Evin Creative

What Evin Creative does

Evin Creative is a privately held, founder-owned multidisciplinary creative agency headquartered in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area of Texas, founded by Mat Nelson, who serves as Founder, Lead Creative Director, and Photographer. The firm delivers branding and visual identity, UI/UX design, packaging, digital experiences, trade show and event design, print collateral, and photography services to a global roster of enterprise and blue-chip clients including Mastercard, NASA, American Airlines, Frito-Lay, CBRE, Cardinal Health, and the Fort Worth Air & Space Museum, alongside technology startups such as RocketCyber and AccuFire Technology. The business operates through two branded divisions: the core Evin Creative agency and Evin Photo, a separately branded photography division offering portrait, fashion, boudoir, commercial, and travel photography. The team is small (1-10 employees), there is no evidence of external institutional investment, and ownership and operational control are concentrated with the founder.

The agency runs on a professional services, project-based revenue model combining custom project fees, retainer arrangements for ongoing creative work, and fixed-fee or hourly pricing depending on scope; pricing is not publicly disclosed and engagements are quote-based. The go-to-market motion is relationship-driven and founder-led, leveraging Mat Nelson's personal reputation, an award-winning portfolio website, social media presence on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and earned media including a Voyage Dallas Magazine feature and a Creative Brick Road podcast appearance. Clients engage the firm directly via email and phone. The firm has formed implementation partnerships such as its collaboration with Freeman (and Halsey Group) to add 3D environmental and experiential design capabilities, enabling delivery of integrated 2D branding plus 3D event experiences for projects such as Railway Interchange and ComplexCon.

There is no proprietary technology platform, public API, or AI-driven product associated with the firm. Industry recognition accumulated over its tenure includes a Printing & Imaging Association GraphEx First Place Nationals award for printed packaging design, two Smithsonian Magazine Editor's Choice photography awards, a Corporate Vision Media Innovator Award as Best Branding Creative Agency in South Central USA, and web design recognition from Cool Home Pages. The agency's stated positioning centers on "bold + calibrated" creative work combining strategic thinking with emotional impact, targeting clients seeking premium brand experiences rather than commodity design services.

Name

Evin Creative

Legal name

Evin Creative

Website

https://evincreative.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Evin Creative is a Dallas-Fort Worth-based boutique creative agency founded by Mat Nelson, offering branding, UI/UX, packaging, event design, digital experiences, and photography via its core agency and Evin Photo division, serving enterprise clients including Mastercard, NASA, Frito-Lay, and CBRE alongside technology startups.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative & Brand Design Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (541430), Photographic Services (54192), Industrial Design Services (54142)

SIC

Services-Advertising (7310), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Activation/Experiential Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAO), Environmental & Experiential Brand Design (Retail/Exhibit/Signage) (MPAAAEAG), Brand Activations & Experiential Campaign Design (MPAAAGAA)

Keywords

• Brand identity design
• Creative agency services
• Experiential event design
• Commercial photography services
• Digital ui ux design

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Creative Agency Services: Project-based creative agency engagements for brand creation, development, and refresh. Services include identity systems, experiential design, digital/web/UI-UX, print, packaging, events, and photography. Revenue is generated through custom project fees, retainer arrangements for ongoing creative work, and hourly/fixed-fee project pricing depending on scope.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Evin Creative is a multidisciplinary creative agency that delivers brand creation, development, and refresh services across identity systems, experiential design, digital/web/UI-UX, print, packaging, events, and photography. The firm serves startups through Fortune 500 enterprises on project-based and retainer engagements, with a separate branded photography division (Evin Photo) handling portrait, fashion, boudoir, commercial, and travel work.

