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Case Study
Category: Financial Services

CLIENT

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• TIME Magazine: America's Best Financial Services 2026
• CNBC: Top 50 Fintech Company of 2025

CONTEXT

Awareness launch campaign supporting Crowd Street’s 2025 rebrand. Timing: Jul–Oct 2025 development; launched Nov 2025 (extended into Q1 2026)

ROLE

Consulting Creative Director / Art Direction (contract; embedded for project duration)

SCOPE

Led development of the campaign’s visual concept, art direction, tagline lockups, and modular template system across OOH/DOOH, print, digital display, and social.

RECOGNITION

​Received 2026 FCS
Portfolio Awards
— Silver Print Campaign
— Bronze, Events Promotional Marketing

Introduction

 

Crowd Street is a private markets investment platform for accredited investors, offering access to commercial real estate, private equity, and private credit.
 

As the brand expanded beyond its real estate roots, I was brought in to develop the concept and creative direction for its debut campaign under the new positioning: There’s no street like Crowd Street.

Modular Campaign System
 

I developed a flexible tagline and logo lockup system for consistent use across formats and placements. Stacked and horizontal configurations allowed the campaign identity to adapt to different dimensions while maintaining a unified brand presence.
 

The broader visual system was designed to scale across print, digital
out-of-home, online display, social, and mobile. Aspirational imagery
and concise messaging supported multiple campaign narratives within
a consistent structure.

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Campaign Variations

Motion adaptions across DOOH, web, and social media placements.

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Double-page spreads

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Single-page advertisement published in duPont REGISTRY, February 2026.

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Single-page variations for left or right page placements.

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Digital display banner ads for social media and websites.

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In-Office Digital Display
Digital advertisements adapted for screens within office-building environments.

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In-Office Digital Display
Digital advertisements adapted for screens within office-building environments.

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Digital-out-of-home

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Digital-out-of-home

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DOOH / BILLBOARD In-Market Placements Digital out-of-home execution displayed outside Grand Central Terminal during the Sprott Tournament of Champions sponsored by Crowd Street.

© Mai La Thai 2026

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