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Spark Emotion in Public Affairs Messaging with Illustrations

First, a question: What made you click on this article? In that split second when you decided whether to give this a read, your brain made a series of subconscious ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Hank Farr

Our Chief Panda Officer, always near the genesis of an inspired idea (or cocktail), often recalls Marcel Proust’s wit for answering Victorian parlor game questions. Pixel has traveled far ...

NJI Welcomes Allison Hoffman Cousens as Managing Director of Partnerships & Marketing

NJI, a global creative agency that solves complex public affairs challenges, announced today the appointment of Allison Hoffman Cousens as Managing Director of Partnerships & Marketing. She joins NJI ...

Communicating Your Work’s Impact to the People Who Matter 

Showcasing the impact and value your work to internal and external stakeholders is incredibly important as we begin to close out 2023 and kickstart plans for 2024. Telling the story of your ...

A Conversation with NJI’s Co-Founders

NJI CEOs and Founders Nathan Imperiale and Josh Shultz recently joined the InspiredInsider podcast, hosted by Dr. Jeremy Weisz, to share their story and the strategies they’ve used to ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Beth Reiser

Our Chief Panda Officer, always near the genesis of an inspired idea (or cocktail), often recalls Marcel Proust’s wit for answering Victorian parlor game questions. Pixel has traveled far ...

Every day, we’re hustling.

We’ve all unboxed a new purchase and balked at the complex instructions and parts scattered everywhere. Where do you begin and what do you do next? Turning my side ...

Celebrating Creative Excellence 

Summer is sizzling, and so are we! NJI is on a roll as we receive 21 new creative awards. We are excited to see our collaboration with our clients at Airlines ...

The Global Race for AI Regulation 

Rapid advancements in AI—from facial recognition to synthetically generated images—continue to soar while the global race to harness and regulate the technology struggles to keep up. Numerous entities ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Janey Blackwell-Orr

Our Chief Panda Officer, always near the genesis of an inspired idea (or cocktail), often recalls Marcel Proust’s wit for answering Victorian parlor game questions. Pixel has traveled far ...

Taking Time to Recharge

The NJI crew was collectively out of office on July 3, taking part in a company-wide recharge day.  What is a recharge day? Popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic, recharge days ...

Sparking Creativity

Creativity can originate from anywhere – from the mundane routines of daily life to the extraordinary experiences that shape our worldview. As an agency that thrives on challenging the status quo, ...

Threads: The Emerging Player in Political Communication

As Twitter—now X—faces financial challenges and dwindling traffic amid major rebranding efforts, Meta’s Threads is making waves in the political landscape. With over 118 million users, including prominent ...

Broaden Your Reach with Inclusive Design

Worldwide, an estimated 1.3 billion people, or 1 in 6, experience a significant disability. On the anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), NJI Senior Graphic Designer Sarah Ficarro ...

Upgrade from Drupal 7 to Reduce Your Site’s Security Risks 

The end-of-life for Drupal 7 has been extended for the last time to January 2025. After this date, support for Drupal 7 will end and security vulnerabilities across Drupal 7 modules will be left ...

Drupal vs. WordPress: Which CMS Is Best for You?

Time is of the essence for websites built on Drupal: Drupal 7 reaches end of life in January 2025, Drupal 8 is already expired, and Drupal 9 expires in November. That means organizations have ...

Leveraging TikTok for Public Policy Campaigns

In an age where policy battles are fought not only in the halls of government but also on the screens of smartphones, TikTok has become a powerful tool for public ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Sherry Tsang

Our Chief Panda Officer, always near the genesis of an inspired idea (or cocktail), often recalls Marcel Proust’s wit for answering Victorian parlor game questions. Pixel has traveled far ...

NJI and Freedman International Announce Public Affairs Localisation Partnership

Global creative leaders in public policy-focused design and insight-driven localisation bring unmatched expertise to government relations teams and organisations. NJI, the preeminent creative agency for public affairs, and Freedman International, ...

Virtual Production Belongs in Every Company’s Storytelling Toolkit

The adage that “a picture is worth a thousand words” has a murky origin story, but most historians credit Fred Barnard, advertising executive and author of a 1921 article about the ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Ed Silva

Our Chief Panda Officer, always near the genesis of an inspired idea (or cocktail), often recalls Marcel Proust’s wit for answering Victorian parlor game questions. Pixel has traveled far ...

A Kaleidoscope of Pride 

Pride Month is a time of celebration, remembrance, and reflection for the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. It is an opportunity to recognize the progress that has been made and ...

Metaverse Focus Shifts as Tech Industry Tightens Its Belt 

Following significant shakeups in the tech world, metaverse applications have shifted purpose as we enter the second quarter of 2023. Originally billed as the hottest new thing, the shine has somewhat ...

Hospitality in Business 

Pixel sat down with Co-CEO and Co-Founder of NJI, Nathan Imperiale, to gain insight on the significance of hospitality in business. Imperiale emphasizes the benefits of incorporating hospitality principles in ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Julia Melton

Our Chief Panda Officer, always near the genesis of an inspired idea (or cocktail), often recalls Marcel Proust’s wit for answering Victorian parlor game questions. Pixel has traveled far ...

