In-house team Est. TBC
Zendesk Creative
The Zendesk Creative Team is a group of professional-grade artsy weirdos with specialized skills in design, production, animation, illustration, video, audio, motion graphics, copywriting, and strategy. We handle everything from the big ideas to the basics. Some of us work on things like icons and messaging, others make websites and TV commercials. We are always collaborating, asking questions, finding solutions, and pushing for greatness. And that is what keeps our work fun, functional, and freshhhhhhh.
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design.zendesk.com
Team Members (60)
(AS OF PUB. DATE: Nov/28/2022)
Kristina Alford
Associate Design Director
Lori Anahata
Senior Manager, Design Operations & Programs
Beryl Baker
Manager, Brand Production
Sam Bathe
Associate Creative Director
Ariana Blair
Brand Producer, Video
Magdalena Buzala
Senior Executive Assistant
Giuseppe Cariello
Senior Brand Designer, Spaces & Experiences
Paige Carrington
Production Designer
Tori Cincotta
Manager, Motion Design
Anna Cirera
Director, Creative Operations
Kevin Cline
Senior Principal, Video
MacKenzie Covington
Senior Producer, Brand Production
Freya Dobrindt
Associate Creative Director
Victor Duran
Associate Creative Director, Video
Marta Dymek
Lead, Brand Imagery
Betsy Field
Executive Creative Director
Jordyn Fields
Producer, Brand
Rachel Frankel
Senior Brand Designer, Identity
Arienne Gagui
Brand Designer
Corey Gedrose
Copywriter
Faustine Gheno
Senior Brand Designer
Hubert Guy
Senior Systems Designer, Identity
Kendrick Hammond
Senior Copywriter, Video & Presentations
Natalie Hunter
Brand Copywriter
Ethan Kanat
Senior Principal, Creative Strategy
Olivia Kingsley
Executive Creative Director
Tim Lampe
Associate Creative Director, Identity
Matthew Latkiewicz
Senior Principal, Creative Strategy
Olenka Malarecka
Lead Illustrator, Brand Identity
Julia Manzischke
Brand Designer
Kimberly Mar
Senior Brand Designer
Cristina Mendoza Magari
Manager, Brand Design Systems
Adam Menton
Senior Production Designer
Julia Oller
Senior Copywriter
Brandon Perry
Senior Design Program Manager, Tools & Systems
Daniel Petersen
Sound Engineer
Erin Pinkley
VP, Creative
Colin Thomas
Senior Motion Graphics Designer
Kevin Tsukii
Manager, Brand Production
Larissa Vaz
Creative Director
Raven Wadley-Wright
Senior Copywriter
Khadijah White
Design Program Manager, Culture and Development
Jilanna Wilson
Senior Director, Design Operations
Diana Wynne
Principal Copywriter, Brand Design Systems
Silvana Yaneva
Senior Digital Designer
Monica Yap
Senior Video Editor
On working in-house…
Benefits
All pushing towards the same goal, same targets, same successes creates a special sense of collaboration not only across the Creative team, but with stakeholders and colleagues from other orgs in the company. On the Zendesk Creative team we’re blessed having so many disciplines and specialisms under one roof – if you need a tip or second pair of eyes on something, there’s always someone for whom that type of project is their bread and butter. Being able to push the boundaries and take the design, copywriting, filmmaking languages in new and exciting directions – while maintaining a core brand spirit.
Challenges
Being a small team in a huge company, you have to find the balance between equipping colleagues and other orgs with brand assets and self-serve systems and the innate creative desire to create something new and fresh for every brief. Unfortunately there are only 24 hours in a day. It’s both exciting and a challenge that so much is happening in other orgs – new releases or strategic changes can crop up relatively quickly that have a big impact either existing or upcoming properties which can make flowing out updates a challenge.
On working with…
Others
It very much depends on a per projects basis – sometimes we will pull in trusted freelancers to help get projects over the line or to help with capacity, other times we’ll work with external agencies for their specialism and viewpoint in a particular discipline. What’s consistent about how we work with outside talent though is that we treat them as an extension of the team, everything is incredibly collaborative, and we trust the experts to input and lead on what they know best.
Guidelines
We have an existing public-facing resource, Brandland that was launched in 2019 as a resource for partners and it became a great recruiting tool.
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