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Chris Cyran
Creative Direction & Design

Chris Cyran
Creative Direction & Design

↓ INFO & WORK

↓ Info & Work

Black & Polish designer. Freelance. Based in NY. Currently at Spotify.
Site refresh with case studies + new work coming in '24.

RECENT:

D&AD '23 - Judge, Branding
D&AD '22 -
Yellow Pencil, Branding
Mailchimp - Bloom Season  /  It'sNiceThat
Nike
- Lifestyle Photoshoot ↓


*Site Refresh EOY*
Email: cscyran@gmail.com

Black & Polish designer. Freelance. Based in NY. Currently at Spotify.

RECENT:

D&AD '23 - Judge, Branding
D&AD '22 -
Yellow Pencil, Branding
Mailchimp - Bloom Season  /  It'sNiceThat
Nike
- Lifestyle Photoshoot ↓


*Site Refresh EOY*
Email: cscyran@gmail.com

Black & Polish designer.
Freelance. Based in NY.

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D&AD
Cannes Lions
The One Show
Communication Arts
Art Directors Club

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SELECT WORKS 

SELECT WORKS

SELECT WORKS

Spotify Wrapped '23
Freelanced in-house at Spotify with an amazing crew :). Part of the Design team with Melissa Miyamoto-Mills, Erin Safreno, and William Oswin. Art & Design Direction by Bruno Borges & Mariola Bruszewska. + ItsNiceThat: “No grid, no rules”: How the Spotify design team,,,

Spotify Wrapped '23
Freelanced in-house at Spotify with an amazing crew :). Part of the Design team with Melissa Miyamoto-Mills, Erin Safreno, and William Oswin. Art & Design Direction by Bruno Borges & Mariola Bruszewska. + ItsNiceThat: “No grid, no rules”: How the Spotify design team,,,

+ More work & process to come in site refresh.

Spotify Wrapped '23
Freelanced in-house at Spotify with an amazing crew :). Part of the Design team with Melissa Miyamoto-Mills, Erin Safreno, and William Oswin. Art & Design Direction by Bruno Borges & Mariola Bruszewska. + ItsNiceThat: “No grid, no rules”: How the Spotify design team,,,

+ More work & process to come in site refresh.

Mailchimp — Bloom Season 2
Role: Creative Director / Design Director
Agency: Kin
Web Development: Schoooool
Films: Exell Films, Maddy Talias
Illustrators: Paulina Almira, Simone Norhonha, Amika Cooper
Photography: Sam Wallander, Emma Hailey Stanton, J Stephens
Full credits on Community Page

Introducing Season 2. Our latest edition is made for and by LGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs with insights on how to build innovative, community-first businesses.

Mailchimp — Bloom Season 2
Role: Creative Director / Design Director
Agency: Kin
Web Development: Schoooool
Films: Exell Films, Maddy Talias
Illustrators: Paulina Almira, Simone Norhonha, Amika Cooper
Photography: Sam Wallander, Emma Hailey Stanton, J Stephens
Full credits on Community Page

Introducing Season 2. Our latest edition is made for and by LGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs with insights on how to build innovative, community-first businesses.

Mailchimp — Bloom Season 2
Role: Creative Director / Design Director
Agency: Kin
Web Development: Schoooool
Films: Exell Films, Maddy Talias
Illustrators: Paulina Almira, Simone Norhonha, Amika Cooper
Photography: Sam Wallander, Emma Hailey Stanton, J Stephens
Full credits on Community Page

Introducing Season 2. Our latest edition is made for and by LGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs with insights on how to build innovative, community-first businesses.

Mailchimp — Bloom Season 2
Role: Creative Director / Design Director
Agency: Kin
Web Development: Schoooool
Films: Exell Films, Maddy Talias
Illustrators: Paulina Almira, Simone Norhonha, Amika Cooper
Photography: Sam Wallander, Emma Hailey Stanton, J Stephens
Full credits on Community Page

Introducing Season 2. Our latest edition is made for and by LGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs with insights on how to build innovative, community-first businesses.

