Amy Elkin: RVA Makerfest 2015

Because Makerfest is all about celebrating how things are made, we wanted to hand make everything that we did to promote the festival. Jonathan Hirsch, one of our Kitchen Art Directors, designed and drew this year’s logo and poster art by hand. We then scanned the art and sent it to StudioTwo-Three to burn a screen for screen-printing. In one night, we screen-printed over 600 posters. We signed and numbered them, and then embossed them with a custom seal press that branded it as a limited edition 2015 RVA Makefest print.

The agency’s lab is currently in the process of a building a physical version of the steampunk logo. This life-size version will allow attendees of the festival to interact with this hand-made logo.

Press:

http://richmondmagazine.com/home/r-home/rva-makerfest-poster/

Bio

In 1996, Amy began her career as a pioneer in The Martin Agency’s interactive department, Martin Interactive, helping design Coca-Cola’s first website. During the next 7 years, she created websites, CD-ROMs, online advertising campaigns, micro-sites, e-mail programs and more for other clients including Marriott, Seiko, Pulsar, Gerber, Saab, Finlandia Vodka, TV Land, Charles Schwab, Careerbuilder and others. She then transitioned into the agency’s general creative department where she began to work within traditional mediums as well.

As a Vice President, Associate Creative Director at The Martin Agency, Amy created many award-winning, integrated campaigns. Her accounts included Hanes, Barely There, Moen, Newseum, Walmart, Sunglass Hut and others. Over the years, Amy’s work has been recognized by The One Show, NY Art Directors Club, Communication Arts, Echoes, Caples, Obie Awards, Kelly Awards, Graphis, Omma Awards, WIN Awards, IAB Mixx awards, and more. Her favorite award has been her Martin Agency Cobblestone “creative excellence” award that she received from Mike Hughes in 2009.

Today, Amy owns her own creative services company, Amy Elkin Creative. She enjoys helping brands of all sizes and helping creative people, companies, and brands grow. Amy is also an adjunct professor at the VCU Brandcenter.

A native of Richmond, Virginia, Amy enjoys spending her free time with her husband, two children, and their French Bulldogs. She’s a graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Communication Arts and Design and enjoys painting on large canvases in her free time.

Amy Elkin

RVA Makerfest 2015

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