Senior Product Designer, based in Los Angeles, CA

Director - Designer - Animator - Thinker - Maker - Lover - Do'er ~ Marc William Smith. New Zealand born, New York sharpened, Los Angeles based. His 20 year career has spanned being trained by ~ and then leading ~ many of the world’s most respected names in visual storytelling craft. The last decade has seen Marc helm Creative Director + Head of Design roles for Oscar, Emmy, and D&AD winning global production studios. Currently serving as freelance Creative Director to the highest bidder.

Noelle is a brand-first graphic designer, focusing on true stories that build emotional connections between clients and their customers. When she's not working, she's exploring a neighborhood or mountain in Los Angeles.

Animals > Humans

We are shaping tomorrow’s diverse cultures. Happening Studio is an international design studio, cultivating global minds with local sensibility. Specializing in identity design as a studio foundation, we output a wide range of work, from screen-based experiences to printed reading experiences.  Often working with small to medium sized cultural institutions and museums, Happening Studio function as a design mediator and facilitator between in-house design, marketing staffs and high level stakeholders.  Since 2019, the studio went fully remote and worked from 3 different continents to further establish their design practice and research. As a result, the studio carries a flexible working conditions, offers an in-depth understanding of client needs within global to local landscapes that are diverse and meaningful.