Chip Sheean, award-winning brand designer and creative director, is getting some support from of a couple of hot dogs — an authentic portrait showing personality and spirit.

Areas of Expertise

Brand Design
Art Direction
Creative Direction

Hello!

I’m a designer and creative director who came up in Los Angeles, where I was exposed early to the collision of art, culture, and advertising—and how much better work gets when those worlds overlap.

My foundation is in graphic design, but my time as an art director taught me something just as important: strong ideas don’t live in visuals alone. They live in language, structure, and perspective. That understanding shaped my work across brand identities, campaigns, and systems for both global brands and emerging challengers.

Over the years, I’ve worked with companies ranging from legacy names to fast-moving tech and lifestyle brands—experience that sharpened my belief in one thing: clarity beats cleverness every time.

Today, I focus on helping brands and individuals articulate what makes them different, and design systems that make that difference obvious—without noise, gimmicks, or overstatement.

When I’m not designing, you’ll usually find me in Marin, riding my bike into the hills or thinking about the work while pretending I’m not.