Creative /Art Director
Shelby's journey started at 15, when she signed a record deal and recorded with LA Reid and The-Dream, the team behind some of the biggest pop hits of the last two decades. When that chapter closed, she moved to Los Angeles and rebuilt her creative identity from the ground up, trading music for visual storytelling. She never wanted to be "just a designer." She wanted to build worlds. Graphic design became art direction, art direction became creative direction, and she became known for identity-driven campaigns that are emotional, culturally aware, and unapologetically colorful. She has worked with brands including Oura Ring, Cardi B's Whipshots, Estée Lauder, Nike, HBO, Theragun, Uber, YouTube, Google, Warner Music Group, Zara Larsson and more. Her defining chapter was Bev. As Executive Creative Director, she led the entire creative department: building creative systems, writing strategy, guiding identity, managing teams, and shaping everything from content to packaging to retail. During that time Bev publicly raised more than twenty million dollars and grew from an early-stage startup into a nationally distributed brand. Her Pride campaign with Halle Berry, the Old Gays, and WAYOUT sold out all Pride inventory that month, became Vevo's highest-performing ad of the year, and earned write-ups in Forbes and ADWEEK. Bev was later acquired by E. & J. Gallo Winery and today is the number-one canned wine in the United States. Now she runs Fredhall Assembly, the referral-only creative and growth studio she founded, leading brand, campaign, and growth work for consumer brands, from venture-backed startups to established names. She's also building her own beauty brand, developing it from formulation and packaging through positioning and launch. After years of building other people's worlds, she's building one of her own. Her work is unmistakable for its fun, glittery, culturally sharp point of view. Wardrobe, casting, music, color, typography, set design, OOH, social, and experiential all work together as one narrative. In Shelby's world, every detail matters, and the bold, over-the-top flair is what makes the work not just seen, but remembered.
