I am an award-winning creative leader and experiential expert with 15+ years in big picture thinking. I specialize in creating storylines and connective threads that build meaningful relationships between consumers and brands.

I lead with curiosity and wonder; I motivate with an invitation to play; I inspire with a boundless what-if approach to problem-solving.

My unique perspective is gained from an aggregate of experience in the vastly different worlds of cultural institutions, consumer brands and entertainment IPs. With this, I bring fresh, unconventional thinking to every new challenge enabling me to quickly get to the heart of the matter:

Why people should care about your project, brand, product…

I work across a wide range of creative disciplines, media and omnichannel DTC and B2B engagements including:

  • Multi-media experiences

  • Consumer experiences

  • Retail environments

  • Exhibitions

  • Digital interactives

  • Social media, mobile apps and web

  • 360 marketing campaigns

  • Digital content

  • Events, activations and live promotions

  • Brand strategy and identity

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My work with a diversity of clients has taken me on journeys around the globe, from museums in New York and Chicago, to exhibitions in Beijing, Johannesburg and Katmandu, to cultural centers in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, to retail environments, events and brand activations in Australia, Mexico, the Philippines, and throughout the US.

Clients Include:

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Awards

I am very fortunate to work with clients who provide opportunities to do great work. Over the years, my work has received over 70 awards. These include:

• The Clio Awards (10x)

• An Emmy Nomination

• SEGD's 20 Most Influential Exhibit Designs this Century

• SEGD Global Design Award

• THEA Award

• The American Architecture Award

• MUSE Award

• AIGA Justified Award

• VMSD Visual Competition

• The Addys

• IDSA’s IDEA Award

• Hermes Platinum Award

• Shop! Design Award

• Comm Arts Interactive

• Experience Design & Technology Award

• A•R•E Design Award

• Creativity (Magazine) International Award

• HOW (Magazine) Design Award

• Dibner Award

• Good Design Award

• Design 100 New York Design Award

• Core77 Design Award

• AAM Award

• AEAF Award

• ID Magazine Annual Design Review

• China’s Most Successful Design Award

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What’s next? Life on the move. Settling in a new place. Learning a new language. Discovering new tastes. Wearing new styles. And of course, exploring new roads..

More about Steven Shaw at LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveinfopdx