︎ Hey, how’s it going? I am a brand identity designer, creative director, and strategist who partners with founders, startups, and creative teams to build expressive, story-driven visual systems. With deep roots in film, music, art, and tech, I help early-stage companies translate their vision into design that resonates and scales.

︎ In 2015, I built a niche creative practice — Treatments Are Forever — that focuses on treatment design and visual research for commercials, features, TV, and music projects.

︎ In 2022, I co-founded NORKWWD with my wife, Jennifer, to blend our strategic design services with independent publishing. In 2023, we published our first monograph Jett Lara: Dreams & Nightmares.

︎ I’m always on the lookout for new opportunities to collaborate, so please get in touch.



︎︎︎ Services
Art Direction
Book Design
Brand Identity
Brand Strategy
Campaigns
Creative Consulting
Creative Direction
Editorial Design
Exhibition Design
Music Packaging
Print Design
Social Media Strategy
Title Design
UX/UI Design
Web Design

︎︎︎ Select Clients
Florence
Pulse Films
Alldayeveryday
Loop
Snow Beach
Iconoclast
Object & Animal
Field Unit
Park Pictures
Invoy
Hecho en 72
Romance Films
KCET
Markenfilm
Sequoia
Prettybird
The Range
Knucklehead
Caviar

︎ Get in touch.
hey@jessemerrell.info

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