portfolio designed by NSM
TELLING STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING
FROM TECH & LUXURY FASHION, TO SENIOR CARE, HOME SALES, & ROCK N’ ROLL.
I’ve been drawn to creative endeavors for as long as I can remember. What started off as a love for music and art as a Bowie and Brando obsessed kid in Dallas, TX grew to a life-long pursuit of writing, design, and making noise all over the world—but mostly based in Los Angeles, CA these days. Whether the project calls for something as straightforward as captions for social posts or as grandiose as a full campaign concept, my passion is telling my client’s story and bringing their vision to life as creatively as possible
—which is sometimes the simplest way.
Rock Star Energy
Display ad for Neiman Marcus, featuring Billie Eilish for Gucci.
Build Your Top Shelf
For Nemian Marcus’ “Build Your Top Shelf” beauty campaign for Summer 2023, we partnered with model and TikTok beauty influencer April Basi for a series that showcased the season’s best daily products.
Spring Is In The Air
Neiman Marcus’ Spring 2023 Catalog was all based around the fresh essence of the season: new outlooks, illuminating experiences, and an eye on what’s coming around the corner. The ideas was to create stories for each product category that were relatable to legacy customers while being attractive to today’s tastes and new customers alike. Curated quotes from style experts were chosen to work in tandem with the concept to highlight the product in new, interesting ways.
What Could Go Wrong?
What can go wrong with choosing the wrong home buyer?
30 and 15-second spots for HomeVestors®/We Buy Ugly Houses®
Concept created and scripts written by Nick Santa Maria, Directed by Dan Curtis
Aired nationally in December 2021
New. Now. Next.
Post-Hoilday/Resort style video for Neiman Marcus.
Overlay copy, creative input, and musical direction.
Soar Highter
Pylot - Imaginuity’s in-house platform for multi-location businesses’ digital marketing.
Website concepts, branding, and copy by Nick Santa Maria. Designed by Blake White
Optimized For Success
For We Buy Ugly Houses®, writing SEO keyword-driven webpages for different franchises across the country has increased visibility and click-through conversions in each market.
Designed to Shine
For Chacon Autos, a Texas based used car dealership, I created a set of brand standards to guide other creatives in keeping the voice and look of Chacon’s assets consistent and strong across all media.
With A Little Help From… Chacon
Wherever you’re going, Chacon will get you there. Display and paid social ads.
The Great Outdoors
Billboards for We Buy Ugly Houses® and
The University of Texas at Arlington
Let’s Create Together
More work is available upon request.