I’m Chris

I help brands tell stories

through creative direction that drives performance

Selected Work

The current chapter: Tonum, from the inside.

Tonum

Creative Director · In‑house

01 Attention Campaign

King Motus

A mythical campaign that turned King Midas into King Motus, and turned a weight-loss supplement into a story people wanted to follow.

Brief

Tonum needed an attention grabbing campaign. The idea arose to use the "Midas Touch" to illustrate the effects that Motus can have with assisting potentials customers on their all-natural weight loss journey.

King Motus film still: a Motus supplement bottle on the bathroom counter, with the pre-Motus Midas reflected in the mirror behind.
King Midas portrait — the actor in costume, framed for brand mark reference.

Insight

Make the touch, not the product, the story. Everything King Motus touches transforms; let the campaign behave the same way.

King Motus subway poster mockup — out-of-home campaign placement.
King Midas with his court — group still from the King Motus campaign film.
02 Tonum — Brand Identity

From Prostasis to Tonum

A dated name with an unfortunate medical echo, rebuilt as a premium wellness identity wrapped into a system that anyone can use.

“A complete visual and tonal system anyone can use to create content for, and evolve the brand.”

Case Study The Problem

Prostasis had aged out of its own category. The identity was dated, and the name sat close enough to an unrelated medical condition to create hesitation which becomes a real liability for a brand asking people to trust what they're putting in their body. It needed a new name, a new visual language, and a system built to carry a growing product line.

Prostasis wordmark, the previous identity
03 Motus Electrolytes

Motus Lyte

A new product design to add to our offerings. Three flavors of an electrolyte version of Tonum's weight loss product, in a minimalist visual system that matches our flagship product style: Peach, Mango, and Orange Raspberry.

04 Tonum Launch

Launch Campaign

A cross-platform story that introduced our brand, and started the conversation.

Brief

A cross-channel launch built around a single, simple gesture that translates across digital, print, OOH, and social with no loss of fidelity. One idea, many surfaces.

Insight

One theme, one idea, several audiences. The work scales because the idea is relateable enough to carry everywhere.

05 Tonum

No Prescription, No Needles

A comprehensive CTV commercial for Tonum's weight-loss product "Motus" that explains key selling points in a concise motion centric delivery.

I'm a creative director working across brand identity and campaigns, building the system a company runs on, and the work that carries it into the world.

My background and training is rooted in design principals, with my advertising focus coming second. This means I lead from the craft up. At Tonum I rebuilt the brand from the name outward: identity, voice, key messages, storytelling. All that would then translate into campaigns across key performance channels. The measure of a good brand identity isn't what’s communicated in the brief, it's what can be built on it afterward.

Currently open to full-time in-house, agency, consulting, contracting, or freelance positions.