We design things

WILLIAM SALIT DESIGN is an agile little graphic design studio based in San Francisco that delights in those aha! moments when great ideas and project goals merge. With a knack for creating beautiful, simple solutions, Wm. designs convincing communications, unforgettable brand identities, engaging web sites, and lots of other pieces for small- to medium-sized organizations and enterprise-sized corporations. We hear we’re pretty nice to work with, too. 

WILLIAM SALIT DESIGN is an agile little graphic design studio based in San Francisco that delights in those aha! moments when great ideas and project goals merge. With a knack for creating beautiful, simple solutions, Wm. designs convincing communications, unforgettable brand identities, engaging web sites, and lots of other pieces for small- to medium-sized organizations and enterprise-sized corporations. We hear we’re pretty nice to work with, too. 

Featured projects

SoCalGas

We created the annual reports for the SoCalGas Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) department every year beginning in 2017
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JTC website on iPad

JTC Group

We took our client NES Financial through a 3-year phased rebranding after their acquisition by Channel Island-based JTC Group, a global provider of fund, corporate, and private client services. 
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Momentum web home

Momentum

Momentum provides comprehensive grant writing, strategic planning, and project management services to ensure clients like The Port of Long Beach, Amazon, Toyota, and SoCalGas can advance innovative projects. We teamed with them to refine their brand and create a website.
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“WSD is my graphic design agency of choice. I could count on them to deliver effective, graphic design on my direct mail marketing pieces, pieces that typically pulled a 3% – 8% response rate. Wow! Time and again they came through for me, working within my timeframe and budget, no easy task on a high-tech schedule.”

Laura Kelly
Sr Business Leader at Visa

“I worked with William a few years ago on a full rebrand of our company at a pivotal moment of growth. William was able to absorb a lot of input from many stakeholders and create a look and feel that would help us meet our goals. This included a re-design of the website, a curated library of visual assets, and refreshed business communication materials. The results were stunning and pleased all involved. Working with William was a fun and creative process. At times we had tight timelines to turn the project around and William always met those challenges with humor and artistic vision. I hope to work with him again!”

Joseph O. Hayes
Employee Experience Manager at Accenture

“It’s hard for me to select just three attributes to describe William—he fits all of the attributes plus more. I’ve hired William for direct marketing design work—he is so personable, he makes you feel like you are his only client. His designs are on target for success. The most recent package he designed not only beat the existing control—it beat it by more than 25%. William is always a pleasure to work with and he produces great work. Thanks William!”

Laurie Eggers
Account Manager at RR Donnelley

“Organic Style was the second magazine in which I (editor) worked with Wm (art director). He did a great job on both: Benefit, a print magazine; and Organic Style, a custom digital magazine. Wm has upper-level design skills. He’s also flexible and very responsive to the needs of the reader or client. I especially appreciated the way he would get into the subject matter, making a point of understanding it before designing—it helps that he’s very articulate and strong verbally as well as visually. Wm is a talented artist but no prima donna—a real pleasure to work with.”

Bill Marken
Editor in Chief
Benefit Magazine, Organic Style Digital Magazine, Garden Design Magazine, Sunset Publishing Corporation/Time Warner

Leslie Sutherland

“I highly recommend William Salit Design. They understand my marketing objectives, and then deliver top quality design at unbeatable prices. They are very easy to work with, and their personal service means that my projects are always given priority, and never shuffled to the bottom of the priority list.”

Leslie Sutherland
Sr. Director, Marketing at Actiontec

“William did an excellent job working with a very difficult client (my boss). The logo he designed had great energy and personality, while also feeling timeless. He is very knowledgeable and thorough, and is great at guiding his clients through all of the various decisions they need to make—most importantly, those decisions we don’t know to think about ourselves!”

Kathy Clemons
Director of Operations at Edison Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

“William Salit consistently provides cutting-edge design, on-time and within budget. I use him time and time again because I know his work is superlative. William always puts in the extra effort and time needed on any project, and is steadfast in executing my vision. I trust him to make me look good!”

Patrice Tremor
Director of Marketing at ClosingCorp

“In addition to being an extremely interesting and compassionate human being, Wm is one of the most talented art directors I’ve ever had the pleasure of collaborating with. His designs are always clean, elegant, and perfectly matched to resonate with the target audience. His communication skills are stellar. And he knows how to budget jobs realistically, so there are no surprise costs at the end of his projects. Wm is a pure professional, and a delight to work with!”

Laura Holland Belk
Associate Creative Director, Writing at Adobe

“I worked with William while at Business Objects on various lead gen and customer marketing programs. He is an awesome partner in the creative process…listens to what I needed and produced great pieces that garnered outstanding results. I would work with William again in a heartbeat.”

Margaret Canon Knolla, CFMP
VP/Direct Marketing Project Team Leader at City National Bank

Capabilities

Our eponymous studio (headed by Wm.) is actually a nimble core group of designers, writers, coders, and other creatives that assemble—Mission Impossible‐style—into teams that meet both new and familiar design communication challenges with efficiency and vim.

