About

Vin is a creative communication agency and branding consultancy with a focus on the world of wine. We purvey an extensive range of brand, design, and development services of the highest quality.

A deep understanding of the wine world guides us in positioning wines and wineries in the marketplace. Our custom-tailored solutions are driven by strategic insights that promote sales and presence. We constantly keep in mind that building a consistent identity enhances your customers’ loyalty.

Our approach is collaborative. We listen to your goals and dreams, and then create the best plan to accomplish them. We partner with clients to understand your brand insights, and then leverage those to deliver distinctive, customized designs expressing your brand’s personality.

First we listen to you. We learn about your company and business goals through questionnaires, collaborative discussions, and research. Through this collaboration, we seek to uncover unique brand insights that will guide and inspire the design process.

Based on your brand insights, we strategize about the best plan and approach to meet your goals. Each project is crafted to enhance your brand identity and visibility. Before design work commences, we provide a Project Creative Brief to capture brand insights, design objectives, and project specifications.

We are hands-on design professionals, providing technical expertise and detail-oriented project management to ensure that your design projects are delivered on schedule and within budget. Above all, we are committed to exceeding client expectations.

Jon Krauss

Creative Director

Jon has over 14 years of experience in art direction, identity branding, graphic design, and web development. His diverse client roster includes Yale School of Medicine, The Seattle Times, and MSN among others. He is based in Portland, OR. Jon brings a fresh perspective to the wine world.

Brandon Sparks-Gillis

Communication Director

Brandon is a professional winemaker based in the Santa Ynez Valley of Santa Barbara County California. He has worked and studied with some of the finest wineries and retailers in the world. His extensive experience at many levels of the wine business provides an in-depth insider perspective to the world of wine.