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Backgrounder

Founded

1979 by Roger Sametz

Employees

14

Corporate officers

Roger Sametz, President and Treasurer
Michael Eads, Secretary

Management team

Roger Sametz, President and Chief Executive Officer
Joerg Dressler, Principal, Director of Design
Michael Eads, Principal, Director of Production
Meg Fowler Tripp, Social Strategy and Marketing
Brandon C. Walsh, Principal, Director of Digital Strategy

Three integrated
offerings

Research and strategic consulting to develop brand strategies and communications plans that inform both the execution of communication programs and organizational changes—that deliver meaningful results;

Design, writing, and production of brand-focused strategic communications to ensure that each piece—whether discrete or part of a larger system—not only fulfills its own programmatic goal, but reinforces the image, brand, and positioning of your organization;

Making the best use of technology to create communication pieces and programs that are manageable, cost-effective, and that reach their constituents where they live.

Primary practice areas

Associations and foundations
Biomedical research
Consumer / hospitality
Education
Financial services
Green / environmental
Healthcare
High-tech and biotechnology
Museums and cultural organizations
Performing arts
Professional services

Memberships

American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA)
League of American Orchestras (LAO)
Association of Professional Design Firms (APDF)
Design Management Institute (DMI)
Corporate Design Foundation (CDF)
American Marketing Association (AMA)
Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)

Accolades

Sametz Blackstone has garnered scores of awards from the Society of Typographic Arts, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Creative Club, the Hatch Awards, the Type Director's Club, Art Direction, the Society of Marketing Professionals, the Victorian Society, the Boston Art Director's Club, the Publicity Club of New England, Financial World, the Society of Publication Design, Studio, the International Public Relations Association, Print, Graphic Design USA, and Communication Arts.

Representative clients

Massachusetts Audubon Society
League of American Orchestras
Direxion Funds
Dana Hall School
Cabot Research
Harvard University
The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
MIT Sloan School of Management
Boston Public Library
The Boston Symphony Orchestra / Boston Pops / Tanglewood
Boston Ballet
The American Ireland Fund
Abt Associates
Goodwin Procter LLP
The City of Boston
Yale University
American Society of Media Photographers