The Original Paint Nite
Freelance
Role
Designer,
Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign
Tools
Oct 2018 -
Mar 2019
Timeline
Yaymaker (formerly Paint Nite) is an event experience company where people across North America laugh, connect, and paint at local bars. The atmosphere is fun, upbeat, and creative.
The objective
Hosting more than 300,000 events in 1,400 cities, Paint Nite saw potential in these one-of-a-kind creative experiences. Expanding their offerings beyond painting events, it was time to rebrand.
The new brand identity should be welcoming, expressive and human. It should communicate five new experiences: Plant Nite, Innovation Lab, Design a Sign, Flower Workshop, & Candle Maker.
Paint Nite is now Yaymaker
Tank Design agency were given the challenge of rebranding Paint Nite, and Yaymaker was born. The completion of this nationwide rebrand was brought in-house.
Defining the brand
As a freelance designer I sketched, refined and delivered: 70+ illustrations, brand ID toolkit, sales sheets, event collateral, website homepage reskin, B2C email design, social assets and display ad campaigns.
Yaymaker brand overview
70+ Illustrations
Illustration is the main method of communication for the Yaymaker brand. They are simple and not-so-serious in nature, making it easy for venues and collaborators to create their own art and marketing materials for Yaymaker events.
Visual style
The illustration style consists of organically-drawn shapes, bristle brush textures and easy to understand subject matter. I created 70+ digital illustrations that appear hand-drawn to communicate craft and playfulness.
Yaymaker brand style guide
The 60 page brand style guide serves as a guide for licensed local artists to host events with consistent implementation and clear communication of the Yaymaker brand.
Yaymaker brand style guide
Printed materials
Yaymaker's sales sheets contain a header treatment with one visual (photography or illustration) and a bold headline. The photography style focuses on "in-the-moment" experiences and close-up product shots. Yaymaker's event collateral utilizes the entire color palette, with bright full-bleed backgrounds and large illustrations that connect to the content and overall message. I designed sales sheets, posters, postcards, notebooks, pins, coasters, water cups, aprons, paper plates and more.
Event coasters
A selection of durable one-sided coasters, designed and printed for Yaymaker's painting events.
Event cups
These paper cups are used to wash paint brushes at Yaymaker's events. The colorful two-sided design combines positive illustration and copy; using bold brush-stroke typeface, Rustico.
Event aprons
This was the original design for the Yaymaker apron, however, after cost consideration we chose an alternate product that didn't have a front pocket. We used the white Yaymaker logo and repositioned it higher on the apron.
Digital materials
Paint Nite became Yaymaker in February 2019. During this transition, I produced digital marketing materials for both brands. This includes multiple offsite display ad campaigns, Facebook sponsored ads, Instagram posts, B2C emails, banners ads, and redesigning the website homepage.
Website homepage
I collaborated with the Creative Director and the tools team to redesign Yaymaker's website homepage, focusing on the overall hierarchy of information:
1. Brand overview
2. Top 3 experiences
3. Local events
4. Social media content
