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Celebrating 4 Luxurious Years

I have been very fortunate. My dream has been realized with the help of some extraordinarily talented friends, colleagues, and clients. Today marks a milestone of four incredible years of being in business. First I must thank my longtime friend Robert Bengraff for believing we together had what it took to start a company back in 2008. The entire time we have been churning away at making our creative digital agency, I know he has my back and he knows I have his. We laugh in the good times and laugh in the bad times. That is a true partnership.

On the first day of being open for business, we were luck to have found a rare talent in Senior Developer, Justin Schrader. His combination of creativity, 3D prowess, and mad coding skills gave Luxurious Animals a much needed boosted. Along the way we gathered more stars. One such shining star is our Senior Art Director Cathy Davenport. Her tireless dedication at elevating our design and animation has done wonders to strengthen our company. So, much so that it was important to recognize her achievements with a VP status. Our Project Manager extraordinaire, Ali Baranker, came to us as a newbie to production world and has blossomed into an highly organized producing machine. That brings us to our Art Director, Esteban Montes. I love his can-do design spirit and skills on bringing video to life. Just a couple weeks ago, Bill Mata joined the design team. His interface and animation chops are very dreamy. A few people to thank as guest stars are Dan Federman and Rob Walch. Gentleman, it is a pleasure to have you both continue to work as honorary Animals. Dan really brings together a blend of his love of creativity, technology, and the written word. Rob sews back-end technology with grace and efficiency.

Also in the past four years, there are so many great brands that have kept us thriving. Adobe, Armani Exchange, Axe, Bombardier, Crown Imports, Esquire, New Balance, HBO, Kraft, Liftluxe, Porsche, Puma, P&G, and Westin have been among them. Creating online experience, mobile apps, banner campaigns, interactive games and installation and to top it off, tv commercials has been exhilarating.

I also, wish to thank all the agencies that have depended on us to go above and beyond. So, BBH, Campfire, C-K, Digitas, id29, The Martin Agency, Ogilvy, Taxi, and Razorfish here is a huge thanks to you as well.

So, today I raise my favorite glass of Captain Morgan's, and say from the bottom of my heart, "Thanks for coming along for the ride. Thanks for making my dreams come true. Let's continue to make magic together."

--Garrett

Posted
Jul 1st 2012 at 11:57am

Author

Garrett Nantz
CCO, Founder
@garrettnantz

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