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Fahrenheit Studio Wins 2020 Summit Creative Award

LA branding firm receives top international creative award for JJ Burns & Company website

LOS ANGELES, CA—September 8, 2020—Branding and design firm Fahrenheit Studio has been named a winner in the 2020 Summit Creative Award international competition for the website they designed and developed for wealth management firm JJ Burns & Company. Fahrenheit Studio was one of the top winners out of more than 4,100 submissions from 27 countries.

“Fahrenheit Studio designed JJ Burn’s 2^nd generation award-winning website 8 years ago when we launched their current branding and marketing program,” said Robert Weitz, founding partner and chief marketing strategist. “The next generation website reflects their current focus on a more humanistic and collaborative practice with an emphasis on specific life events that may trigger the need for more sophisticated planning and care.”

The updated JJ Burns & Company website showcases the firm’s unique collaborative wealth management approach, as well as their thought leadership in financial planning and market commentary. It also offers a clear, client-centric experience, with one major section of the site devoted to life transitions that impact financial planning, such as retirement, divorce, illness, career changes, and the loss of a loved one. Site visitors can quickly learn how JJ Burns plans for these common events and life stages—a focus which has increased client conversions.

“While we love winning awards and accolades for our work, we are more thrilled by the results we have gotten in the marketplace,” said Weitz. “During the past 8 years JJ Burns has tripled their size and continues to work with us to grow their practice and serve their clients.”

The Summit Creative Award recognizes and celebrates the creative achievements of design and advertising agencies worldwide with annual billings under $30 million. Celebrating its 26th year, the Summit Creative Award is recognized as the premier arbiter of creative excellence for small- and medium-sized firms.

This year’s panel of esteemed international judges included professionals from 11 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Taiwan, and Germany. Entries are judged against a stringent set of standards. During its blind judging, the Board of Judges searches for and identifies innovative and creative concepts, strong executions and user experience, and the ability to communicate and persuade.

“The creative work this year was outstanding,” said Jocelyn Luciano, Managing Director for the Summit International Awards. “Watching the judges debate the details of individual entries in the run-off for the tops spots was inspiring.”

About Fahrenheit Studio
Fahrenheit Studio is a Los Angeles-based branding and design agency founded in 1995 by Robert Weitz and Dylan Tran. The firm specializes in building complete branding and marketing systems for financial, architectural, entertainment, and technology companies. Fahrenheit works with a wide variety of clients such as IBM, Virgin Records, Mattel, Charles Schwab & Company, and Universal Music Group. Learn more at fahrenheit.com.

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"After 50 years in business, our brand was fragmented, our RFP process was disorganized and inconsistent, and our website didn't reflect the creativity and innovation we're known for. Fahrenheit Studio helped us rethink our messaging and streamline our RFP/RFQ response materials, which has saved us a lot of time and money. They also redesigned our website from the ground up, creating a powerful, modern online presence with vibrant, fast-loading images, a sophisticated sorting function, and a unique feature called ‘playlists’ that lets us curate articles, projects, and videos by topic and share them with prospects and clients. Since we started working with Fahrenheit, we’ve jumped from #34 to #26 on the Architectural Record list of top architecture firms. The results really speak for themselves."

—Ron Leland, Integrated Communications Director, LPA Inc.

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"We first approached Fahrenheit a year ago, following a period of rapid growth and change, including the acquisition of another company. We recognized that we needed to build strong internal and external brand awareness. Fahrenheit took the time to get to know our business, our employees and our customers. They helped us develop a unified brand message, an exciting new visual identity, and a clear strategy for moving forward. The rebrand has been a huge success across the board—from employees to customers. It's revived our image as a fun, innovative, and user-friendly company. The message we're sending finally matches the way we see ourselves."

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—Jason Scott, Chief Operating Officer, L&S Advisors

"We turned to Fahrenheit Studio for a modern rebrand of our platform, and to better engage with our user base. Fahrenheit really took the time to understand our managed futures business and what users needed from the services we provided. It was a very thoughtful process to build a lasting brand and user experience, and best of all they did it within our budget. The entire Fahrenheit team was courteous, conscientious, and very enjoyable to work with."

—JonPaul Jonkheer, Executive Vice President, IASG, Inc.

"Fahrenheit's design transformed us from a financial firm into a global brand. We look bigger and work better. Our new web presence now helps drive the other aspects of our business, making our customer interaction more efficient and effective. Importantly, when people reach us, we have more clout."

—JJ Burns, CEO, JJ Burns & Company

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—Jesse Kanner, Director of New Media, Virgin Records

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—John Mauldin, President, Mauldin Companies

"Fahrenheit Studio knows what it takes to build a brand, and helped us achieve remarkable brand equity for Lessonlab in less than 5 years. They did this by constantly working to align our look and feel with our mission. I know of no other design team that can work effectively on such a diversity of projects."

—James Stigler, CEO, Lessonlab, Inc.

"The Fahrenheit team is one of the true treasures of the design world. Their expertise goes well beyond any ordinary firm. With a wide range of skills and expertise they can help their clients with both conceptual and business concepts. From design, to websites, marketing, branding, one would be hard pressed to find one company that would have such a wide range of both skills and talents."

—Eric Garcia, Owner, 48 Windows Music & Mix

"Fahrenheit Studio has invigorated our brand, created an interactive online community, significantly improved the return on investment of our SEO marketing budget, created a qualified lead generation engine to drive our sales efforts, and provided tremendous enhancements to our client retention management."

—Gabriel F. Burczyk, CEO, WrapManager, Inc.