BRMC — Beat the Devil’s Tattoo
The Uprising Creative was born out of a love for design and, frankly, a need to break out of the grind of “working for the man.”
My creative partner and I — both in our mid-20s — cobbled together a few clients, quit our jobs, and went out into the unknown with a DIY attitude and a subversive, raw aesthetic.
It grew from a 2-person consultancy into a full-fledged, award-winning integrated creative & production company — 30+ people across LA, Chicago, Nashville and London — built on deeply integrated, cross-functional methods. The work between 2007–2016 speaks for itself.
Along the way we incubated ventures including atVenu, Versus Creative, Firebrand Live, Emo Nite, Ride or Cry and VehicleVR. I left in 2016 to build VR with Live Nation and Hulu.
Role
Founder & CEO · Executive Creative Director
Years
2007–16
Offices
LA · Chicago · Nashville · London
(02) — Impact
2→30+
FTE · four offices
$10M+
Annual revenue at peak
4
Offices — LA · Chicago · Nashville · London
(03) — The case-study deck — 2015
(04) — Selected work
Middle Class Rut — No Name No Color
Twin Atlantic — packaging
Get Out & Vote ’08
(05) — The reels
(06) — Incubated ventures