Pixel’s Playlist

Good things are meant to be shared. At NJI, we often tune into podcasts to spark inspiration and share new ideas, perspectives, and information with each other. Whether we’re ...

A Mascot Flush with Facts

World Toilet Day is an ideal opportunity to raise awareness of diarrheal disease and cost-effective prevention and treatment solutions. DefeatDD, a PATH initiative and the only client that could make ...

Lara Kline Named a Changemaker by PRNEWS

NJI President Lara Kline has been named a highly influential woman by PRNEWS, the communication industry’s go-to source for education, inspiration and recognition. Each year, PRNEWS selects an elite ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Alex Sundara

Our Chief Panda Officer, always near the genesis of an inspired idea (or cocktail), often recalls Marcel Proust’s wit for answering Victorian parlor game questions. Pixel has traveled far ...

Turning Heads and Shaping Opinions

NJI Senior Multimedia Video Producer Bill Risen details the complex process behind editing videos for a media-savvy audience. On a lazy weekend evening, you sit comfortably in front of your ...

NJI Receives 13 Creative Awards Celebrating Innovation

NJI is pleased to celebrate 13 new digital design awards received in partnership with our outstanding clients at The Home Depot (THD), Airlines for America (A4A), the National Beer Wholesalers ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Isabelle Gomis

Our Chief Panda Officer, always near the genesis of an inspired idea (or cocktail), often recalls Marcel Proust’s wit for answering Victorian parlor game questions. Pixel has traveled far ...

Leading with Grace and Grit: Women in the Creative Industry

Women are central to over a century of growth for the creative industry. From graphic designers to copywriters, female employees drive innovation and push boundaries in their respective fields. They ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Kate Phillips

Our Chief Panda Officer, always near the genesis of an inspired idea (or cocktail), often recalls Marcel Proust’s wit for answering Victorian parlor game questions. Pixel has traveled far ...

How Creative Agencies Can Leverage AI

AI machine learning software is a powerful tool that enables more personalized, efficient, and effective public affairs campaigns. AI models like ChatGPT, Bing, and MidJourney can hold conversations, answer follow-up ...

All Politics Are Local, Except When They’re Global

Political theatre may vary greatly between Westminster and Capitol Hill, but there is much common ground across legislative issues and priorities for the United Kingdom and United States. Essential to ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Jamie White

Our Chief Panda Officer, always near the genesis of an inspired idea (or cocktail), often recalls Marcel Proust’s wit for answering Victorian parlor game questions. Pixel has traveled far ...

Accessibility in the Digital Age

NJI Senior Graphic Designer Sarah Ficarro works tirelessly to provide a positive experience for all individuals. She has a passion for shining a spotlight on accessible and human-centered design. Sarah ...

Celebrating Black Trailblazers in the LGBTQ+ Community

As we acknowledge the triumphs and struggles of the Black community, we also recognize the unique challenges faced by multiple marginalized groups, specifically Black LGBTQ+ individuals. NJI, an LGBTQ-owned agency, ...

Celebrating Black Music and Literature

Black creativity extends far beyond visual arts. Black artists have shaped the soundscape of America, generating influential, enduring genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, R&B, and hip-hop. These ...

Celebrating Black Artistry

The fields of music, literature, and art have long seen Black people at the forefront of creative expression. They have used their talents and ingenuity to overcome obstacles, break barriers, ...

Leveraging Immersive Technology to Benefit Our Creativity

Kate Phillips is an NJI Project Manager with a strong interest in innovation and public policy. She works across a global account portfolio supporting clients who are working at the ...

Celebrating Black Activism

Black History Month offers a time to celebrate the contributions of Black leaders and trailblazers, to acknowledge and address the ongoing struggles and injustices faced by the Black community, and ...

NJI Honored with 10 Creative Awards Celebrating Digital Excellence

NJI is delighted to receive 10 awards for outstanding digital communications, web design, and development in partnership with our clients. Together, we received eight Web Excellence Awards, two AVA Digital Awards. “...

Localization in Global Marketplaces

“My interest in learning different languages and immersing myself in new cultures stems from my upbringing in a multicultural, multilingual home,” shares NJI Senior Project Manager Isabelle Gomis. “As the ...

NJI Elevates Lara Kline to Agency President

NJI, a global creative agency that specializes in design that influences public policy audiences, announces the promotion of Lara Kline to company President. She succeeds Josh Shultz, agency co-founder, who ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Zaid Abdullah

Our Chief Panda Officer, always near the genesis of an inspired idea (or cocktail), often recalls Marcel Proust’s wit for answering Victorian parlor game questions. Pixel has traveled far ...

Making Wellness a Priority

Prioritizing yourself can make a world of difference in how you feel and interact with work. NJI hosts bi-weekly 30 minute mindfulness sessions with a professional mindfulness coach to encourage staff ...

The Future of the Metaverse

What is the metaverse? Three years ago, most people considered it science fiction — a cool concept, but not much else. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, triggering a drastic shift in ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Ivy Lee

Pixel recently flew to Singapore to grab a bite with NJI's creative queen, Ivy, and settle the longstanding debate on what came first - the chicken or the egg.

