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Give Portraits Personality with Stop Motion

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Kevin Mellen
11/15/20

Target a Specific Audience & Action with Landing Pages

Do you struggle to communicate to a specific audience with a clear and concise message? Does that message need to create a different response or action from other audiences…

Kevin Mellen
12/10/20

A Look Back

Working at Creative Mellen has been an absolute joy and incredible learning experience. I remember going to the studio for my interview and hoping I would get the internship…

Yized Hernandez
8/25/20

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…

Jill Fishbaugh
4/28/20

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…

Jill Fishbaugh
12/10/19

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…

Kevin Mellen
4/9/19

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…

Kevin Mellen
10/25/18

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 the power of…

Jill Fishbaugh
8/13/18

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…

Jill Fishbaugh
7/10/18

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…

Kevin Mellen
5/18/18