Creative & Digital Solutions for Government

What we deliver

Creative Direction

Unifying vision across brand, product, and campaign — from concept through delivery.

Brand Strategy

Positioning, identity systems, and messaging that hold up under scrutiny.

UI/UX & Digital Design

Human-centered interfaces for web, mobile, and mission-critical tools.

Campaign Development

Integrated advertising campaigns print, web, film, social media that moves audiences and meet measurable results.

Creative for Emerging Technology

Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality Experiences, and immersive XR experiences for training, outreach, education, gaming, and engagement.

AI-Assisted Design Workflows & Automation

Accelerated ideation and production with responsible, human-in-the-loop AI.

Websites, Apps, Games & More

Consumer, hardware, voice, and industrial digital experiences — accessible, standards-compliant, and built to perform at scale.

Communications & Strategic Storytelling

Clear narratives and content that translate complex missions into action.

Proven on the world's
most demanding work

Scope — Served as creative director, designer, and brand strategist across 38+ Google and Alphabet initiatives — spanning AR/VR platforms, education programs, journalism infrastructure, civic technology, and national security — from concept through execution.

Outcome — 38+ shipped projects spanning immersive AR and global education programs.

Scope — Developed campaign creative and digital experiences for flagship titles including Tiger King, Stranger Things, Orange is the New Black, and The Chosen — spanning advertising campaigns, video content, and brand activations.

Outcome — Drove tune-in and audience engagement across premium programming for one of the world's largest streaming platforms.

Scope — Designed digital and promotional experiences for tentpole franchises including Guardians of the Galaxy, Venom, Spider-Man, and a closed VR-enabled IP ecosystem with Marvel Cinematic Universe and Sony.

Outcome — Extended franchise storytelling to audiences of millions of fans and corporate executives from movies to gaming.

Scope — Recruited to design and brand a new production company studio for director Dallas Jenkins of hit drama series The Chosen — delivering logo design, brand strategy, packaging, ad campaigns, event marketing, video, and illustration.

Outcome — Established full brand identity for a studio behind one of Netflix's top 5 series of 2024, positioning 5&2 Studios for continued growth in faith-based and mainstream entertainment.

Scope — Led Canadian startup to ship multiple life-saving mobile apps — "Exit Test," "Safety Check," and a custom LMS for emergency response professionals, desk-less workers, and corporate compliance with customers including Seaspan and Tesla — leveraging QR codes, 3D mapping, and Google Maps.

Outcome — Delivered critical safety tools capable of reducing risk and safety training costs by 90%, leading to a successful $4M VC funding round.

Scope — Developed marketing strategies and advertising campaigns with the executive creative team and CMO to promote infotainment sound systems — partnering with artists including Maroon 5, David Guetta, Paul McCartney, and Tiësto to acquire new automotive clients such as BMW, Porsche, Lotus, and Toyota.

Outcome — Landed new multi-year partnerships with Lotus, Porsche, and additional automotive brands valued at over $300M.

Scope — Produced advertising campaign and launch creative for Elder Scrolls Online 6 "Elsweyr" via digital banner campaigns, influencer campaigns, and in-store promotions with Best Buy.

Outcome — Successful game downloads of over 13.5M.

Scope — Built brand and digital systems for competitive gaming platform with partners Riot Games "League of Legends", Rocket League, and Minecraft.

Outcome — Scaled a youth esports platform into a pro-level nationwide virtual gaming community, leading to a major IPO and Series B capital raise of $4.5M from investors and sports athletes.

Scope — Led brand and digital creative campaign and animated short commercials for Starbucks Gold Status mobile loyalty rewards program and new brand launch for Teavana.

Outcome — Strong enrollment of millions of new members with increased overall spend and successful onboarding via a physical gold card.

Scope — Brand strategy, creative direction, and marketing for a culinary training collective — restaurant branding, content, AI-driven workflows, and entrepreneurship training.

Outcome — Rebrand deployed across micro-restaurants and Mode Bar at 4th Street Market, DTSA.

Scope — Designed an AI-powered financial literacy app delivering accessible, personalized education for underserved communities while helping banks build trust.

Outcome — Successful pilots with students and teachers in the San Bernardino school district.

Scope — Brand design and environmental graphics for the Atwater Infrastructure Project — an urban community innovation hub spanning food, art galleries, and tech-friendly space.

