BRAND

Moment — A creative lifestyle brand for photographers and filmmakers. 2019–2023.

PROJECT

Performance Creative, YouTube Hosting & Brand Campaigns

Four years at Moment spanning design, YouTube hosting, and performance creative. Shipped hundreds of ads a week, led the Moment Bags campaign, and co-founded the education vertical that crossed $1M in year one.

SUMMARY

ROLE

Lead Designer / Video Editor
YouTube Host & Creator
Performance Creative

A LIFESTYLE BRAND FOR CREATORS, BY CREATORS

THE BRIEF. Moment started on Kickstarter with higher-quality iPhone lenses and grew into a full creator brand — bags, filters, camera gear, a 600K-sub YouTube channel, and a community built around host-led content. I joined as a designer, became one of the personalities on the YouTube channel, and then moved to the paid-media team where I led performance creative.

WHAT I DID. The role shape-shifted. Week one I was a designer. Week ten I was on-camera. Six months in, I ran the paid-media creative — shipping hundreds of ads a week across Meta, YouTube, and TikTok. The CEO was exceptionally data-driven, so every campaign had a brief, an outcome, and a post-mortem. I learned the actual craft of performance creative here: hook-angle-variation testing, visual vs. messaging hooks, what kind of content moves the business vs. what just looks good. I also led creative direction on the Moment Bags campaign — photography, video, paid media, landing pages — positioning the bags as working gear a creator reaches for, not as product stills on a shelf.

OUTCOME. Moment Bags shipped across organic, paid, and the site. The performance-creative discipline I picked up here became the foundation of everything I’ve built since.

Moment Bags, specifically, was about repositioning the product away from object-on-white e-commerce and toward working gear a creator reaches for. Photo, video, paid media, landing pages — all tied together by the same visual thesis.

THE CHALLENGE

The creative approach was based on the idea that the bags should never be the focus—the creators using them should be. The campaign leaned toward a lifestyle-driven, movement-oriented aesthetic, ensuring that every visual felt natural, dynamic, and aspirational.

Key Visual and Brand Decisions:

  • Photography and Video: Shot in real-world environments, showing photographers and filmmakers in motion, integrating the bag effortlessly into their creative process.

  • Design Language: Inspired by film photography and modern minimalism, mixing grain, noise, and subtle texture overlays to create a look that was both vintage and contemporary.

  • Messaging and Copywriting: Used direct, welcoming language reminiscent of Apple’s product announcements, keeping things simple and engaging (e.g., “Hello, this is the new crossbody”).

  • Social-First Strategy: Prioritized Instagram, YouTube, and organic content, ensuring Moment’s community saw the product in action rather than in static product shots.

  • Iterative Design Process: Explored multiple creative directions, from nostalgic, film-inspired aesthetics to more polished, modern branding, before finalizing a cohesive look.

The goal was to ensure that every asset, whether a paid ad, organic social post, or landing page, felt like an extension of the Moment brand and spoke directly to the creative community.

THE PROCESS

This campaign was designed to drive engagement and conversions through organic and paid strategies, ensuring the creative execution worked across all digital platforms.

Deliverables included:

  • Full creative direction for the campaign, setting the visual tone for the launch.

  • High-performance product and lifestyle photography, showcasing the bags in natural creative workflows.

  • Mobile-first landing pages designed for seamless scrolling and high conversion.

  • Instagram Stories, carousels, and video content optimized for organic and paid reach.

  • 20-30 paid ad variations, testing different visual hooks and messaging approaches to maximize performance.

Rather than relying on traditional product marketing, the campaign was built around real creators and real moments, reinforcing Moment’s position as a lifestyle brand for photographers and filmmakers.

THE EXECUTION