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A New Website with Endless Pawsibilities

A New Website with Endless Pawsibilities

PAWS & More, also known as Washington County Humane Society, is a private, adoption-guarantee shelter located in Washington, Iowa. The organization needed a redesigned website with a strategy-based architecture…

Author Icon Kevin Mellen
Date Icon 1/2/24
An AI-Authored Blog Written About Blogging with AI

An AI-Authored Blog Written About Blogging with AI

The blog below was written with Writer AI as an experiment on what makes this technology so compelling. While it’s well written, the downside to AI-generated content is the…

Author Icon Kevin Mellen
Date Icon 8/2/23
The Sweet Sounds of an Award-Winning Magazine

The Sweet Sounds of an Award-Winning Magazine

Educational Advertising Awards from HMR Publications recognized Creative Mellen with a 38th Anniversary Sliver Design Award for its work with the Iowa School of Music and their redesigned Alumni…

Author Icon Kevin Mellen
Date Icon 3/2/23
The Final Step

The Final Step

Working at Creative Mellen has been the final step in my college journey, and I’d argue it might be the step that’s prepared me the most. In the 5…

Author Icon Conrad Hellman
Date Icon 11/9/22
A decade of using our melons.

A decade of using our melons.

Starting Creative Mellen in 2012 has been quite a journey. Who would have thought we could work with one of the top retail companies in the country, travel to…

Author Icon Kevin Mellen
Date Icon 2/21/22
When Every Day Is Saturday

When Every Day Is Saturday

After 38 years of working with some of the most kind and creative people in health care, education, and beyond, I am excited to jump into my next chapter—retirement….

Author Icon Jill Fishbaugh
Date Icon 12/22/21
Package design award has gone to the dogs

Package design award has gone to the dogs

Graphic Design USA recognized Creative Mellen with a 58th Anniversary American Package Design Award™ for its work with Mission Meats and their new brand of premium dog treats, Prosperity Pets….

Author Icon Kevin Mellen
Date Icon 3/30/21
Target a Specific Audience & Action with Landing Pages

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…

Author Icon Kevin Mellen
Date Icon 12/10/20
Giving Portraits Personality with Stop Motion

Giving Portraits Personality with Stop Motion

Stop motion is an animated, filmmaking technique where objects are moved in small increments between photographs, so that they appear to be moving when played back in sequence. Instead of objects,…

Author Icon Kevin Mellen
Date Icon 11/15/20