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Advertising Services

Chicago, Illinois 4,306 followers

Founded as a record label 1999, we're an award-winning creative agency in Chicago. Coastal aesthetics, Midwest ethics.

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An Independent Creative Agency, est. 1999. Born as a record label, we build obsession-worthy brands via breakthrough creative vision that creates cultural hype & clout. Branding | Advertising | Integrated Marketing

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Advertising Services

Company size

11-50 employees

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Type

Privately Held

Founded

1999

Specialties

Design, Branding, Strategy, Photography, Social Content, Videography, Integrated Marketing, Copywriting, Advertising, Content Creation, Marketing, and Explainer Video

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In the late 90s graphic design felt new (!!), and small studios were showing up on the radar in places like The Empty Bottle, Fireside Bowl, and record stores - credited for designing album covers, posters and flyers. Most of our work was done in trade for records and free shows, beer, free ads, friendships or just for fun. It felt like a vibrant art made on the fly, wild and free. In order to see any of it, like the famous saying goes, you had to be there. None of it was on the internet. Show photography was tricky. Stages are dim, and setting the camera down in order for the shutter to open for 3-5s to get an exposure on film meant you got what you got. Most of the frames sucked. A few were in focus.
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Our original office in 1999, the art & design clubhouse of our dreams 🤗 It was cheap, riddled with fire code violations, bright gothic skylights and wtf rooms - like one with the building’s compressor in it that produced occasional deafening noises when you walked by it (in the dark), or a bathroom we shared with the men who lived across the hall and showered in its sink. We built a soundproof room so our band could practice without them noticing. Respect! We were happy to be alive. We smoked at our desks. We advertised for new clients in indie magazines by telling them we were “incredibly mature, clean and professional” then describing how disheveled and dirty our space was in words and pictures. 🤷♂️ We were 2 designers, a band, and a record label. $700 a month split four ways. We proudly built our desks from whatever was laying around the dumpster. The only thing guaranteeing our freedom was our frugality. Design. Film. Music. Cause what else is there?
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Co-owner of Someoddpilot, Co-founder of Public Works
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When you run a business you spend a lot of time living in the future. Here are a few thoughts on how I've refocused Someoddpilot to continue to thrive in the coming years. https://lnkd.in/g9Cri7N6
Meat our newest client, Kettle & Fire Grass-fed, free-range creative simmering for 2025
WELCOME TO SOMEODDPLANET. VIEWING REQUIRED BEFORE ENTERING OUR ATMOSPHERE.
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"DON'T HAUNT THE FESTIVAL" We had the honor of hosting a panel of Chicago music industry luminaries to talk about what happens when brands and live music intersect. Here’s Seamus Doheny of Auris Presents sharing what NOT to do. More advice at the link! https://lnkd.in/gYVz2By9Moderated by SOP's Johnny Carson, Justin Hoot

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Someoddpilot | LinkedIn (original) (raw)

Advertising Services

Chicago, Illinois 4,306 followers

Founded as a record label 1999, we're an award-winning creative agency in Chicago. Coastal aesthetics, Midwest ethics.

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