Identity

Logos
Naming
Taglines
Stationery systems
Visual identities

 

Print

ANNUAL REPORTS
Brochures
marketing collateral
direct marketing
invitations/events

Environment

Signage systems
trade shows
conferences 

Digital

Websites
App development
advertising

Disciplines

Branding and identity
Brochures and print collateral
Marketing campaigns
Websites and app development
Environmental graphics
Exhibitions and events
Packaging
Publications: magazines & books

Sectors

Arts & Entertainment
Business & Financial services
Energy & Environment
Food & Beverage
Government
Healthcare
Industry
Law & Insurance
Non-profit & Community
Publishing & Media
Real estate & Home services
Technology & Telecom

Client list
arts & entertainment

Belcher Galleries

Chanticleer

Out the Box Theater

business & financial services

Applied Advisor

Bank of America

BEA Systems

Business Objects

Caliber Strategies

Ease Entertainment

For The Record

Intuit/Paycycle

Investco

JTC Group

NES Financial

nextSTEP

North Hill Ventures

NorthStar

Sutherland Corporation

Tremor Marketing Solutions

energy and environment

CalFlexHub

CalSEED

Granite Bay Energy

Hawaiian Energy

Hyperlight

Momentum

SoCalGas

food & beverage

Harvest Urban Market

Le Bon Gateau

Monster Desserts

Shoeshine Wine

government

CDC

City and County of San Francisco

Contra Costa Transportation Authority

Netherlands Business Support Office

healthcare

Human Energy Project

LasikPlus

Onmark

San Diego Pet Hospital

Simple Medicinals

Sunflower Wellness

Travers Lasik

UCSF Medical Center

industry

KLA-Tencor

Syntricity

law & insurance

Andrew C. Bell

Buchanan Law Group

Koltun Attorney

Shelby Insurance Services

Tribal Consulting Solutions

non-profit & community

Academy of Friends

Adopt an Activist

Bureau of Jewish Eduction

Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center

National Educational Film Festival

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates

Real Bad / GRGR West

Wild Aid

publishing & media

10 Percent Magazine

APG Media

Atari/Infogrames/Hasbro

Benefit Magazine

Diablo Publications

InteractiveTV Today

Microsoft Press

Mother Jones

Organic Style Magazine

Potrero Post

San Francisco Focus

Senior Surfer Advantage

Southwestern Press

Sybex

Waite Group Press

Ziff Davis Media

real estate & home services

Brown & Co

City Living

Ixia

Justrich Design

KPV Interiors

Sklansky Design + Build

technology & telecom

Active Decisions

Adobe

AT&T

Aurelon

Rosum

The Dashboard Company

Uversity

Xfire

Client list
arts & entertainment

Belcher Galleries

Chanticleer

Out the Box Theater

business & financial services

Applied Advisor

Bank of America

BEA Systems

Business Objects

Ease Entertainment

Intuit/Paycycle

Investco

NES Financial

nextSTEP

North Hill Ventures

NorthStar

Sutherland Corporation

Tremor Marketing Solutions

energy

Granite Bay Energy

Hawaiian Energy

food & beverage

Harvest Urban Market

Le Bon Gateau

Monster Desserts

Shoeshine Wine

 

government

CDC

City and County of San Francisco

Contra Costa Transportation Authority

Netherlands Business Support Office

healthcare

Human Energy Project

LasikPlus

Onmark

San Diego Pet Hospital

Simple Medicinals

Sunflower Wellness

Travers Lasik

UCSF Medical Center

industry

KLA-Tencor

Syntricity

law & insurance

Andrew C. Bell

Buchanan Law Group

Koltun Attorney

Shelby Insurance Services

Tribal Consulting Solutions

non-profit & community

Academy of Friends

Adopt an Activist

Bureau of Jewish Eduction

Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center

National Educational Film Festival

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates

Real Bad / GRGR West

Wild Aid

publishing & media

10 Percent Magazine

APG Media

Atari/Infogrames/Hasbro

Benefit Magazine

Diablo Publications

InteractiveTV Today

Microsoft Press

Mother Jones

Organic Style Magazine

Potrero Post

San Francisco Focus

Senior Surfer Advantage

Southwestern Press

Sybex

Waite Group Press

Ziff Davis Media

 

real estate & home services

Brown & Co

City Living

Ixia

Justrich Design

KPV Interiors

Sklansky Design + Build

technology & telecom

Active Decisions

Adobe

AT&T

Aurelon

Rosum

The Dashboard Company

Uversity

Xfire

Minimum number of minutes per hour spent pacing

Cups of coffee per week (doesn't count tea)

Times I've noticed that something in the room is not straight

Times I've regretted doing something that scared me (so far)

What else?

About Wm.

Wm. brings over 15 years of multidisciplinary experience, from book design and production (several hundred) to magazine art direction. From illustration and image curation to web and app development. From running advertising art departments for publications to freelance art direction for agencies (Landor, Pickett Communications, Foote, Cone and Belding). And a little guitar, too.

Functional designaholic

The urge to create that perfect blend of aesthetics and function doesn’t turn off after work. Dwellings and furniture fascinate as much as 2D work. Wm. took his own place through an extensive remodel a few years back, and it was featured in Better Homes & Gardens (his mom’s fave!), several books on home design, and on CNN. He also designed the built-in office and several tables. Fun stuff! You can see the result of the remodel here.

GETTING MESSY

Wm. has been a fine artist for most of his life, and maintains a painting studio at 1890 Bryant Street Studios in The Mission. He shows regularly, and was on display at SF MOMA in the JR project! Too cool!

You can see the work on his fine art site.

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