Outcome — Approved final brand system and environmental graphics for the development.

Scope — Public-health branding and communications for LA County programs — website and marketing materials designed to drive enrollment in family services.

Outcome — Ongoing public-sector engagement and multi-year collaboration.

Scope — Rebranding, website redesign, and fundraising strategy for a gaming-community mental-health nonprofit — spanning retail (individual donors) and corporate giving (brands, city orgs, and schools).

Outcome — Supporting an international nonprofit that has provided free mental health care to 26,000+ people across the globe.

Scope — Celebrity-powered PSA with Tony Hawk & the Z-Boys to drive water conservation — web, brand, short-form commercials, and a social campaign and giveaway.

Outcome — Built statewide drought awareness via local TV broadcast; named a Fast Company Top 5 Ads of the Week.

Scope — Global awareness campaign positioning internet freedom as "the human rights cause of the 21st century" — approachable messaging to help Google play a clarifying, convening, and amplifying role in the movement.

Outcome — Built on the 7M+ voices that stopped SOPA/PIPA, with a long-term goal of 20M+ active participants and 1 billion aware worldwide.

Scope — Creative direction, branding, and full event experience design for Google's inaugural international educator conference — website, marketing collateral, stage design, and real-time QA infrastructure for a TED Talk-style virtual summit.

Outcome — Convened 43,000 educators across 12 countries; covered by Wired as a landmark model for scalable public education programming.

Scope — Creative direction and instructional design for Google's initiative empowering journalists worldwide — developing courses, modules, and visual systems teaching newsrooms how to leverage Google tools for higher-quality, more democratic reporting.

Outcome — Supported the launch of three crowd-sourced journalism initiatives; contributed to a global platform now used by journalists in 100+ countries.

Scope — Creative direction, motion design, and content strategy for Jigsaw's anti-DDoS platform protecting journalists, activists, and independent media from state-sponsored cyberattacks — translating complex national security infrastructure into accessible public-facing narrative.

Outcome — Project Shield now protects thousands of at-risk websites globally under Alphabet's Jigsaw unit; work contributed to the platform's public launch communications as well as uProxy's — allowing people to circumvent firewalls and access the open web.

Scope — Worked with Wieden+Kennedy to develop brand strategy, creative direction, and marketing website for the Marcus Graham Project's Locomotus platform — a talent marketplace connecting companies and agencies with Black marketing, media professionals, and Black-owned agencies.

Outcome — Drove enrollment of minority students into the recruitment pipeline, supported fundraising growth, and helped expand the partner ecosystem; featured in Forbes.

Built to Serve.
Designed to Last.

A decade of work inside Google and Alphabet taught one thing: the best technology disappears into the experience. What remains is impact. One through line across every initiative — human-centered design at scale.

Startups who trust MandoMade

Super League Gaming

Rebrand and evolve product design for a youth esports platform from series A round through to it's public IPO.

Zeitview

Implement AR tools into drones and product design for an AI-powered aerial inspection and infrastructure platform.

LearnByLoci

Designed and shipped multiple safety demos including an immersive mobile learning experience from the ground up.

MOD Metaverse

Lead digital fashion designers, product design, and branding for a decentralized market of digital goods via NFTs.

Stensul

Branding, ad campaigns for a world leading AI-powered email creation platform serving enterprise marketers.

Skedulo

AI-powered design system and product storytelling for a desk-less workforce scheduling and management platform.

Prescient AI

Brand design and storytelling positioning for an AI-driven marketing analytics and forecasting platform.

CoFrame

Branding and presentation design for an AI-powered software for optimizing websites and conversion.

Armando brings rare creative range and the discipline to deliver. The kind of partner you want on your most ambitious work.

MandoMade combined strategic thinking with exceptional craft. The work moved our brand and our business forward.

Thoughtful, fast, and deeply collaborative. Armando consistently elevated every project he touched.

Armando brings a rare combination of creative vision and technical fluency. On complex, mission-driven projects — including immersive AR work — he consistently pushed the boundaries of what was possible while delivering with precision. His mastery of the full design toolkit is exceptional.

Working with Armando on UI/UX was a masterclass in purposeful design. He's more than a designer — he's a strategic partner who understood our product vision, mission, and values, then made them tangible. His work on accessibility and product design hit the mark every time.