ABOUT US
For the past 20 years, we've combined our diverse experiences in branding, strategic marketing, storytelling and design that create powerful solutions for our clients.
MELLETA MARX
PARTNER
Melleta brings a diverse background in branding, design and advertising. Working in advertising since 1997, she was a Sr. Art Director at Grey Advertising working on major accounts such as AAA, AT&T, Bank of America and Sparkletts. She also worked at branding firm Vigon Ellis creating work for ESPN, Disney and Hallmark Channel as well as Evenson Design, Engle + Murphy, and Chiat Day in Los Angeles. More recently, she lead the in-house design department at global life science company, MilliporeSigma. She grew up in Boston, has a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied in Rome at Tyler School of Art.
JOSHUA FERTIK
PARTNER
Josh Fertik brings a passion for storytelling combined with a strategic business and marketing mind to everything he does. A native to New York City he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a film career – interning at Morgan Freeman’s Revelations, reading screenplays for Centropolis Entertainment and Electric Entertainment and developing story at Rhythm & Hues Studios where he eventually went on to work as a VFX artist on Garfield, Cat in the Hat and Scooby Doo. Prior to that, he was a talent recruiter for marketing and creative service agency Aquent. He has a BFA in graphic design and photography with a concentration in film from the University of Connecticut.
We are the core team of Marx Fertik and we work with partners specializing in everything from web development to technical writers where and when needed so we can expand to meet the needs of a project.
WHY US
WE START WITH THE BRAND
The brand is at the essence of who you are so understanding your business proposition, personality and position in the marketplace is key in communicating to your audiences with a clear and consistent voice.
WE'RE LEFT & RIGHT BRAINED
We bring many years of business and marketing experience to the table so we can think strategically and creatively at the same time making sure your results are always on target.
WE HAVE DIVERSE EXPERIENCES
We've been working with clients from biotech and pharma to green tech and technology for over 20 years doing projects from identity and branding to advertising, animation and video. We're a small agency that can do it all.
WE'RE SMALL BY DESIGN
By keeping small, we are involved in every step throughout the entire process. You deal directly with the creatives cutting out the bureaucracy and confusion of having a middle man.
WE'RE NO BS
Unlike big agencies that care more about winning awards and expensing fancy lunches, our focus is on doing amazing work for you that gets results. And if we win some awards along the way, that's great!
B2B ≠ BORING
We work with a lot of B2B clients and, although we understand that they have audiences that may require a more analytical approach, we also recognize they are people too and respond to hard hitting creative that appeals to their emotional side as well.
We've had the privilege of working with a diverse roster of clients including:
CLIENTS
SCIENCE & HEALTH
Akili
Alivio Therapeutics
DEM Biosciences
E1 Therapeutics
Endra Life Sciences
Enlight Biosciences
Entrega
Follica
Gelesis
Glyph Biosciences
Libra Biosciences
Mandara Sciences
PureTech Health
SCAN Healthcare
Setpoint Medical
Solace Pharmaceuticals
Tal Medical
Vedanta Biosciences
Whole Health
CONSUMER
AAA
AT&T
Bally's Hotels
Bank of America
Booz Allen Open
Carole King
City National Bank
Crave Entertainment
Delphi
DirectTV
Disney Concert Hall
ESPN
Gaiam Living Arts
Hallmark
Lexus
New Balance
Pasadena Rose Bowl
Phylrich
Red Cross
Sparkletts
Washington Mutual Bank
EDUCATION
Loyola Marymount University
U. of Wisconsin
UCLA
USC
U. of San Diego
Tufts University
Transparent Language
Vistamar School
TECHNOLOGY & FINANCIAL
B3
ConsultEcon
Elemental Machines
GeoTrust
Knode
Peerin
Photys
Placebase
Planon
Smartling
QM Corner
ValueDynamx
XebiaLabs