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Current Work
︎︎︎schachterle.studio
Bio
Status
Available October 2026I’m a creative director and designer with 18 years of experience across agency and in-house leadership. The tools have changed. (They always do.) The hard part hasn’t. Knowing what a business needs. Building dynamic creative experiences that generate measurable results. Leading teams through ambiguous, high-stakes work. That experience takes years to develop, and no tool replaces it. I use AI to generate meaningful results quickly. Faster exploration. Sharper iteration. More rigorous, systematic delivery. I’ve integrated it across the full arc of my practice—from discovery to delivery. The result: the depth of a seasoned creative director, operating at a pace and scale that wasn’t possible before.
Highlights
An award-winning designer and creative director with 18 years of agency and in-house experience
Creative leadership that extends across multiple industries—from startups to Fortune 500 clients
A portfolio that illustrates a range of capabilities, including brand design, art direction, motion design, interaction design, and campaign development
Creative leadership that extends across multiple industries—from startups to Fortune 500 clients
A portfolio that illustrates a range of capabilities, including brand design, art direction, motion design, interaction design, and campaign development
Work with AI tools across the full arc of the creative engagement—from discovery to delivery
Recruitment, management, and culture-building that extends across multiple creative teams
Ongoing advisory relationships with a diverse group of brand and design leaders and innovators
Recruitment, management, and culture-building that extends across multiple creative teams
Ongoing advisory relationships with a diverse group of brand and design leaders and innovators
Experience
Creative Director, Studio Schachterle
March 2024 to PresentCreative Director, Dashlane
December 2022 to February 2024Director of Brand Design, Dashlane
December 2021 to November 2022Co-Founder + Creative Director, Grammar
July 2017 to November 2021Co-Founder + Principal, Form&
April 2015 to June 2017Faculty—Design, School of Visual Arts
September 2016 to May 2017Designer + Consultant
November 2012 to August 2015Design Lead, Siberia
September 2013 to May 2014Senior Designer, SYPartners
May 2011 to October 2012Art Director, Code and Theory
September 2010 to April 2011Creative Director, BeDo
October 2008 to June 2010Past Clients
Act + Acre
Aries Collective
Aspen Institute
Biolite
Blend
Citigroup
Coca-Cola
Concentric
eBay
Evoke
FindCenter
FOX Sports
IBM Cloud
IBM Developer
IBM SlamTracker
Investable
Keurig
Medley
MetLife 360Health
Microsoft
Modern Bubbie
Mozilla
Novocardia
Path
Pathstone
Peach Goods
Port.Club
Prose
ServiceMaster
TechCrunch
Teva
Trialspark
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What Matters
Credits
I owe a debt of gratitude to the many project managers, strategists, writers, and designers I've partnered with to make great work a reality. Great work happens when like-minded people come together, openly collaborate, elevate exceptional thinking, and make ideas tangible.
Form&
Carolyn Centeno, Director of DevelopmentCody Guilfoyle, Photography
Estelle Kim, Design
Jill Lin, Design
Jim Schachterle, Principal
Josephine Tansara, Design
Manuel Dilone, Principal
Megan O’Malley, Executive Producer
Rebecca Lim, Design
Ross Gendels, Design
Steve Winchell, Design
Yumi Nakamura, Design
Grammar
Anjali Grover, Managing PrincipalAnnie Ko, Design
Elise Assenza, Design
Jim Schachterle, Managing Principal
Melia Tandiono, Design
Tory Williams, Photography
Dashlane
Amber Hunter Senior CopywriterBaylee Pawsey, Senior Copywriter
Jessica Abbey, Copywriting Manager
Jim Schachterle, Creative Director
Julie Safferstein, Art Director
Mike Domina, Senior Designer
Nicole Timme, Director of Creative Ops
Sean Coates, Senior Designer