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Wall-to-Wall Studios designed and developed the website for dbMotion, a firm that has created an innovative connected healthcare solution that integrates patient information from disparate health information technologies—delivering it in a useable format to clinicians within familiar workflows. Originally developed by (and spun off from) the business intelligence solutions unit of Ness Technologies (NASDAQ:NSTC), the dbMotion interoperability platform semantically harmonizes and compresses volumes of health data across an enterprise and throughout a community without requiring that existing systems be replaced.The website is powered by the W|W CMS, a custom content management system and includes the News and Form Builder CMS modules.  dbMotion will be introducing the EHR Agent at HIMSS12 in Las Vegas.  Visit the dbMotion website.

Wall-to-Wall Studios designed a signage program for the Ohio River Basin that includes a system for any mainstem river, tributary, creek, lake or watershed located within the basin. The signage project was commissioned by The River Alert Information Network (RAIN), working in collaboration with State Senator Jim Ferlo, the Riverside Center for Innovation, the Port of Pittsburgh and The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission as a regional visual signage system of river awareness. The initial set of signs were installed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) at the Allegheny River Bridge in Oakmont, PA. For more information about the signage system, please contact Adrienne Buka.

Red Crown Productions, a New York-based development and production company founded by Daniel Crown and Daniela Taplin Lundberg that produces independent and studio-partnered high-end films, debuted Goats at the Sundance Film Festival.  Red Crown also launched the company's website, www.redcrownproductions.com, in concert with the film premiere at Sundance. The website was designed and developed by Wall-to-Wall Studios and includes the integrated branding firm's custom content management system (CMS).

Goats is directed by Christopher Neil, written by Mark Jude Poirier and stars David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga, Graham Phillips, Justin Kirk and Ty BurrellIn. The film's storyline has fourteen-year-old Ellis leaving his unconventional, luxurious desert home to attend the rigorous Gates Academy, where he reconnects with his estranged father.  Read more about Goats in the Sundance Film Guide or the Red Crown website.

Wall-to-Wall Studios continued its creative collaboration with Tree Pittsburgh via the design of Tell Us Your Tree Story, a community engagement component of the Urban Forest Master Plan being developed by the organization and its partners. The urban forest master plan is a road map, providing detailed information, recommendations, and resources needed to effectively and proactively manage and grow Pittsburgh's urban forest. More importantly it describes a shared vision for the future of the urban forest to inspire and engage residents, business owners, elected officials and organizations in the care and protection of trees. Public input and involvement is really important: please share your tree story here.

Visit the Arbor Aid fundraiser design by W|W

Wall-to-Wall Studios designed the new branding (logo / identity, tagline, stationery system & identity guidelines) for Duane Morris Government Strategies LLC, a consulting firm created from the former entities of Duane Morris Government Affairs (DMGA) and GSP Consulting.  Duane Morris Goverment Strategies is operating as an ancillary business of international law firm Duane Morris LLP, and offers a full range of government relations and public affairs services, including lobbying; grant writing; development finance consulting; media relations management; grassroots campaigning; and community outreach. Read the Pittsburgh Business Times article about the merger, the Pittsburgh Business Times article focused on the merger climate, or the PR Newswire article about the merger.

Wall-to-Wall Studios would like to wish everyone a very Happy Holiday.... and to share some holiday fashion tips to help ensure happiness throughout the season.  Thanks for a great 2011.

View the Wall-to-Wall Studios 2011 Holiday Card.

Wall-to-Wall Studios designed and developed the Chinatown Honolulu Culture & Arts District Exhibition, a multi-dimensional exhibit that orients & educates visitors about Chinatown’s history, culture & people. The four physical interactive exhibits are located in Chinatown at: ARTS at Marks Garage, Hawaii Theatre Center, Louis Pohl Gallery and Hawaii Heritage Center.  In lieu of a traditional visitor center, this project leverages Chinatown’s assets such that people can experience the neighborhood in different venues and learn about its history in multiple formats including exhibits, website, plaques and brochures.

Visit the Chinatown Honolulu Culture & Arts District website.

Visit the Chinatown Honolulu Culture & Arts District case study.
 

The Foundations of Hawai‘i Pacific Health is the parent organization that supports the four foundations of Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children, Pali Momi Medical Center, Straub Clinic & Hospital and Wilcox Memorial Hospital that help fund Hawaii's largest health care provider with a nonprofit mission is to provide the highest quality, most accessible medical care to the people of Hawai‘i and the Pacific Region. Wall-to-Wall Studios designed the Foundation's annual report, donor solicitation and fundraising collateral.

View The Foundations of Hawai‘i Pacific Health annual report case study.

For the third year in a row, Wall-to-Wall Studios provided graphic design and creative services for Ballet Hawaii's performance of The Nutcracker. Ballet Hawaii is thrilled to announce that Chi Cao, Birmingham Royal Ballet principal dancer and star of the Bruce Beresford film Mao's Last Dancer, will join a distinguished cast and more than 160 dancers in Ballet Hawaii's 2011 production of Nutcracker this holiday season at Honolulu's Blaisdell Concert Hall. In addition to designing the promotional poster, Wall-to-Wall Studios created a motion graphic/ broadcast animation used to advertise the event.

Wall-to-Wall Studios is seeking a Motion Graphics Designer/Animator. This is a full-time position in our Pittsburgh, PA location.

