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Portfolio of Maggie Schmidt

Creative Director & Art Director — Milwaukee

Selected projects

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01 Awen · B2B · B2C
Awen — brand feature image

Built to inspire creative experiences — and the events to prove it

40+

Events produced

A creative studio I co-founded — its name an old word for divine inspiration, its purpose to inspire creative experiences. We work where the creator economy, technology, and governance meet: brand, web, and 40+ live events.

BrandWebEventSocialVideoStrategy
02 Mie · B2C
Mie in Freakshow — a cinematic still from the music video

Building a cinematic artist brand that earned its own press

20+

Press / media placements

A music project I built from the ground up — the name, the brand, the website, the photography and video, and the way each release found its way to people. It grew into real press and a film-festival selection.

BrandWebVideoSocialStrategy
03 Wisconsin Blockchain Business Council · B2B · B2C
Wisconsin Digital Policy Forum — the Milwaukee County Historical Society grand hall, set and staged before doors, with the branded ‘ART · MKE’ marquee and chandelier

Building a statewide technology advocacy movement

700+

Largest event experience, produced through Awen

Brand, web, events, and advocacy across Wisconsin's blockchain landscape — as President of the Wisconsin Blockchain Business Council, and as Stand With Crypto Wisconsin's contracted operations lead through my studio Awen. Two distinct organizations, one mission.

BrandWebPrintEventSocialStrategy
04 Sync.Land · B2B · B2C
Sync.Land — ‘Now Live. Hit Play.’ launch announcement in a retro-synth style

Positioning a music-licensing product for the people who actually need it

Live

Launched product — a Product by Awen

Product positioning, messaging, and launch creative for Sync.Land, an Awen product that lets game developers and filmmakers license independent music directly. A retro-synth brand and a campaign that teaches as it sells.

BrandWebProductSocialStrategy

The full range

A body of work, by discipline.

The throughline

I build brands for ideas that are still becoming.
Brands & partners
IntersectCoinbaseCardanoStand With CryptoClay NationDeWitt LawRare EvoBadger BlockchainWashington Park Media CenterWisconsin Blockchain Business CouncilAwenMieSync.LandWomen’s Soccer ClubIntersectCoinbaseCardanoStand With CryptoClay NationDeWitt LawRare EvoBadger BlockchainWashington Park Media CenterWisconsin Blockchain Business CouncilAwenMieSync.LandWomen’s Soccer Club

Range

One creative director, every channel.

Brand, web, print, experiential, social, video, and strategy — across both B2C and B2B. The work, mapped to the channels it lives in.