CREATIVE DIRECTION
Mario Dzurila
Mario is Creative Director at Startling Brands, where he is responsible for strategy and new business development. He heads up the company’s creative team and works closely with our clients to build their brands, products, and services. Before founding Startling Brands, he worked in publishing, design, and advertising.
www.dzurila.com
mario@startlingbrands.com
ART DIRECTION
Daniil Petunov
Daniil is an Art Director at Startling Brands. From initial concepts to final deliveries, Daniil ensures that our design applications are visually attractive, authentic, and are executed with meticulous attention to detail.
daniil@startlingbrands.com
STRATEGY & MARKETING
Marta Mokhnach
Marta is a strategy/marketing intern at Startling Brands. Thanks to her active involvement in various social & political activism projects, she brings a vital, new way of thinking to brand strategy development for our future-conscious clients
marta@startlingbrands.com
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Lauren Webb
Lauren is a graphic design intern at Startling Brands. She pursues her passion and further professional proliferation for branding and visual identity design while contributing to our design workflow with her talent.
lauren@startlingbrands.com
MOTION DESIGN
Saray López Benito
Saray brings our designs to life. As the motion design lead at Startling Brands, she is responsible for enriching our work with stunning video and animation. Saray’s PhD. in neuroscience gives her an invaluable insight into understanding the relationship between branding and brains.
saray@startlingbrands.com
TECHNOLOGY
Florian Grohmann
Florian is responsible for the technology behind the scenes at Startling Brands, ensuring that we maintain a technological edge in our digital applications. Coming from bio-engineering, he brings invaluable insight and the ability to solve complex issues with a well-thought-out, systematic approach.
florian@startlingbrands.com
Sonic Branding
Paul Bonomo
Paul Bonomo is an accomplished music composer and sound designer. He is responsible for sonic branding development at Startling Brands, where he strengthens the identity of our brands with immersive audio experiences.
paul@startlingbrands.com
VISUAL DEVeLOPMENT
Niklas Franz
Niklas is a character designer and visual development artist in feature and short film animation. He provides us with his valuable talent and knowledge on projects involving illustrations or character design.
niklas@startlingbrands.com