Celebrating a decade of design

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decade of design

Nerd out on our agency’s 10-year timeline by hovering over each card for fun facts, milestones and some surprises.

2014: ATOMIC D opens for business!

It all started with a dream shared by a few to start their own creative agency and make it rock.

Where it
all started

In 2014, in the SOMA district of San Francisco — across from Studio Industry Rentals and next to the 6th Street freeways exit — we opened up shop and set sail on a unique creative journey.

Video was our bread and butter

We started our work with a focus on live-action — assisting clients like Samsung, New Balance, Harman and Pandora — and continue today with a deeper focus on animated content.

ATOMICD 1.0 in retrospect

At this time, we began offering such services as branding, UI design and out-of-home advertising.

Click the arrows on the right or left to enjoy a slideshow of our early work.

Kudos corner: client testimonials

Over the years, we’ve worked with some of the biggest brands in Silicon Valley and beyond ...across fintech, food & beverage, consumer electronics and more. Hear it directly from some of our happy clients.

Birds of a feather build beautiful partnerships together

Over seven years, we helped Twitter deliver thousands of assets to support numerous business units and teams around the globe. The brand was our first full-time Designerds subscriber and to this day holds a warm place in our hearts.

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A new way to deliver high-quality design services

Enter Designerds, the unicorn of supplemental creative services — born to complement the ongoing needs of internal teams, eliminate recurring SOWs and build in efficiencies for long-term engagements.

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Enter a global pandemic, lockdowns and other uncertainties that had us reevaluating and reimagining our approach to remote work, communications and hiring across all aspects of the business.

Passing the torch, grabbing the reins

Seeing an opportunity to address the remote-work potential of the first two years of the global pandemic, Peter Williams, President and founder of Designerds, shifted the focus of the business away from video toward digital design and content strategy.

Around the clock, across the globe

We expanded our teams to cover the continental United States, eventually expanding into Mexico and parts of South America. This helped us maintain support for clients in different time zones and with various language needs.

As we fine-tuned our processes, we established and confirmed the need for a new way of working to address the shifting needs of our clients and the industry.

Read this blog to learn more about our journey of discovery in the early days.

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Pique your interest with a peek at our latest projects

And like that famouse Field of Dreams, we built a new model, and the clients came. Our collaborative partnerships have included global brands like Block Inc. Twitter, Walmart, Amazon, Coupa, Airbnb, Toyota, Woven Capital, LG Nova and more.

One brand to house them all

With project-based work running under the ATOMIC D label and subscriptions chugging along as Designerds, we decided to bring all operations under one banner. Recognizing our inherent geekery for all things creative, the choice was clear...

This is our mission. We are here to relieve the stress of in-house creative teams.

Immersed in your brand. Invested in your vision. Committed to your success.

Read this blog to learn about our vision for the future of Creative Services.

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Meet the Designerds

Say hello to the faces behind the creativity and collaboration that drive our success.

Click on the + to learn all about our amazing team of creative minds.

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Announcing our brand to the world

Last year, to celebrate the new, unified brand, we launched a series of ads that highlighted the ethos behind some of our focus services: digital design, branding, copywriting and more.

Flexible, scalable, collaborative creative services

Our Designerds will turn your vision into reality with precision and flair. Whether you need a single expert or a full team, we’re here to enhance your in-house creative efforts.

Click on the + to learn about our offerings.

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"The team at Designerds has been such a valuable partner over the past year and beyond. They’ve been nimble and adapted to changes in direction or process seamlessly."

— Cathy Cotaco, Associate Creative Director, Walmart

We’ve now added e-learning to our specialties, and have helped several brands like Airbnb train their internal staff on topics like privacy, procurement, contingent workforce, travel, expenses and more — using engaging visuals and e-learning best practices.

e-Learning takes flight with Designerds

Let the good times roll

We’ve had some truly remarkable partnerships over the last 10 years. Thank you all for your support, collaboration and badassery. We are grateful!

A decade of Designerds

In this blog, our President and founder reflects on the agency's journey as well as the world that we lived in when it first formed and shares his thoughts on the future.

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Design the future with us

Explore our decade-long journey, check out our projects, and learn how we can partner to achieve your creative goals.

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