Product overview

Evin Creative operates as a multidisciplinary creative agency with two main divisions: the core Evin Creative Agency offering branding, digital experiences, web/UI design, packaging, events, and advertising services, and the Evin Photo photography division providing portrait, fashion, boudoir, commercial, and travel photography. The agency works with clients including Mastercard, RocketCyber, CaneloPhone, AccuFire Technology, NASA, Frito-Lay, and Fort Worth Air & Space Museum, delivering brand creation and development, print collateral, web applications, app design, and experiential event branding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Evin Creative Agency Services A multidisciplinary creative agency offering end-to-end brand creation, development, and refresh services spanning identity systems (logos, visual worlds, brand playbooks), experiential design (trade shows, events, environmental), digital presence (UI/UX, web, apps, interactive, social), and visual assets (branding, print, photography, campaigns, proposals). Serves clients ranging from technology startups to Fortune 500 enterprises globally.
• Evin Photo (Photography Division) A branded photography division under Evin Creative providing portrait, fashion, boudoir, commercial, event, and travel/adventure photography services for consumer and commercial clients. Operates at photo.evincreative.com with portfolio categories for Portraits, Fashion, Boudoir, Commercial + Events, and Travel + Adventures.

Quantifiable outcome

• Award-winning branding recognized by PIA GraphEx, Smithsonian Magazine, Corporate Vision, and industry design awards
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FreemancoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFreeman is a major design and experiential marketing company. Evin Creative partnered with Freeman on Railway Interchange rebranding and ComplexCon proposal projects. The partnership involved collaborative design work where Freeman provided 3D design capabilities (Erick Olson, Halsey Group) while Evin Creative handled creative direction and visual branding. This partnership enables Evin Creative to deliver comprehensive event experiences combining 2D branding with 3D environmental design.
• High-End Timepiece Designer (for AccuFire Technology)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvin Creative partnered with a high-end timepiece designer to assist with product design elements for AccuFire rifle optics. The collaboration brought luxury watch design sensibilities to the product branding and packaging, giving AccuFire a competitive edge in the marketplace resembling high-end timepiece aesthetics.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Huge Inc. Huge is a global experience design and digital agency serving enterprise clients with brand, commerce, and product work. Comparable to Evin Creative's digital presence and UI/UX capabilities (e.g., RocketCyber dashboards, NASA StationLife UI), though at significantly larger scale and breadth.
• Landor & Fitch: Landor & Fitch is a WPP-owned global brand consulting and design network. Comparable to Evin Creative in identity and brand experience work for major enterprises (Mastercard, NASA-class clients), but operates at much larger scale as part of a holding-company marketing services group.
• R/GA: R/GA is a global digital design and advertising agency offering brand, experience, and product innovation. Comparable to Evin Creative in digital creative, UI/UX, and brand experience work for enterprise clients, but at IPG-holding-company scale.

Direct peers

• Buck: Buck is a design-driven creative studio specializing in brand, motion, interactive, and experiential work. Comparable to Evin Creative in the intersection of identity, digital interactive, and experiential brand design for premium clients across industries.
• Pentagram: Pentagram is the world's largest independently owned design agency, providing identity, digital, environmental, and editorial design across a partner-led model. Comparable to Evin Creative as a multidisciplinary creative firm serving blue-chip clients with brand strategy, identity, and experiential work — only at dramatically larger scale.
• Derse: Derse is a brand experience agency specializing in trade shows, events, and environments. Comparable to Evin Creative in the experiential/experiential design space — explicitly named in testimonials as an existing partner relationship, indicating direct overlap on enterprise experiential projects.
• &Walsh: &Walsh is an independently operated creative agency focused on brand identity, art direction, and digital design for premium clients. Comparable to Evin Creative's positioning as a bold, founder-led creative studio producing award-winning identity and campaign work for high-profile brands.
• Athletics NYC: Athletics is a Brooklyn-based branding and design studio known for identity systems, motion, and digital experiences for cultural and commercial brands. Comparable to Evin Creative's emphasis on bold identity systems, experiential design, and digital presence for diverse enterprise clients.
• Manual: Manual is a creative agency specializing in brand strategy, identity, and digital design for challenger and enterprise brands. Comparable to Evin Creative's full-service creative offering — combining identity, digital experience, and packaging — with a similar premium-boutique positioning.

Regional players

• Vitro Agency: Vitro is an independent creative agency on the US/Mexico border offering brand strategy, packaging, and digital design — many of the same categories Evin Creative competes in. Comparable as a similarly-sized independent creative firm with a packaging and brand specialization, though with stronger proximity to consumer/CPG clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/evincreative
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/evin-creative
• Instagraminstagram.com/evincreative

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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