Gage Salzano

Creative Director • Brand Identity & UX • NYC

photo by ❤️ Shannon Salzano

Hello! 👋🏻 I help agencies, entrepreneurs, and early-stage startups solve their (design) problems.

My main focus is Studio Apt. — a branding & marketing agency I run with some incredible friends & colleagues. If you're an agency, entrepreneur, business owner or non-profit—I'd love to talk.

Organizations I've helped 🌿

ENOUGH™ Helped launch and create online presence and tools for a new political movement.
(2026-Present)

Stridekick Fitness Rebranded and launched a Webflow ecomm storefront, ongoing app & web marketing
(2024-Present)

Deskpass General design support helping team grow from a handful to hundreds of cities.
(2021-Present)

HCEF Pittsburgh Yearly fundraising initiatives like annual reports, gala branding & emails.
(2022-Present)

Caught in Southie Brand system for neighborhood expansion, ongoing brand & marketing support.
(2024-Present)

Kin Helped focus product and marketing direction & lead design for app KinHR until successful exit to Wagepoint in 2022.
(2017-2025)

Laetro Rebranded digital creative community and worked on many teams designing projects.
(2022-2025)

Nelson Cash Helped form a design & marketing agency in Chicago that grew to 25+ people
(2012-2017)

Background:

(1986-2004) 👼🏻 Grew up in New Castle, Pa listening to Sublime mp3s and tinkering with VB punter UI, ASCII art for WaReZ groups & designing video game review sites with my buds.

(2004-2008) Studied Graphic Design at Edinboro University of PA Now PennWest

(2009) Designed microwebsites & capital campaigns at Mind Over Media

Grove City College, Penn State & Colorado School of Mines

(2010-2011) Created digital & print campaigns at Smith Brothers Advertising

Heinz, Bagel Bites, Drumstick & Del Monte

(2011-2012) Branded and designed desktop & mobile apps at Doejo

For a bunch of early-stage startups & a lot of GroupOn wannabes

(2012-2017) Helped start Nelson Cash, a full service digital creative agency

Google, YouTube & The United Center

(2018-Present) Started Studio Apt a brand identity, motion & UX agency.

Square, JLL, CBRE, ShopCatalog

Really nice things said by amazing people:

"I missed my chance working with Gage once, and it took nearly ten years to get my next chance. It was worth the wait. The lesson here is that you'd be hard pressed to find a better designer and also a human."

– Sam Rosen, Founder

"Gage is a creative savant. Strategically, conceptually, and executionally. He wields the finest taste with a brilliantly humble collaborative style that sets him apart from all of the creatives I know."

— Brett Willms, Founder

Design Practice: www.studioapt.co

Contact: me@gagesalzano.com

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