About Us

With backgrounds spanning design, photography, illustration, and digital imaging, we collaborate on projects ranging from full visual identities to standalone creative pieces.

Black and white portrait of Heather Ivins by John Ciambriello.

Heather Ivins

With over twenty years of experience spanning branding, print, publication, illustration, and pattern-based design, Heather creates thoughtful visual work with a strong focus on typography, composition, and visual storytelling.

Her background includes design roles at Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, and Smash Advertising in Boston, as well as AOL’s internal creative agency in New York City. Today, she collaborates with businesses, artists, arts organizations, and community-focused brands to create thoughtful visual work across print and digital media.

In addition to her design work, Heather is an exhibiting fine artist and illustrator whose practice focuses primarily on gouache resist paintings, commissioned colored pencil pet portraits, and surface pattern design for textiles, stationery, and other applications.

Heather is also an independent art instructor offering private and group lessons in colored pencil and watercolor.

Fine Art
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Black and white photo of John Ciambriello.

John Ciambriello

John has worked in the advertising industry since 2000, specializing in photography, high-end retouching, and compositing for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle brands. His work spans award-winning advertising campaigns, album covers, and music videos, with photo-illustration work featured in the Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman: 1984.

Beyond execution, John brings a strong art-directorial eye and a deep understanding of how imagery shapes brand identity and storytelling, with an emphasis on craft, continuity, and visual longevity. He is known for guiding cohesive visual worlds from concept through final production, bridging pre-production vision with post-production craftsmanship. His experience working closely with designers, creative directors, and brand teams allows him to contribute thoughtfully at both the conceptual and executional levels.

John is also an exhibiting fine art photographer and is available for creative portrait sessions and select special projects.

Retouching Portfolio
Photography Portfolio
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Press

Ones to Watch, Stuart Magazine, September 2022

Out with the Old, In with the New: Growing the Arts Together, MartinArts Magazine, Fall 2021–Winter 2022

The Duo Behind The Creek District Redesign, Stuart Magazine, July/August 2020

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