about

We have one mission in our work and it’s to tell your story. Because one, it’s important and two, we believe it’s the best way to make a lasting impression. Sure, anyone can throw around big-worded core competencies — vision, design, development, delivery, blah blah — but your company’s unique story (or your group’s or your own personal one, whoever’s it is), this biography, this is the best way to present a picture that is visceral, unforgettable and powerful.

We also believe that the result of our work together — an interface design for a website, a full color tri-fold brochure or a motion graphics presentation — it should make your work life easier, not harder. If anything we work on together makes your life more complicated and doesn’t grow your business, something’s gone awry.

We may not be the biggest kid on the block — we know we’re not the cheapest — but we believe in the power of working together and we partner with people we respect and products we believe in. We have consistent and dependable creative partners, ranging from designers, art directors, writers, public relations specialists, project managers, marketing experts and media buyers. And when you sign on with scw creative, it’s a relationship first and foremost.

At the end, every company, group or person has a unique story and we do not believe in one-size-fits-all. We believe in design solutions that are built from the ground up, and that are timely and affordable.

We would be tickled to help you to tell your story.

Skipper Chong Warson, principal

I have worked more than 10 years as an art director, designer and writer. And I love it. I love to take a pile of information and/or imagery and make sense out of it, whether that result is a new logo, a retail website, an event poster or all the above. I know my stuff, I’m easy to work with, I’ve got a thick skin and I won’t stop until it’s just right. And I always want more. Not necessarily money or stuff — though both of those things can be helpful — but I want to take on the toughest challenges and I want to learn more.

I enjoy snapping photos with my Canon 40D, going to see my favorite bands play live and reading a good book.

I got into design while pursuing an education as a theatre artist (playwright and sound designer, primarily) — by which I discovered that the creative and logical processes involved in effectively communicating through print and web media parallels the construction of a compelling story (stage or otherwise).

I’m currently training to run a full marathon in the next year, I ran the Austin half marathon in 2009. My dog Polly Jean helps me in that training endeavor by waiting at the front door every morning, hoping and praying that today’s going to be the kind of walk that just wears her out.

Libby Batten, lead developer

I hail from North Carolina and I am a helluva back and front end web developer.

I earned my BS in chemistry from UNC-Chapel Hill and my career has been as winding as a backyard garden path: I have worked in such industries as microbiology and immunology research, sound engineering in Austin and as a freelance writer/photographer for music and lifestyle magazines. In in spare time, I strive to recreate my mother’s garden — azaleas and daylilies anyone? — in the window and on the stoop of my Brooklyn, New York apartment (oh, the futility!).

Jennifer Klanika, sales representative

Bio pending.

Evan Streusand, sales representative

Bio pending.

Please have a look around and get in touch if you believe we’d work well together.

The photo at the top of the page is of Sarah and Ruthie. They are two mules that were rescued — Sarah’s in front, Ruthie’s in back — who now live happily with Anita and Larry in Fruitvale, Texas. Sarah has a brand that indicates she was once a wild donkey caught by the US government to be sold. The brand has been researched and if read properly, she came from Nevada. Ruthie used to live on a ranch with horses. In the summer of 2009, when the picture was taken, Sarah was four and and Ruthie was seven.