selected, not assigned. no juniors, no farm-outs. the people in the meeting are the people doing the work. more questions?
we don't run an agency. we run BLAK OS.
executive level team. tustin. since '08.
because you deserve more than a participation trophy.
Hatched in sunny Southern California in 2008. We started as a creative studio, and kept running into the same thing: brands didn't have a design problem, they had a coherence problem. The logo was fine. The website, the packaging, the social, the deck. None of it agreed with the others.
So we stopped shipping deliverables and started shipping systems. Today we build BLAK OS, the operating system a brand actually runs on. Strategy, identity, web, packaging, and content, governed as one system by one senior team. No hand-offs. No outsourcing. No junior pyramid.
six reasons.
nothing fluffy.
open since '08. 17 years. still picky.
10× average roi. the work pays for itself. usually faster than the cmo expects.
made in the usa. tustin, california. local talent, local timezone, local accountability.
100% satisfaction. work the founder actually wants to launch, or we keep going until they do.
10+ yr retention. clients stay because the work works. some are still on year fifteen.
what they actually said.
Working with Blak was a pleasure. Their exceptional skills in creative strategy, direction, and brand development consistently delivered outstanding results. Blak's visionary approach, problem-solving abilities, and leadership make them highly recommended for any project.
James Pettus
CEO · Pettus Creative
three phases.
one room.
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we discover.
We dig before we draw. Insights, segmentation, customer journeys, the unglamorous research. It's why the work isn't guesswork.
- Positioning
- Segmentation
- Customer journey mapping
- Analytics & insights
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we ideate.
Strategy in hand, we open the creative search. Real options. A few of them bad on purpose, so the right one is obvious.
- Creative strategy
- Brand systems
- Marketing strategy
- UI/UX design
- Product design
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we implement.
We ship it. Visual, verbal, motion, retail. The brand actually goes live, not deck-only, not theoretical.
- Brand identity
- Social media
- Motion design
- E-commerce
- Retail
- Trade show
six categories. most of the time.
- Food & beverage restaurants, cpg, spirits. samuel adams · avalon cold · crumble foods · cinderella cakes · kimo sabe
- Sports & leisure teams, leagues, lifestyle. lexus · t-mobile · beats by dre
- Technology b2b, saas, infrastructure. microsoft · meta · at&t · t-mobile · tylt · xivic
- Gaming studios, titles, hardware. minecraft · mojang · riot games · hasbro
- Entertainment studios, networks, talent. disney · fox · warner bros. · paramount · dreamworks · dc · tnt · discovery →
- Consumer products retail, e-commerce, dtc. cosmopolitan · newgarden →
brand collaborations.
global reach
small shop. wide net.
Our team of top-tier brand strategists and innovative design thinkers provide executive level expertise with a global reach.