Duffy & Partners Announces Expanded Leadership Team and Chicago Office
05 August 2015 - 3:37AM
Business Wire
High-tech digital innovators join team to
deliver new design experience
Today, Duffy & Partners, the internationally renowned
branding and design firm, announced the evolution of the company,
including a new Chicago presence and an expanded digital leadership
team that will deliver a visionary new offering to clients seeking
to future-proof their brand. The new offering – Design Experience –
is defined as the unique delivery of classic design principles,
user experience design and heavy-lifting technology implementation.
With the broader capabilities comes a new, streamlined name: Duffy
& Partners is now simply Duffy.
“It’s a new day on our same path at Duffy,” said Joe Duffy,
Chairman and Chief Creative Officer. “Since our launch 30+ years
ago, Duffy-designed brands have won over millions of people. Today,
we’re again reaffirming our claim on the future. The experience and
abilities of our new team are impeccable. With design as our
foundation, we are now poised to deliver all aspects of our
clients’ needs into the future.”
As part of bolstering the Design Experience offering, Martin
Davis takes the reins as CEO. Davis is the founder and former
president of Ratchet, a technology agency, who has spearheaded
numerous digital efforts with Duffy over the past 10 years. Two
additional digital mavens and technologists have joined the
leadership team: John Geletka, EVP of Digital Strategy, and George
Hilal, EVP of Technology.
“It’s so great to be a part of the Duffy team,” said Davis. “We
are thrilled to crank up our digital engine and deliver on the
design promise of integrating the experience across all
touchpoints.”
In addition to more than 30 years’ experience of setting the
gold standard across all aspects of identity, brand architecture,
naming, packaging and design, Duffy now offers enterprise-level
solutions, including:
- Digital Marketing, Digital Strategy and
UX Design
- Native Mobile Development
- Web and Cross Platform Mobile
Development
- Website Design and Development
- Intranets, Extranets and Social
Engines
- Loyalty and CRM
“I’m excited to welcome the new members of our leadership team
and grow our business,” said Joseph Duffy IV, EVP of Design. “With
our new digital push, we’re going to pair world class designers and
developers to help our clients win with today’s consumers.”
The Duffy name has been synonymous with world-renowned design
for more than 30 years, and the simplified agency name allows for
effortless brand extensions into specialties such as Duffy
Identity, Duffy Diesel Production, focused on flawless
implementation and maintenance, and Duffy Ignite, an incubator for
promising mobile startups in the Minneapolis and Chicago markets.
Duffy Ignite will provide startups with the full suite of Duffy
services in exchange for an equity stake in selected companies.
About DuffyDuffy is a global
design experience firm with offices in Minneapolis and Chicago.
Founded in 1984, the firm has designed the world's most iconic
brands, with a track record for stretching the boundaries of
ingenuity in design. Branding work includes Aveda, Coca-Cola, Sony,
Jack in the Box, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Bacardi, Hallmark,
Fisher-Price and Education Above All. Learn more at duffy.com.
Martin Davis biography hereGeorge Hilal biography hereJohn
Geletka biography hereJoe Duffy biography hereJoseph
Duffy biography hereBridget Duffy biography here
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