thought leadership
Welcome to our blog …a space designed for Fifteen4 news, advice, commentary, storytelling, and well, how our entire team of leaders think. Here is where we keep all the content that gives you a clearer picture of who we are, what we do, how we think [about the industry we love] and the many ways to tell a brand story, without resorting to buzzwords like “data-driven paradigm shift” or “brand story.”
Attention Spans Are Short (And My Toddler Just Proved It)
I'm sitting at my kitchen table on a chilly Thursday afternoon, wrestling with the challenge of writing about video and animation while recovering from a family bout of Norovirus. Ms. Rachel's voice blares from the TV, my toddler punctuates the background noise with...
Attention Spans Are Short (And My Toddler Just Proved It)
I'm sitting at my kitchen table on a chilly Thursday afternoon, wrestling with the challenge of writing about video and animation while recovering from a family bout of Norovirus. Ms. Rachel's voice blares from the TV, my toddler punctuates the background noise with...
Creative Managers: Lead from your personality, not with your personality
To continue his Creative Managers series, Steve Smallman, CEO and co-founder, shares why the need for clear vision casting never goes away, but the place it comes from needs to change as an organization grows. When you launch a startup, or step into a new role–anytime...
Employee Profile: “I need to make cool stuff.”
As part of our ongoing employee spotlight series, Fifteen4 will be profiling the employees in our office who inspire us. Today, meet Graphic Designer Lauren Simmons. Lauren Simmons is driven by exploration, education, and mountains covered in snow. Lauren Simmons is...
Employee Profile: Show and tell
As part of our ongoing employee spotlight series, Fifteen4 will be profiling the employees in our office who inspire us. Today, meet Graphic Designer Kristen Mallory. Graphic designer Kristen Mallory builds narratives image by image. Show; don’t tell. Show; don't...
And how does that make you feel? The design of digital experiences
Emily Wolf, web designer, shares why digital experiences must be crafted with just as much thoughtfulness and intention as our in-person, day-to-day experiences (not just left to chance). The design of the online store you made a purchase from this morning is no...
Employee Profile: Hungry like the Wolf
As part of our ongoing employee spotlight series, Fifteen4 will be profiling the employees in our office who inspire us. Today, meet Web Designer Emily Wolf. Banana bread. Yoga poses. Fifteen4 web designer Emily Wolf is always ready to share. Office food can be a...
Fifteen4 brings home the hardware at this year’s Baltimore ADDYs
Fifteen4, a Baltimore full-service creative agency, was named the winner in nine different categories at the American Advertising Federation’s Baltimore ADDY Awards on March 7th at the B&O Railroad Museum. The ADDY Awards are an annual event held to recognize...
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Thoughts, opinions, education...things that will make your professional life better.
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bookbytes
A series of quick takes on the books shaping our thinking. Not summaries, just sparks.
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Every episode of the branding world's greatest podcast: The Design of Experience.
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The latest happenings within and around the agency.
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culture
Employee and office musings. Usually humorous, always feel-good.