ST8MNT was founded nineteen years ago by two designers with the conviction that thoughtful, exceptional design, strategically conceived and boldly made – does more than set a brand apart or make it handsome.
It makes a brand more profitable.
Our growing team believes in the power of a structured creative process – careful discovery, boundry-pushing exploration, and the refinement of design to draw out the unique. Going on two decades, we remain a boutique Nashville brand agency creating the uncommon in every medium, giving authentic shape, voice and personality to brands ready to make their mark.
Brand Strategy
Identity Development
Packaging Design
Communications Collateral
Digital & Physical Marketing Campaigns
Messaging, Copywriting & Script Development
Photo & Video Art Direction
Environment Design
Merchandise Design & Manufacturing
Web Design & Development
E-commerce Site Development
UX, UI & App Design
Animation & Motion Design
Sound & Scent Consulting
We partner with a wide range of brand conscious clients – from small to large, local to global – in the Hospitality, Entertainment, Spirits, Master Planned / Multifamily / Mixed Use Communities, Technology, Professional Services and Consumer Products industries. We also enjoy playing well with client partners and vendors.
We’re able to do big, amazing things for our clients by being boutique and nimble. We focus on quality and the right technology, sprint quickly, and customize our approach. We meet the client where their need is- whether that be for a multi-faceted entity with many stakeholders, several points of contact and 3 partner vendors; or a small business looking for guidance in many areas. Engagements with clients range from project-basis, to short term contracts, to long term retainer involvements.
Work hard to make sure every project is in budget, on time and best solution
Keep pushing and never stop learning
Never make room for Safe, timid or cautious
Skip good and hunt for better
Turn away ego and be open to the ideas of others
Let go of fear and figure it out
Be your original self and buck the status quo
We partner with some great clients, make awesome work and sometimes win trophies and plaques to chuck into the claw machine for kicks. Fact is, the smiles on our clients' faces, along with the success stories they tell us, are the greatest reward of all.
From the first few meetings with the ST8MNT team I could feel and see their authenticity, imagination, and disciplined approach to brand development without the fear of blending traditional and gritty design elements. Their talent, enthusiasm, and commitment helped us create a memorable brand and translate its essence across digital, print and environmental elements.
MAYA STANIC
Director of Marketing, Bobby Hotel / Castlerock
ST8MNT has been an essential addition to our Marketing team. Their ability to take on a range of many projects at once, prioritize and not only meet, but exceed, our expectations on both design and deadlines is unparalleled. They have a heavy emphasis on brand cohesion and provide insightful advice to push our brand forward, while still respecting the history of where it’s been.
TIM LAMB
Director of Marketing, Rubicon Global
ST8MNT has been a tremendous partner and has played a key role in re-defining the voice of two iconic brands in our portfolio — Bread & Company and Egg & I.
CHRIS TOMASSO
President of First Watch Restaurants
Working with ST8MNT is my assurance of awesome creative collaboration. Fresh design + eye for detail = stellar work.
CARLA DAENINCKX
National Geographic Channel
We love working with ST8MNT on all our projects – in our industry it’s important we work with a team like ST8MNT that is creative, brainstorms new ideas with us and is able to keep up with the workload, deadlines and consistent changes. ST8MNT meets and exceeds the challenge every time!
AMY MOOREHOUSE
Marketing Director of Country Nation, Livenation
ST8MNT has been a key part of our strategy in developing high end, graphically driven online applications.
MARTY REED
President & CEO Randa Solutions Inc.
ST8MNT’s ability to glean information from a client and mold it into a business vision is outstanding.
CINDY WHITEHEAD
CEO of FASTTRAX Value Stream Mapping
Our new home has a history filled with money drops, man-traps and stolen cash, all with a repurposed 3000 sq ft vault with endless creative possibilities: < check out The Vault >. Because no way is a little something like the walking dead gonna derail a deadline.
One side former armored truck garage, the other mid-century office slick – our place in the smokin’ SoBro district is a short walk from spankin’ new Nashville high rise hotels and old juke joints where legends hit the stage every night.
Trusted partners that we've had the pleasure to call 'clients'
