Creative work
that makes a difference.
I create campaigns and stories that connect people, strengthen communities, and inspire positive change.
Explore Selected Work ↓Creative Director, Art Director, Designer & Filmmaker. More than two decades bringing together strategy, storytelling, design, and production for public agencies, nonprofits, and global brands.
Three Regional Emmy® Awards · Promax · ADDY · Telly
Selected campaigns.
Creative ideas that bring important messages to life, change perspectives, and invite people to participate.
King County Metro
Making sustainable transportation something to celebrate. A regional campaign connecting public transit to the landscapes, wildlife, and environmental values of the Pacific Northwest.
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Food: Too Good to Waste
Helping households turn everyday decisions into meaningful environmental change. An integrated awareness campaign encouraging practical ways to reduce food waste.
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KING 5 — Home Team Harvest
Bringing a community together around the fight against hunger. An Emmy-nominated television campaign using storytelling to build awareness and inspire participation in a regional food drive.
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Mylio — The Big Picture
Making sophisticated technology feel simple and human. An animated film introducing a new way to organize and preserve the photographs and memories that connect us.
Explore Case Study ↗Big ideas.
Thoughtful collaboration.
Meaningful impact.
The most memorable creative work begins with listening: understanding the people, challenges, and aspirations behind a story.
Throughout my career, I've collaborated with strategists, writers, designers, photographers, filmmakers, and community partners to develop campaigns that inform, inspire, and invite participation.
My approach combines strategic thinking with hands-on craft, guiding ideas from the first conversation to the final frame.
New chapters.
Recent projects bringing together brand leadership, filmmaking, illustration, education, and culture.
The Snow Day
An original illustrated book and hybrid animated film supported by the Montana Film Office. A multidisciplinary storytelling project inspired by the landscapes, communities, and imagination of the Greater Yellowstone region.
Explore Project ↗Home Science Tools
Creative leadership across brand storytelling, campaigns, video production, photography, print, and digital media, helping families and educators discover the possibilities of hands-on science.
Explore Case Study ↗Music that moves us.
Helping the Bozeman Symphony tell a bigger story about the power of live music—and inspiring a community to invest in its future.
Bozeman Symphony live performance.
Fundraising for a cultural institution means communicating more than a financial need. The Bozeman Symphony needed to express the value of live music and its connection to the community in a way that felt personal, memorable, and worth supporting.
Through SINTR®, I developed cinematic campaign storytelling that combined creative direction, live-action filmmaking, original illustration, hand-drawn animation, and post-production. The work helped bring the Symphony's mission to life beyond a conventional fundraising appeal.
Campaign-year goal: $300,000. The Symphony raised $285,000—95% of its goal and $100,000 more than the prior year.
These are organization-wide fundraising results, reflecting the Symphony's broader development efforts. The creative campaign was one contributing component; the increase should not be attributed to the film alone.
A story worth sharing.
A cinematic campaign connecting the joy of live music with the community that makes it possible.
Explore SINTR® work ↗Strategy meets storytelling.
I'm Bryan Schaeffer, a Montana-based Creative Director, Art Director, Designer, and Filmmaker with a career spanning Seattle's creative industry and the Greater Yellowstone region.
My work has included creative campaigns and visual storytelling for Microsoft, Boeing, KING 5, public agencies, educational organizations, and independent cultural projects.
While working with Seattle agency C+C, I collaborated on traditional and emerging-media campaigns for public-sector organizations including King County Public Health and the Environmental Protection Agency. Those projects reinforced my belief that thoughtful creative work can make a real difference in people's lives.
Today I bring that same philosophy to creative leadership, brand development, and original storytelling through SINTR® Studio.
Words from collaborators.
Creative partnerships built on trust, thoughtful collaboration, and delivering on the promise.
“I’ve worked with Bryan for about twenty years and can confidently say that he is one of the best, if not just The Best, period.”
“Over the last 15 years, Bryan has been my go-to person for creative direction and execution on projects of all sizes. Bryan is exceptionally skilled in listening to clients’ marketing needs and responding with impressive creative content and design.”
“Bryan’s professionalism and creativity always supersedes any expectations. He’s dedicated, well spoken, and always delivers on fantastic creative - on time, and on budget. I highly recommend him for his motion graphics skills and creative direction. He has a vast contact list, that will make whatever project doable and with great results.”
Let's make something meaningful.
Open to creative leadership opportunities, ambitious collaborations, and stories worth telling.
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