Tully’s Coffee Shops :: Yogurt Smoothies
Q&A’s work promoting Tully’s new yogurt smoothies (part of an entire new summer drink campaign — but we won’t spoil it) is in stores now. We did the concept, design, and clever copy writing. Not to mention some serious Photoshop Ninjitsu. Stop by, see our handiwork and have one of these tasty treats!
Tully’s Coffee Shops :: Manic Monday Emails
Our chance to design for the pervasive Seattle coffee culture finally arrived with Tully’s Manic Monday promotional offer. And we jumped at it with both twitchy over-caffeinated feet. In this email those with the much coveted Tully’s Rewards Loyalty card can earn double their points in the month of February. And get a free coffee. FREE COFFEE! Anything to supply us with our beans, G.
2012 Consolidated Restaurants :: Dinner On Us Integrated Campaign
Year four of this successful offer campaign. My, how time flies. This year, and for the first time, the campaign went 90% digital (only printed check stuffers this year). No direct mailers or mailed certificates. Almost everything, including database, is 100% through the WordPress website we designed for Consolidated in 2011. A much lower carbon footprint and much higher ease of management. The electrons are still fresh and the campaign is on-going so we do not have any analytics or numbers as of yet. Our fingers are crossed.
Elliott’s Oyster House :: Oyster New Year
Elliott’s sells shellfish by the sea shore. How many shellfish does Elliott’s sell? Lots. And it’s that time of year where Elliott’s honors the growers and producers of all those shellfish with their annual Oyster New Year bash. Q&A has been helping them design and market the bash for many years with print and online campaigns. This year we re-designed the shopping cart system with the help of our friends at FoxyPress. Oh. Did I mention the bash didn’t start selling out and hitting record numbers until we began doing the marketing? If I did that would be bragging.
The Met & Elliott’s :: 2011 VIP Program Launch
We had a clear objective: Create a distinctive announcement package for loyal members of The Metropolitan Grill and Elliott’s Oyster House VIP Program. Our gift package explains the expanded benefits of the VIP program, reinforces the sophisticated nature of the brand, and entices members to dine more often. Last but not least we included a sparkly little surprise — an engraved key chain to present to the attendant for your complimentary valet parking. Design challenges included the eye-catching identity for the program, custom “pop-up” packaging, multi-piece collateral, engraving, and ass-kicking copywriting.
Elliott’s Oyster House :: Menu Design
This menu suite was designed to work in conjunction with Elliott’s new website and highlight their sustainable practices. We created attractive three color shells — unique for each menu — dinner, lunch, drinks, and dessert. Additionally, we developed style-sheeted digital templates so that they could efficiently run their own daily menus on site. These images were shot at Elliott’s while we stuffed our faces with amazing seafood.
Photos: Usher Creative
Metropolitan Grill :: New Website
The second of three radically new websites for Consolidated Restaurants, comprising of WordPress driven content management and some magical CSS3 touches. The design associates the brand with its Seattle landmark status and classic steakhouse tradition. The new sites integrate their active social media channels to allow all of the restaurants to trumpet their initiatives and events with full control over multiple calls to action in the slider and sidebar. Compare and contrast: Here is a screenshot of the old site.
Elliott’s Oyster House : New Website
The first of three radically new websites for Consolidated Restaurants, comprising of WordPress driven content management and some magical CSS3 touches. The design associates the brand with its Northwest landmark status and we’re particularly proud of the content strategy which emphasizes our client’s dutiful commitment to sustainable practices. This new site integrates their active social media channels and allows Elliott’s to trumpet their initiatives with full control over multiple calls to action in the slider and sidebar. Compare and contrast: Here is a screenshot of the old site.
Consolidated Restaurants :: Dinner on Us Integrated Campaign
The third year for this successful promotional campaign highlights what Q&A does best. Everything. We kid. But seriously, with Have Dinner On Us, we created a direct mail package, website, emails, plus radio and on-line ads. Results? Not to brag,but, in the 1st month, they had a whopping 148% increase in program participation over the previous year (as of May 2011 this promotional website is no longer live—but it was awesome, we promise).
Elliott’s Oyster House :: Ocean Harvest Festival Integrated Campaign
Where do you go for Oyster New Year? Why, you go to the Ocean Harvest Festival, of course. Half a decade of working with the landmark Elliott’s Oyster House and Consolidated Restaurants—promoting this increasingly popular event with radio, website, banner ads, direct mail and more—has taught us a great deal about sustainable shellfish farming. And how to celebrate it. A pearl of a job.
Pizzeria Marzano :: Website
These guys are serious about their pizza. A traditional Italian family restaurant in Connecticut with authentic Neapolitan pizza made by a certified pizzaioli. We wanted to reflect that rich history and mined their old family photos for inspiration. The effect established a deep foundation for a brand new restaurant.
Metropolitan Grill :: RED Wine Label
We brought The Met’s simple sophistication to their private label wine, RED.
Elliott’s Oyster House :: Ad Campaign
Elliott’s had been a long-time advocate of local sourcing and sustainable practices, they just didn’t talk about it. This campaign started to position Elliott’s as the leader in sustainable seafood. Each ad focused on one seafood selection with information that helped educate the reader on sustainable choices.
Consolidated Restaurants :: Haiti Fundraiser
Consolidated Restaurants has been a long-time supporter of Mercy Corps and stepped up again after the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Time was of the essence in getting an online and in-restaurant program put together and out to guests.
