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We’re In This Together

We’re In This Together

Creative Mellen worked with the Iowa City Area Business Partnership, Iowa City Area Development Group, Iowa City Downtown District, and Think Iowa City to provide a website tool meant…

Author Icon Jill Fishbaugh
Date Icon 4/28/20
Designing Enticing Emails

Designing Enticing Emails

At Creative Mellen, we enjoy designing emails that are successful. And by success, we mean emails that your target audience will open, read, and take a desired action. Using…

Author Icon Jill Fishbaugh
Date Icon 12/10/19
Suit Up with TuffWrap

Suit Up with TuffWrap

Creative Mellen has worked with TuffWrap over the years to develop marketing campaigns that help build some buzz and connect with their audiences. This year, we extended last year’s…

Author Icon Kevin Mellen
Date Icon 4/9/19
New Label Design for Sutliff Cider

New Label Design for Sutliff Cider

Sutliff Cider, Iowa’s Original Hard Cider, is now available in stores throughout the Iowa City – Cedar Rapids Corridor. Creative Mellen is proud to have been part of the…

Author Icon Kevin Mellen
Date Icon 10/25/18
Creative Mellen’s Own Website Wins Award

Creative Mellen’s Own Website Wins Award

Judges at Graphic Design USA for the 2018 American Web Design competition awarded Creative Mellen’s website as one of the country’s best for company website design. The accolade recognizes…

Author Icon Jill Fishbaugh
Date Icon 8/13/18
How to Reinvent a University Magazine

How to Reinvent a University Magazine

Last fall, Mount Mercy University approached Creative Mellen to redesign their institution’s magazine. Because we had already worked with them on a number of projects, they knew we understood…

Author Icon Jill Fishbaugh
Date Icon 7/10/18
Revisiting Your Brand

Revisiting Your Brand

I’ve been fortunate to mentor University of Iowa senior graphic design student Storm Shearer this semester as part of the Tippie Founders Club. Storm’s aim is to build her…

Author Icon Kevin Mellen
Date Icon 5/18/18
Packaging design award is more than just an honor.

Packaging design award is more than just an honor.

Graphic Design USA recognized Creative Mellen with a 55th Anniversary American Package Design Award™ for it’s innovative package design for Mission Meats. More than 2,000 entries were submitted and the…

Author Icon Kevin Mellen
Date Icon 4/19/18
Hack Attack

Hack Attack

Creative Mellen helped ProCircular, a cybersecurity company, promote their sponsorship at a recent University of Iowa men’s basketball game. The sponsorship focused on celebrating Iowa companies that make cybersecurity…

Author Icon Kevin Mellen
Date Icon 2/26/18