in our partnership speaks volumes, and the creative work has evolved with our growth. When a team can develop a vision based on deep knowledge of a company, culture, and product, the creative process can be magic.”
Jennifer Estep–Marketing Manager, Enable Injections
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“We needed to create a unique and new identity for one of our core products and turned to Durham to help us clarify our own vision and approach for this important task. Durham’s team provided ground-up creativity and feedback to help us not only imagine what our new brand could be, but also how to talk about it and understand the ‘voice’ of the brand.”
Jeff Zeiders–CEO & Co-Founder, Manner
WHERE WE WORK
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