Category: Culture
The Power of Authentic Connections
“How’s it going?” It’s an innocent question. But it can also be a missed opportunity. We respond with “it’s good” or “okay, thanks” or deflect more creatively with something like,...
An Interview with Our Interns
Our two newest interns at Orange Element (Zoe, our Animation Intern, and Jaclynn, our Content Marketing Intern) interview each other to learn more about their backgrounds, goals and inspiration.Tell us a...
Using Video to Connect with Our Community
In an effort to better connect with our followers and provide insights from our team, we recently kicked off our new Ask OE video series. These videos are meant to field questions and transform them into an...
OE Inspiration Lunch: Our Top Inspirations
Sometimes it’s nice to take a step back, eat some good snacks from Whole Foods, and get the creative juices flowing. And, because this year was the Year of Learning, our team created OE Inspiration Lunch,...
Join Us for a Year of Learning
In the blink of an eye, we’re already in the beginning of April—hard to believe. 2017 has gotten off to a great start at Orange Element, and has taken us to some new, exciting places with clients both new...
Employee Spotlight: Andy Bonner
Having only been “officially” in the design field for a little over eight months, getting a chance to chat with Andy, OE’s Design Director and 10+ year design veteran, was a cool opportunity. We...
An Interview: Design Intern vs. Design Veteran
It\'s an exciting time at Orange Element! We recently hired our Fall Design Intern, Andrew, and one of our design veterans, Jessica, is celebrating her 2-year anniversary at OE. To celebrate their...
Our Halloween Tips & Treats
This isn’t a trick -- we’ve got some treats for you! From creative costume inspiration to pumpkin kegs, our team reveals their favorite Halloween traditions to help you add some orange flair to your...
7 Questions With Hannah Spurrier
Our Content Developer, Hannah Spurrier, is involved in almost all of our projects, whether that’s writing copy for clients or creating content for OE internally. She works closely with me and the directors...
5 Questions with Kuoting
Welcome to our new employee spotlight series! Enjoy getting to know the people behind Orange Element – from their workplace habits to favorite pizza toppings and everything in between. In celebration of...
A Picnic in Baltimore
Orange Element is again honored and excited to sponsor a great event put on by our friends at The Parks and People Foundation. Yes, we’re talking about the 2016 Picnic in The Park! Each year, the picnic...
Small Agency Life: 3 Things to Know
I’ve been at Orange Element for almost three weeks and it’s definitely a different environment than my previous gig. My last job was a corporate giant with international offices, Chief Marketing Officers...
Summer Intern: Top Three Takeaways
This year I had the pleasure of working as Orange Element’s summer design intern. As a graduate student at MICA, I came as an unusual addition. Most interns are looking for experience, which I already had....
What is Font Hour?
Every month, Orange Element gathers for a friendly competition known as \"Font Hour\" (also known as #FontHour for our social friends). Everyone on the team brings a new typeface they feel would strengthen our...
What’s Your Design Personality? [Quiz]
\'Tis the season to show off your design personality. What better way than with a free desktop wallpaper created by an Orange Element designer? Take our quiz below (as many times as you want) to see which of...
OE Behind the Scenes: Dumpling Day 2016
I think it’s safe to say that our team here at OE loves food. It helps that our historic rowhome office has a fully loaded kitchen. Being a big foodie myself, I’ve always loved any opportunity to...
A Request to Focus on Our Community
The team at Orange Element gathered yesterday for our annual “State of the Union”— a chance for us to regroup, level set and prepare to make our 14th year another great one. As I prepared for the...
Orange Element Notepads
Orange Element recently had the opportunity to work with Write Notepads, a family-owned local business right here in Baltimore. We wanted something simple, of high-quality, and completely made in America. We...
OE Behind the Scenes: ScareFest
We make it a point several times a year to end the business day a little bit early and head to our conference room (which we’ve dubbed The Creative Room) to relax, unwind, and have some fun as a team....