Job Description for Full-Time Candidate: 


The Motion Graphics Designer/Animator will be tasked with strategic direction and design development and technical execution. Assignments will include a wide variety of video and online marketing projects (TV commercials, corporate presentations, short films, web animations, etc.) for a broad range of clientele. He or she will work closely with creative directors and other team members to deliver quality results under high pressure deadlines. He or she displays an exceptional sense of visual design, passion for typography and a clear interest in motion graphics and related technology. View some past Wall-to-Wall Studios motion graphics/animation/video projects on our YouTube channel.

Responsibilities:

-Designing concept mood boards, storyboards, animation sketches, an sample animatics, including music and voiceover


-Designing and producing final motion graphics involving typography, photography, live video and/or 3D animation


-Producing projects ranging from end tags, bumpers, 30-sec commercials to longer format corporate productions


-Working closely with creative team, project managers, third-party collaborators and clients to deliver completed projects

Requirements:

-A minimum of 3 years related education or 3 years motion design work experience

-Serious attention to detail with a strong working knowledge of motion/design-related applications
-Ability to articulate creative ideas in verbal and written communication
-Focused creative thinking while multi-tasking on several assignments and overlapping deadlines
-Collaborate closely, yet remotely, with our creative team across the pond in Honolulu, HI

Technical Skills:

-Advance knowledge of After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Cinema 4D preferred

-Moderate knowledge of Final Cut Pro, Mac OS, and Quicktime

-Advanced knowledge of 2D and 3D animation

-Moderate knowledge of VFX (motion tracking and creating track mattes)

-Must be self-motivated, able to multi-task and work well with others and as part of a team

Perks include:

-Great learning environment

-Benefits including retirement plan, medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance

-Rootbeer on Tap
 

About Us:
Wall-to-Wall Studios is an award-winning multidisciplinary creative and branding agency. Founded in 1992, we are a full-service strategic firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a second office in Honolulu, Hawaii. Our work spans many industries, and our clients are just as diverse - big, small and in between; local, regional and national. We have experience representing the full emotional and aesthetic spectrum.

To apply, please view our Resumator job posting here.

Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.

Wall-to-Wall Studios created an advertising campaign for 'Iolani School, a culturally diverse, coeducational college preparatory K-12 school for 1,800 students founded upon Christian values.  The advertising campaign continues the design & creative collaboration that began with the development of 'Iolani School's brand platform and communication plan.  W|W subsequently designed the new logo, brand guidelines, merchandise, recruitment collateral, environmental elements & website.

View the 'Iolani School case study.

Wall-to-Wall Studios designed and produced multiple videos for SC11, the preeminent conference dedicated to supercomputing. SC11 was hosted by the great city of Seattle, WA in November 2011, and continues a long and successful tradition of engaging the international community in high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis, and for 2011 placed an emphasis on bringing together communities to facilitate information exchange, discussions and new collaborations for research and education related to innovating high performance computing applications and advancing scientific discovery and scholarship. The opening video produced by Wall-to-Wall Studios, There's Something in the Air, provided an overview of conference's key components. The other videos produced by W|W included a :30 edit of There's Something in the Air that was used for promotional purposes, and an Exit Video used to help attendees navigate the conference after the keynote address by Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder of NVIDIA. In addition to providing concept and design, Wall-to-Wall Studios also handled all editing, animation, motion graphics, titles and some filming.

View the full length video for There's Something in the Air

View the SC11 Invitation Video.

For the eleventh consecutive year, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center commissioned W|W to design its Annual Report, Projects in Scientific Computing. The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center is a joint effort of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh together with Westinghouse Electric Company advancing the state-of-the-art in high-performance computing, communications and informatics and offers a flexible environment for solving the largest and most challenging problems in computational science. The Annual Report makes its debut at the SC11 Conference in Seattle, WA, which also features several videos by Wall-to-Wall Studios.

View the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center case study.

Wall-to-Wall Studios designed and developed an integrated marketing campaign for Baldwin-Wallace College, located near Cleveland, OH. Founded in 1845, Baldwin-Wallace is a comprehensive college that combines the strengths of its liberal arts heritage with opportunities for career preparation & pre-professional training. W|W executed the discovery, planning & strategy for the institutional website, www.bw.edu, and the website design & implementation oversight for Admission: http://bw.edu/admission/ W|W also developed a brand platform for the college and designed the primary print recruitment materials, including Admissions viewbook.

View the Baldwin-Wallace Admission website

View the integrated marketing campaign case study for Baldwin-Wallace

Wall-to-Wall Studios designed the event branding and integrated marketing campaign for Arbor Aid 2011, Tree Pittsburgh's key fundraising event that features incredible art created from salvaged wood. Tree Pittsburgh is an environmental non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the City's vitality by restoring and protecting City trees.

View the Arbor Aid integrated marketing campaign.

Wall-to-Wall Studios designed the exhibit branding and promotional campaign for M is for Museum, a new interactive exhibit for children & families at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The self curated/designed exhibit is an exciting journey into the behind-the-scenes world of amazing museum objects and the scientists who collect, care for, and study them. Designed for kids 5 to 13 years old—but enjoyable for visitors of all ages—M is for Museum features multimedia and hands-on activities that help curious young audiences discover how museums protect, explore, and explain the cultures of the world and nature in all its wonder. The exhibit branding embraces the new identity system designed by Wall-to-Wall Studios for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (and the Carnegie Museum of Art).

View the M is for Museum branding case study.

View the Carnegie Museums of Natural History and of Art branding case study.