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Founded in 1990, Sackett Design has become a highly regarded, widely published, award-winning design, branding, multimedia, product development, and marketing communications company. With headquarters in San Francisco and a second office in Los Angeles, Mark E. Sackett the firm’s President has a staff of nine designers, directors, and account management personnel. Its San Francisco headquarters occupies a historic 1920s warehouse (formerly the William Randolph Hearst Printing Plant) in the South of Market neighborhood which houses not only the company’s operations but also our subsidiaries: Republic of Sound, the firm’s recording label; Brainfood Creative Programs; Theory of Cool; Target Paper; The Box; The Etling Press, our publishing division; Stage 24 Productions, our event production division; Articulation Films, our independent film studio; and Circa Props with approximately 56 separate collections of antique toys, game boards, packaging, and advertising items. Circa Props rents antique objects to movie studios, photographers, and exhibitions across the nation.
Mark as President and Creative Director and his staff have won over one thousand industry awards in national and international design competitions. The work has been published in numerous design annuals, books, and publications around the world. Additionally, the work has been selected for representation in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress.
As a multidisciplinary firm, Sackett Design’s clients range from large corporations to growing start-up companies and non-profit organizations. Sackett Design art directs and produces video, film, motion graphics, and various multimedia projects including Internet development and e-commerce strategies, mobile phone content and new media. They have extensive experience in the design and development of licensed product and its program extensions, as well as the creation and implementation of integrated brand initiatives and collateral standards development. The work encompasses development of brand strategies, image audits, annual reports, publishing, posters, product launches, retail design, apparel, corporate identity, logo development, retail promotions, product and packaging design, brochures, advertising, interior design, and various other forms of collateral and three-dimensional design. Sackett Design continually selects assignments in which they can collaborate with clients in the creation of dynamic solutions and integrated brand development strategies to increase brand recognition, sales, market share, and visibility.
In addition, they have designed and implemented a corporate creativity-training program entitled Brainfood Creative Programs™ for organizations with in-house marketing and creative departments. Brainfood focuses primarily on team building, trends analysis, cognitive skills development, research techniques, and motivational programs designed to improve individual and team productivity as well as creative results.
Mr. Sackett also speaks around the country at conferences and seminars presenting their Brainfood programs, the firm’s work, and the importance of a “cause-related” marketing approach for all organizations. Mark serves on a number of boards and advisory boards of California 501c3 non-profit organizations and in addition, each year Sackett Design donates approximately 20–30% of their time toward pro bono projects benefiting causes and organizations otherwise unable to afford their services.
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