Hello. We’re Tim Hanrahan and Bill Karow.

We’ve helped create and maintain some of the world’s greatest brands. We’ve also helped a lot of world’s greatest ad agencies win a lot of big accounts with our ideas. This is why they hire us when they go out to win new business.

Now we are applying our experience, skill and talent to also help businesses and investors launch new brands. We know how to create original DNA for a brand. How to give it heart and soul. How to create an authentic voice and personality. How to equip it to stay true to its core values as the business evolves and grows. So that new brand can make its first impression powerful and meaningful right from its inception. These are the critical first steps a brand must take to assure its personality, behavior and voice align consistently across all platforms once launched.

And we’re good at this. We proved our chops at one of the best branding agencies of all time, Wieden+Kennedy. There, for a decade each, we honed our skills in the art and science of branding, creating and producing big ideas for brands like Nike, Coke, ESPN, Miller, Amazon and MicroSoft. Our ideas have become global campaigns, Super Bowl ads and Gold Lion winners at Cannes. But more importantly, our ideas have helped create the heart and soul of brands.

Have us come in and collaborate with you to identify, manage and nurture the core idea that is the nucleus of your brand. This is what we love doing. And, we would love to work with you.

Resumes:

Bill Karow

Independent Creative (2007–present)
Creative Director/Art Director
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Borders, Perrin + Norrander, Portland (2015)
Creative Director
Oregon Lottery, K&N, Willamette Week Give!Guide, Forest Park Conservancy

Wieden + Kennedy, Portland (1999–2007)
Senior Art Director
Nike, Diet Coke, Old Spice, Amazon, Coca-Cola, Alta Vista,Eukanuba, Powerade, Miller Brewing

Cole & Weber, Seattle (1997–1999)
Group Creative Director
Seattle International Film Festival, Pyramid Brewing, Boeing, Bonneville Power, K2 skis

Hal Riney & Partners, San Francisco (1995–1997)
Senior Art Director
Saturn GM, Kinko’s, Clinique

Cole & Weber, Portland (1993–1995)
Art Director
Dr. Martens, The Oregonian, Oregon Lottery

Tim Hanrahan

Independent Creative (2007–present)
Creative Director/Writer
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Johnson Cowan Hanrahan, Portland (2004–2006)
Partner, Executive Creative Director
Created and produced strong brand voices for Blue Cross, Fiskars, Brooks, Gerber and PGE

Wieden + Kennedy, Portland (1993–2004)
Creative Director, AD
Nike, Nike Golf, PowerAde, ESPN, Amazon, Alta Vista, AOL, Microsoft, Miller Beer, Moviefone, Belvedere Vodka, Samuel Adams Beer, American Indian College Fund, PowerBar

Hill Holiday, Boston (1991–1993)
Art Director
Hyatt Hotels, Cross Pens, Gillette, Spalding, Top Flite