the small hours

I’m Jon Setzen, a Creative Director and Brand Strategist based in Los Angeles. For the past 25 years I’ve helped brand redefine who they are in order to build more meaningful relationships with their audiences. Today, I work as the Senior Director of Creative & Brand at 1Password where I lead their multi-disciplinary creative team.

Prior to 1Password, I led creative and brand at Kandji (Apple MDM start-up), Bluebeam (AEC SaaS), and Media Temple (boutique web hosting acquired by GoDaddy).

Before moving to in-house teams, I spent more than a decade on the agency side in both New York and Los Angeles working for clients including: Alicia Keys, Nikon, Disney, Toyota, Budweiser, and The ACLU.

I had the honor of starting the Los Angeles chapter of CreativeMornings where I produced close to 75 events over a six year period.

My rock poster design work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, New York, London, Tokyo, and Copenhagen.

Thanks for stopping by.

Interviews & Podcasts
The Great Discontent
The Noun Project
UI Breakfast Podcast
Invision: Inside Design
CreativeMornings: Morning Person
Use All Five

Press Mentions and Features
AdAge, Apartment Therapy, Brooklynites (Powerhouse Press), Daily Candy, Design*Sponge, Gothamist, How Magazine, Herman Miller, How Magazine, New York Magazine, Paper Magazine, People Magazine, Print Magazine, TimeOut NY, Vanity Fair, Web Design Index Best Websites of the Year Vol. 3 & 4 (Pepin Press)

Speaking Engagements
SXSW (Austin), Generate (NYC, London, Las Vegas, Prague), Smashing Conference (Oxford), Future of Web Design (NYC, London, SF), Agile Iceland (Reykjavik), MX Conference (SF).