montara creative

brand strategy

Prior to launching creative, we carefully listen, assess a client's brand and market position to understand its current and potential power, then collaboratively develop the right voice, look and execution needed to deliver the desired result. In each case presented, customized messages, media and treatments were applied.

featured creative

For more than a decade, we've collaborated with Cox & Kings USA to continually improve its brand presence in the luxury travel market through multiple media designs and channels. The 2009-2010 Exquisite Cultural & Wildlife Adventures™ Collection Catalog is regarded as one of the industry's finest publications. Recent campaigns include a partnership with American Express Publishing. Advertisements and stories are featured in Travel+Leisure, Food & Wine, Executive Traveler and Departures Magazines. The Cox & Kings USA Travel Journeys blog and Maharajas' Express luxury train micro site broadens the reach of the Cox & Kings brand.

We collaborated with the Sonoma Index-Tribune team to launch premiere issue of SONOMA Magazine—designing the entire publication—from the identity/masthead, through the cover, master design, launch advertising campaign and website.

McGuire Real Estate, the premier luxury firm in San Francisco, engaged us to refresh their brand image. Initiatives include a refined logo, advertising campaigns, videos, presentations and state-of-the-art website. Recent work includes legacy videos celebrating his grandfather, Charles E. Moore, and the First Lady of San Francisco Real Estate, Florian McGuire Moore.