Spotify Wrapped '22
Led the design development of Spotify Wrapped 2022: Artists & Podcasters. In-House. Working with Sean Hobman and team at Active Theory. Design Direction by Bruno Borges & Rasmus Wangelin.  See full credits in my LinkedIn post+ ItsNiceThat: How Spotify's Wrapped Campaign for 2022 came togeher

D&AD - Yellow Pencil / Branding / Digital / 2022
Case Study

D&AD - Yellow Pencil
Branding / Digital / 2022
Case Study

Mailchimp — Bloom Season
Role: Creative Director / Design Director
Agency: Kin
Web Development: Schoooool
Photo & Films: ReviveTheCool
Illustrators: Richard A.Chance, Justine A. Ross, AntBlueJr
Photography: Samuel Trotter, Naima Green, Makeda Sanford, Braylen Dion
Full credits on Community Page

Bloom Season: A community centered digital resource that provides guidance on starting, running and growing a business.
Content is centered on the unique challenges of Black entrepreneurs. It provides perspective on striking the balance between
professional and personal life, discussing important topics including wellness, mental health and emotional aspects of business ownership.

Mailchimp — Bloom Season
Role: Creative Director / Design Director
Agency: Kin
Web Development: Schoooool
Photo & Films: ReviveTheCool
Illustrators: Richard A.Chance, Justine A. Ross, AntBlueJr
Photography: Samuel Trotter, Naima Green, Makeda Sanford, Braylen Dion
Full credits on Community Page

Bloom Season: A community centered digital resource that provides guidance on starting, running and growing a business.
Content is centered on the unique challenges of Black entrepreneurs. It provides perspective on striking the balance between
professional and personal life, discussing important topics including wellness, mental health and emotional aspects of business ownership.

Mailchimp — Bloom Season
Role: Creative Director / Design Director
Agency: Kin
Web Development: Schoooool
Full credits on Community Page

Bloom Season: A community centered digital resource that provides guidance on starting, running and growing a business. Content is centered on the unique challenges of Black entrepreneurs. It provides perspective on striking the balance between professional and personal life, discussing important topics including wellness, mental health and emotional aspects of business ownership.

Mailchimp — Bloom Season
Role: Creative Director / Design Director
Agency: Kin
Web Development: Schoooool
Photo & Films: ReviveTheCool
Illustrators: Richard A.Chance, Justine A. Ross, AntBlueJr
Photography: Samuel Trotter, Naima Green, Makeda Sanford, Braylen Dion – Full credits on Community Page

Bloom Season: A community centered digital resource that provides guidance on starting, running and growing a business. Content is centered on the unique challenges of Black entrepreneurs.
It provides perspective on striking the balance between professional and personal life, discussing important topics including wellness, mental health and emotional aspects of business ownership.

Mailchimp — Bloom Season
Role: Creative Director / Design Director
Agency: Kin
Web Development: Schoooool
Photo & Films: ReviveTheCool
Illustrators: Richard A.Chance,
Justine A. Ross, AntBlueJr
Photography: Samuel Trotter, Naima Green, Makeda Sanford, Braylen Dion
Full credits on Community Page

Bloom Season: A community centered digital resource that provides guidance on starting, running and growing a business. Content is centered on the unique challenges of Black entrepreneurs. It provides perspective on striking the balance between professional and personal life, discussing important topics including wellness, mental health and emotional aspects of business ownership.

Nike
Role: Art Direction for a line of Nike member products.
Producer: Karl Lunan, Photographer: Emman Montalvan.
Full crew & creds on last page.

Nike
Role: Art Direction for a line of Nike member products.
Producer: Karl Lunan, Photographer: Emman Montalvan
Full crew & creds on last page.

Nike
Role: Art Direction for a line of Nike member products. Producer: Karl Lunan, Photographer: Emman Montalvan
Full crew & creds on last page.

Nike
Role: Art Direction for a line of Nike member products. Producer: Karl Lunan, Photographer: Emman Montalvan
Full crew & creds on last page.

Google Workspace - How it's done (TVC)
Role: Designed UI Graphics. Made with Google Creative Lab Team.
Editors: Kellan Davidson and Eric Harnden.

Google Workspace - How it's done (TVC)
Role: Designed UI Graphics. Made with Google Creative Lab Team. Editors: Kellan Davidson and Eric Harnden.

Google Workspace — How it's done
Print Spreads. Ran in NYT, WSJ, Economist...
Made with Alexis Gallo, Cindy T. Mai, Josh Rosen, Tristan Smith, Yinka Fasehun.

Google Workspace — How it's done
Print Spreads. Ran in NYT, WSJ, Economist...
Made with Alexis Gallo, Cindy T. Mai, Josh Rosen, Tristan Smith, Yinka Fasehun.

Google Workspace — How it's done
Print Spreads. Ran in NYT, WSJ, Economist...
Made with Alexis Gallo, Cindy T. Mai, Josh Rosen, Tristan Smith, Yinka Fasehun.

Google Workspace — How it's done
Print Spreads. Ran in NYT, WSJ, Economist... Made with Alexis Gallo, Cindy T. Mai, Josh Rosen, Tristan Smith, Yinka Fasehun.

Google Workspace — How it's done
Print Spreads. Ran in NYT, WSJ, Economist... Made with Alexis Gallo, Cindy T. Mai, Josh Rosen, Tristan Smith, Yinka Fasehun.

Isolation-Inspiration-JustinBettman

Isolation Inspiration
Book design for a photo project by Justin Bettman.
See Full Project

Isolation Inspiration
Book design for a photo project by Justin Bettman.
See Full Project

Isolation Inspiration
Book design for a photo project by Justin Bettman.
See Full Project

Isolation Inspiration
Book design for a photo project by Justin Bettman.
See Full Project

Isolation Inspiration
Book design for a photo project
by Justin Bettman. See Full Project

Isolation Inspiration
Select Spreads.

Isolation Inspiration
Select Spreads.

Isolation Inspiration
Select Spreads.

Isolation Inspiration
Select Spreads.

Isolation Inspiration
Select Spreads.

Juneteenth-Chris-Cyran

6 /19

6.19.20

ChrisCyran-Records-Rebrand

SOFA SPECTRUM — 11 
Remote Art Direction. Photography by Justin Bettman. Props: ACME Brooklyn

MagnifyingGlass-JustinBettman-ChrisCyran

Still Life – Magnifying Glass (1/2)
*Remote* Art Direction. Photography by Justin Bettman.

Still Life – Magnifying Glass (1/2)
*Remote* Art Direction. Photography by Justin Bettman.

Perfume-JustinBettman-ChrisCyran

#36DaysOfType_07
Full set on IG.

CD_PostBills

PostBills: Free Outdoor Mockups
Creative Direction. Download →

A.CHAL - Pink Dust
Title design and poster treatment.

A.CHAL - Pink Dust
Title design and poster treatment.

Jacques-Morel-1

Portrait: Jacques Morel
Creative Direction. Photograph by David Hartz

ChrisCyran_GoogleDoodle

Google Doodle – Election Day
Logo — Google →

CD_Absolut

Absolut Vodka
Creative Direction. Photograph by David Hartz.

Hack to School
Design — Google Creative Lab

Hack to School
Design — Google Creative Lab

Tania's Story: Morse code meets machine learning
Endcard + Title Exploratory — Google →

ChrisCyran

©© / Chris Cyran
Personal

CD_NA_Cover

Website: Nastasi Architects
nastasiarchitects.com →

ChrisCyran_TextingEtiquette

Text Etiquette
Illustration — Personal

Galaxy S8: Unbox Your Phone
TVC Credits →

ChrisCyran_BallBabies

Ball Babies
Poster, Mixed Media

Galaxy S8: Launch Activation
DOOH Credits →

ChrisCyran_HeartFullOfGoals

Heart Full of Goals
Poster, Personal

GalaxyView

Samsung Galaxy View
Agency: R/GA NY – Photography by Bart Cooke

Samsung Galaxy View
Agency: R/GA NY
Photography by Bart Cooke

ChrisCyran_DelayStreet

Delay Street
NYC

Level U
Product Branding — Samsung, Agency: R/GA NY