WHO YOU ARE
IS WHAT WE DO.

Rusty George Creative is a well-oiled machine cranking out big, bodacious
and beautiful brand experiences that pack a wallop and get you noticed.

Who You Are

Rusty George Creative specializes in developing compelling brand experiences by defining who you are and telling your story across every touch point — from graphic design to advertising to website development — in the most compelling way possible.

Here are a few of our favorite examples of recent projects:

  • Tote
    Black Bear
    Northern Fish
    Aeroprecision
    Byron Automation
    Discover
    Financial Insights
    Greater Lakes
    City of Tacoma
    Real Carriage Doors
    Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
    Brand Montage

What We Do

Who you are is how your audience sees you. It’s how you connect to capture attention, trust and loyalty.

But, it’s a cluttered universe out there filled with constant distractions and an endless onslaught of information. You’ve got to work harder to stay relevant and engaging to an audience with gnat-sized attention spans. It’s not enough to just to talk about all of the cool stuff you do better than the next guy. You’ve got to tell your story — from first impression, on — in a way that will be influential and memorable.

Mixing equal parts discovery, strategy and imagination, we at Rusty George Creative have been building engaging brand experiences since before the turn of the century. Our process is a well-honed collaboration between our team and yours that will uncover the most effective solutions to generate real business results. We create lasting bonds that connect on an emotional level and give your audience a
reason to like you.

Team

We are a team of high-caliber creatives, strategic thinkers and tenacious problem solvers. Never rusty. A tad quirky… and always a blast to work with. Meet the crew:

  • Rusty
    Kitura
    Liz
    Jacquelyn
  • Hana
    Crissy
    Carlos
    Chris
  • Kellie
    Leah
    Kristina
    Max

Rusty George | Creative Principal

Rusty applies over 25 years of creative wisdom to supervise a team of highly-skilled artists and thinkers producing compelling brand experiences for a variety of clientele. He often gives critiques in song, strolling the office with cheap guitar in hand. He’s available for bat mitzvahs, weddings and birthday parties.
Secret To the Universe: It’s held together by duct tape.
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Carlos Lozano | Art Director

Carlos directs art all day long and in special cases, all night long. Where does he direct it? To a special little place where magic happens. The kind of magic that amazes you and delivers the results you are looking for.
Secret To the Universe: Failing Upwards
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Hana Kato | Creative

With a keen sense of digital visual mastery, it’s not uncommon to find this green-tea swilling ferocious vegetable eater dancing to Japanese aerobics videos. Oh, and her name rhymes with “avocado.”
Secret To the Universe: Dancing
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Kristina Franklin | Creative

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Her first job as a designer was “Photoshopping” the heads of her company’s board members onto Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper. She’s now conjuring up brand concepts and campaigns that could be nominated for sainthood.
Secret To the Universe: Everything tastes better with sprinkles.
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Chris Cowan | Account Manager

Chris has got skillz. Mad skillz. His crazy-organized, slap-on-the-back persona has generated more client success stories than a Tony Robbins convention. His has a knack for seeking out eBay treasures that could land him a spot on American Pickers and a nerdy passion for all things Star Wars, starting at IV of course.
Secret To the Universe: May the force be with you.
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Liz Lamb-Ferro | Strategist

She’s a thinker. With strategery on the brain, she bedazzles the foundation of brands, discovers their core essence and delivers results with a wink and a sparkle.
Secret To the Universe: Marching Bands
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Kitura George | Operations Manager

Kitura is a super-organized, uber-detailed, list-making, budget watching asset to the company. She also happens to be the wife of the infamous Rusty George. Her past work-including wedding planning and community relations-make her an expert at keeping us focused on the big picture.
Secret To the Universe: Confidence is like lip gloss, all you have to do is put it on.
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Leah Ettenhofer | Creative

Her first work of art found its way onto the walls of her childhood bathroom. Her dad made her throw each crayon in the trash one by one as a punishment. That sucked. Since then she has landed on her feet cranking out juicy creative goodness at RGC like a machine.
Secret To the Universe: Read more books. Have better grammar. Win.
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Jacquelyn Marcella | Traffic Manager

Nothing comes through the shop without facing the wrath of her color-coded spreadsheets and budget-watching smack downs. Seriously, they’re vicious.
Secret To the Universe: When in doubt, add garlic.
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Crissy Pagulayan | Account Manager

Neat nick. The uber mama. Control freak. Crissy takes organization and client service to a new level. We’d hate her for it if she wasn’t so darn nice.
Secret To the Universe: Jazz hands
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Kellie Brubach | Receptionist

The friendliest face you ever did meet; Kellie keeps the beat and keeps it real making sure the office is flowing like it should be. Stop by and sample a mean cup of Joe she just brewed up.
Secret To the Universe: Retail Therapy
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Max | GASEOUS MAXIMUS

Usually found staring down passers-by out the back window, enticing them with his old man eyebrows. Can smoke out a room in less than a minute. Enjoys cooked broccoli and cheese. Woof.
Secret To the Universe: Humans = cans of food
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Studio

Located in scenic downtown Tacoma, our studio is stuffed to the gills with designers, project managers, creativity and a vintage tiki bar. From open house celebrations featuring a college-accurate beer pong table to the intense, all-hands-on-deck concept meetings that last long into the night, Rusty George Creative has developed a culture where we play rough and work hard.

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Work
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Grants

We have a passion for our community – we’re also really bad at saying “no.” Rusty George Creative has a long history of providing pro-bono work to local non-profit organizations, helping them elevate their brand and credibility.

Here are a few past grant recipients:

Dash
Hilltop Artists
Grand Cinema
Zeno Math

Our selection process is completely democratic with each staff person’s vote counting just as much as the next, although tie-breakers go to Rusty. We’re also suckers for baked goods. That never hurts your chances. We award one grant per year. Good luck!

How to Apply

Does your 501(c)3 organization think they’ve got the goods to be our next grant recipient? Well then...
Download An Application

THE COG - Our Blog

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Top Places to Work - Appreciation Award

We are honored to have won the 2013 Business Examiner’s Top Places to Work Award for Appreciation category. Thanks to Austin Gunderson for ACT Video for this awesome shot…
Bunnie photos

Darn Bunnies

In case you didn’t know, it’s really hard to take photos of bunnies. Especially baby bunnies.

Contact Us

In Person

732 Broadway, Ste. 302 Tacoma, Washington 98402

Telephone

253.284.2140
253.284.2142 (F)

Email

info@rustygeorge.com

Telepathically
Telepathic

(Stare at spinning thingie to send
a message. Response not guaranteed.)

INTERESTED IN WORKING HERE?

Submit your resume and link to portfolio to jobs@rustygeorge.com

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