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Making music during a pandemic:
The changes we have witnessed and survived through COVID-19 have been business-altering across all industries. There were unimaginable losses that we mourned, while others passed largely unnoticed. The introduction of musical instruments to elementary school students was a potential casualty of lockdown.
Business during climate change: Code Red for humanity
As a design and communication agency, we want to contribute to conversations and efforts around climate change. Our clients often ask us to help with a green message.
Depth of Field
In search of a videographer with drive to narrate, chronicle, and produce content for clients in the outdoor adventure industry, higher education, healthcare, and non-profit spaces.
Putting UX above the fold
Below, a few examples of recently launched websites that do more than just communicate. Our approach to user experience takes careful consideration of our audience and how they will interact with a particular brand online.
From laid-off to fitting in
Life is a journey, and mine started in Upstate New York. It’s taken my traveling spirit on twists and turns to places far and wide—the latest is my position at Trampoline. But before I get too far into my Trampoline post, I need to share a little backstory.
Hiring Account Manager
Trampoline is hiring an Account Manager to join our 18-person shop. This role will be responsible for managing a portfolio of clients, working with our Senior Leadership team to establish timelines and project scopes.
An update: New Year, New Opportunity, New Intern into New Employee
We’re thrilled to enter into 2021 with open minds and an open internship position! Due to Covid-19, we’re working remotely, so you will be, too. We’re seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated, creative individual who isn’t afraid to raise their hand with good ideas or ask for work if they are light.
A focus on preservation: Revealing hidden histories frame by frame with Preservation League of New York State
One of the most important things we do for clients is to create bridges. First, we deliver stories, missions, products, and experiences to potential audiences and clients using video, design, and language. Then, our skills get used in different ways to most effectively build those bridges.
Unexpected Loss & Gain: College of Saint Rose Grads Reflect on Program Closures
We read with heartbreak the news of the College of Saint Rose closing several of their programs. It feels cruel in a year when students have missed out on tradition, graduates are having a door sealed forever.
Donation communication: Standing out for a cause
It's Giving Tuesday, 2020: a year that has pushed non-profit organizations to the brink organizationally, and financially. It's become a Tramp tradition to use this day to point potential donors toward our causes and clients, who are working hard to make a difference.
An Outbreak of Optimism
There is certainly no shortage of material out there covering the declining economy, government failure, the sick and dying, failing small businesses and the list goes on. As a small business owner (and to hang on to a sliver of sanity) I wanted to pivot and talk about the positives over the last 6 months as it pertains to Trampoline.
Graphic design at world's end: Recognizing the need to keep communicating
Against a backdrop of global warming, immigration issues, social unrest, and political posturing—do we really expect people to care about Pantone chips, frame rates, serifs, and spacing? Yes.
Time to define: what happens next?
We’ve moved beyond “unprecedented” as the adjective of the moment. The novelty of remote work and Zoom calls has faded. Headlines like New Normal and Uncertain Future run, while articles speculate on loan forgiveness and unemployment rates.
Respect the Spend
Is mountain biking the perfect activity? Exercise and adventure, socially distant outdoor destinations, and fun technical equipment...sounds like it to me. Based on the numbers, a lot of people are pedaling in that same direction.
Design Deferred
Today, July 13th, marks 4 months since we locked up our studio and began to create remotely. Home office setups became the place for designing-while-parenting, pet photobombs, and laundry debacles... while each Zoom Conference / Google Meet / Microsoft Teams streamed it all for clients and coworkers alike.
Support your workforce
There have always been kids at Trampoline. Since 2003 we've worked to create a culture that puts family first, knowing full well that it's easier to be creative when things are good at home. That founding principle—Family First—has taken on a deeper meaning as we collaborate from the confines of our living rooms.
A reintroduction:
Trampoline helps companies and organizations make the most of any situation. Even when faced with remote-work challenges, video conference buffering, and parenting-while-creating, these seven clients have used their Q2 wisely. They're making adjustments, or acquisitions, and are communicating their position in the best way imaginable.
Forced Change Can Reveal Positive Growth
We are often told not to fall in love with the first idea or design. Many times, if you challenge yourself to think past that first idea, you land on a new concept that is different and flexible. Exploring how many ways you can pivot a thought or the oddest thing you can think of—seriously, finding the unpredictable can be where you find inspiration.
Printing is in the Details
We're always excited to get print samples. We were particularly eager to get print samples of the recent Adirondack Council Planned Giving brochure. We knew this would be the perfect project to have printed using UV Printing with the beautiful landscape photography used throughout.
Black Lives Matter
Today is no different than yesterday or eight days ago, or even 8 years ago. Our country has a racism problem. We should have spoken up a long time ago, been more consistent with our support and advocacy.