Gage Salzano

Creative Director • Brand Identity & UX • NYC
Hello! 👋🏻 I help agencies, entrepreneurs, and early-stage startups solve their (design) problems.

My main focus is StudioApt—a branding and marketing agency I run with some incredible friends & colleagues. If you’re an agency, entrepreneur, business owner, non-profit, or activist looking for thoughtful creative direction—I’d love to talk.

Organizations I’ve helped 🌿

Stridekick FitnessRebranded 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 iniatives like annual reports, gala branding & emails.
(2022-Present)

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

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

LaetroRebranded 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 deskop & mobile apps at Doejo

For a bunch of early-stage startups & alot 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 amazing people have said about me:

“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. I can't recommend Gage enough.”
– 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. We do as much work as we can with Gage."
— Brett Willms, Founder

Design Practice:www.studioapt.co

Contact:me@gagesalzano.com

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