When you work with us,
you work with us.
We’ve worked in big agencies—where your project gets assigned to whoever’s free, and clients rarely see the people who pitched them. That’s not how we work.
We lead every project personally, creative directing every detail to our standards. When a solution calls for illustration, animation, or development, we source the right talent for the job—and guide it from start to finish. You never have to manage it. You just see the quality.
We’re not just assigned to your project.
We’re invested in it.
No handoffs, no layers, no creative roulette.
Small by design.
( Just like our dog. )
Co-Founder, Chief Creative
10+ years in branding and advertising. Former Creative Director that worked on global brands like Netflix and Huggies. Strategic storyteller and brand positioning expert.
Co-Founder, Chief Strategist
10+ years in product, creative operations and systems. Former Creative Ops & Product department head. Built, led, and scaled cross-functional teams at startup and enterprise orgs.
Pao Chamorro
Co-Founder, Chief of Security
1.5+ years on Earth. Holds the (unofficial) world record for fastest toy destruction. Ensures office security by remaining on high alert against all sounds, movements, and any deliveries.
WARNING:
Everything below here will not be useful to you.
Meli’s coming out story went “mini” viral on YouTube
I decided to throw my name in the hat (literally) at a Moth Storytelling event in New York City. I told my story of how I discovered my sexuality and had that “oh sh*t I’m gay moment.” I posted the video on YouTube and it went viral which then lead me to being invited to officiate a lesbian wedding in Berlin. Prost!
Meli is a three-time entrepreneur
In 2013 my three co-founders and I founded Lemon City Tea Co. We created a tea line that highlighted the Caribbean and Latin-American roots of the four founders. At its height, Lemon City teas were served at over 40 restaurants, hotels and bars in Miami.
In 2018 my co-founder and I created an interactive sexual wellness and discovery app with over 50k users around the world. Eforia is the first app to offer romance and erotica choose-you-own-adventure games delivered in a text format – allowing users to lose control while holding onto it.
Multiple of her small businesses have been in the news.
EXHIBIT A
In 2019 Meli served as a juror in a Grand Jury in New York.
EXHIBIT B
In 2022 she served as a juror at the Dubai Lynx Awards.
Meli has messed up nightmares that deserve to be horror films.
So she turned them into movie posters.
Meli’s favorite show growing up was Family Matters and she loved dressing up as Steve Urkele and making videos.
Shanna’s fingerprints never work.
Literally.
The fingerprint scanner at our old building refused to recognize her. When she tried to get fingerprinted at the French consulate, the machine broke on the spot.
…We’re not saying she’s hiding something.
But it’s suspicious.
Meli used to think there was an invisible shark that lived in her pool when she was little and she was terrified to swim in it alone.
When Shanna’s mother finally told her what inspired her name…
Meli has still not forgiven her parents for this outfit and has not worn a pink tin foil dress since.
Meli is fluent in English, Spanish,
and conversational in French.
She can also order still water in flawless German.
The super powers Meli wishes she could have in order of preference:
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I can’t imagine anything cooler than just literally POPPING over to Italy for some “quick Italian” food. Or getting your morning coffee and croissant in Paris before popping over to the Scottish hills to pet a Highland cow. You would however need to keep this power a secret for three reasons:
A) The government would probably test you in a lab or use you for nefarious purposes.
B) You would literally never have an excuse to bail on a family event ever again.
C) The whole term of “can you give me a ride” would take on a whole new meaning and I could see that getting overwhelming. -
This would be a DREAM. I mean, speaking EVERY language and dialect fluently like a local?? How cool would that be? I would probably try to either become a spy or like the highest paid translator in the world.
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I mean if I could eat a Shake Shack burger and my body thinks I ate a grilled chicken and some kale? Who wouldn’t want this power?
Meli has never been able to touch her toes.
Meli before advertising:
I graduated college at the height of the 2007 recession. I moved to New York thinking that my new portfolio and killer vest and pant suit combo was going to make NYC my b*tch. Instead, I got chewed up and spit right back out to my parents’ house in Miami 6 months later.
I freelanced for several months before landing my first real adult job at a small public involvement firm for the Department of Transportation. Even though the job was far from glamorous, I learned a lot and still helped win a pitch for a $500 million construction project (and my logo was on a billboard on the side of the highway… holla!) Every job teaches you something, even if it’s that orange construction vests aren’t a good look for you.
Meli is a tall 5’3”
