été advertising and design is a multi-disciplinary advertising and design firm with an emphasis on strategic design as it relates to brand development and communication. We take an entrepreneurial approach to design and innovation, as our work runs the gamut from brand strategy and management, to corporate print collateral, advertising campaigns, to web development. By uniting strategy + planning + graphics, we create integrated communication experiences. By fusing these three schools of thought, we help our clients create collaborative, knowledge-based communications that facilitate continued innovation within their organization.
Our process is three-pronged:
Define the What:
Strategically create future scenarios based upon identification of our client’s culture, communication needs, and core values.
Form the How:
Analyze, research and translate the many overlapping requirements of our client’s users and stakeholders to include operational, budget, timing
and related project realities.
Plan the Journey:
Design multi-dimensional communication experiences that construct opportunities to tell a story, nurture collaboration, cultivate innovation which can
be used as an integrated marketing and communication tool that will result in a return on our client’s financial investment in the process and end result.
key personnel
Creative Director and PresidentMichael French
1985 - 1999
Art Director - Olympic Media International Advertising, San Francisco, California
Art Director - DDB Needham Worldwide Advertising, Los Angeles, California
Director of Advertising - University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Senior Art Director - Universal Pictures, Los Angeles, California
Senior Art Director - Asher & Partners Advertising, Los Angeles, California
Client Experience: Acapulco Restaurants; Alta Dena Dairies; Avery Kids Software; California Department of Health Services;
Desert Inn Hotel & Casino; Factory-2-U / Family Bargain Centers; Lancome Cosmetics; LEGOLAND, California; LEI Jeans; Men’s Wearhouse;
New York-New York Hotel & Casino; Sanyo Electronics; Suzuki North America
2000 - Present
Opened été advertising and design in September 2000