A Remote Creative Agency
How our creative agency came to be, and why working remotely benefits everyone, including our clients.
Background
Nomad Design House was founded in 2014, while Laura was on a backpacking trip through Central America. After trading her marketing and design services for room and board in Costa Rica and Panama, she realized that many expat-owned businesses could use her services in the tourist towns she had visited, and started to pick up freelance projects.
This was before the digital nomad craze had really begun, but it seemed obvious that with her web and graphic design skills she should be able to work from anywhere there was wifi. A trip that she thought would only last a year soon turned into a lifestyle, as she continued to gain clients from her travels and her network back home in the US. Organically, the beginnings of a remote creative agency were forming.
Mission
Today Nomad Design House has grown into an agency with clients from all over the world, from luxury real estate developments in Costa Rica to cannabis entrepreneurs in California, to traveling artists in the UK. Our goal is to serve as a “remote creative team” for each of our clients. We aim to build long-term relationships where we become experts on each brand, and provide the marketing and design services companies need on an ongoing basis.
Our internal team of nomadic creatives continues to grow as well. We are currently seeking freelance graphic designers, marketing managers, and web developers.
Why remote?
Having a remote team is beneficial to our business, our team and our clients. Our founder has been a proponent for working remotely and the digital nomad lifestyle since long before it became the movement it has today. It has proven to be more efficient for everyone and with the technology available to us communicate and collaborate with each other and our clients digitally, we can put our efforts where it matters- the creative process. Being able to hire talent from a larger pool of candidates, and offer such a flexible work environment means that we get to work with more talented and motivated individuals. Not having the business overhead associated with office space also allows us to keep our pricing reasonable and pass down those savings to our clients.
Our Nomads
Laura Galvin has a background in fine arts and studied illustration & design in New York City at SVA and FIT. It was during her time in New York that she became accustomed to freelance work and the freedom that came with it. Throughout college Laura worked as a brand ambassador and in nightlife, not only gaining valuable marketing knowledge, but also mastering the art of surviving on gigs. After college, it was a natural shift to become a freelance designer, and paired perfectly with a love of travel. Concurrent to growing Nomad Design House Laura has worked contracts for startups, marketing agencies, non-profits and tech giants such as 1stDibs, Gratafy, Amazon, Committee for Children and Augeo Marketing to gain industry experience and continue honing her skills.
Trever Adams has been with Nomad Design House from the very beginning, bringing his graphic design, photography and entrepreneurial experience to the company. Trever attended Orange Coast College’s design program, and began his graphic design career at Nirve, known for their classic beach cruisers. Here he gained experience in product design and marketing design. He later ventured into the entrepreneurial world, starting a coastal-inspired clothing line with his family where he not only grew as a designer but learned about the challenges of wearing many hats when you own your own business. Aside from contributing to Nomad Design House as a designer and illustrator, Trever has turned his experience in the clothing world and love for the ocean into a passion project: designing and screening his own graphic t-shirts.