NJI Recognizes Inaugural Core Value Award Winners

NJI has a long history with tacos— real and virtual. For many years we celebrated and thanked our colleagues by sharing tacos and shout outs over Slack (and ate more ...

XV Years in Review

Who doesn’t love a good year end round up? As we say bon voyage to 2022, we’ve tallied up 15 years worth of effort and insights to mark our crystal ...

Building with Legos & PHP

The new PHP update is here and already being put into practice. Pixel sat down with NJI’s Global Managing Director of Development, Claudio Meira, to find out more about ...

Cut to the Chase

In a fast-paced world with 24-hour news, perpetual notifications, and information overload, no one has time to read the full story. In their book, Smart Brevity, Axios co-founders Jim VandeHei, ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Lisa Filgas

Our Chief Panda Officer, always near the genesis of an inspired idea (or cocktail), often recalls Marcel Proust’s wit for answering Victorian parlor game questions. Pixel has traveled far ...

Sharing the Table for Afternoon Tea

Tea is more than a drink — it can be a centerpiece for connection, collaboration, even spontaneity. This year, as NJI marks our 15th anniversary with an active exploration of awakening ...

Panda Perspective: Hand-Lettered Illustration

Here is a quick behind-the-scenes peak at a typographic illustrationNJI Senior Designer Jessie Noble drew on the giant chalkboards in our DC headquarters to celebrate our 15th anniversary.

Fostering Mindful Wellness

Incorporating wellness into your workday can be challenging, but the key is to make it fit naturally into your schedule. At NJI, we take a few moments to slow down ...

NJI Adds Nine New Team Members

NJI, a creative agency that specializes in distilling complexity through design, announced today 9 new company hires. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, the award-winning agency continues to expand its team to provide ...

NJI Seeks to Expand Creative Opportunities for Veterans

NJI, a creative services agency headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia is pleased to announce we have become a certified veteran employer through the Virginia Values Veterans Program (V3 Program).

Jubilee Twist: Citrus Bell Pudding

In celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, the UK’s Fortnum & Mason hosted a national Platinum Pudding Contest. With 5,000 entries, the top prize went to a lemon and Swiss ...

Relief From the Mundane

Fragrance filled the air at NJI’s global offices this month for our first 15th anniversary team celebration. Like the water-loving hydrangeas in our arrangements, our crew thirsted for in-person ...

The Consummate Host

NJI's legendary attention to detail with client work and parties alike stems from the exquisite taste and style of our co-founder and CEO Nathan Imperiale. Always planning his next amazing ...

Thrive with the Right Work/Life Balance Priorities

A healthy work/life balance means different things to different people.

NJI Honored with 5 Design Awards for Nonprofit and Association Work

international, competitive design awards are a reflection of the creativity and partnership NJI brings to every client relationship. Organizations trust NJI to design solutions that demonstrate real ROI aligned with ...

The Power of Scent

A hint of the aftershave our grandfather used evokes emotions of times past. Freshly cut grass harkens back to lazy summer days. Campfire smoke brings back memories of family trips ...

Understanding Google’s Mandatory 2023 Analytics Update

Website analytics can be intimidating for any organization. Knowing how to best leverage the data for web strategy decisions starts with proper implementation of the analytics tool. For the majority ...

NJI Continues Global Growth with 10 New Hires

NJI Continues Global Growth with 10 New Hires

Semper Fi, NJI

May is Military Appreciation Month. These are chances for us to honor and recognize those who have served and sacrificed so much for our freedom. As a military spouse, I’...

Blooming Panda: Global Floral Workshops

Fragrance filled the air at NJI’s global offices this month for our first 15th anniversary team celebration. Like the water-loving hydrangeas in our arrangements, our crew thirsted for in-person ...

Sense of Time

Sustaining creative capacity day after day, year after year, requires active learning and constant listening. After 15 years of service expressing the interest and ambition of others, we know that fostering ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Carlos Velasco

Pixel challenged Staff Assistant Carlos Velasco to a high stakes Mario Kart tournament — winner takes the last Arnold Palmer in the snack fridge. After breaking a sweat, the two plopped ...

Mentorship Matters

Mentorship is a key facet of career growth for mentees both inside and outside the workplace. Mentors come in all shapes and sizes: supervisors, someone on a team outside of ...

A Decentralized Digital Future: How Blockchain Could Transform User Autonomy

A privacy-focused internet is slowly becoming the standard — and we’re keeping an eye on this shift so we can advise our clients appropriately. 

The Pixel Questionnaire: Jessie Noble

We cracked a cider with Senior Graphic Designer and Content Panda Jessie Noble in hopes that she might share the secrets to her amazing sourdough starter and to learn a ...

Visual Trends We’ll Be Watching in 2022

Design trends don’t occur out of nowhere. They are recurring decisions made by millions of people, often shaped by mutual experiences. When these patterns catch our eye, we start ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Em Salinas

Ever mindful of her interview subject, Pixel put together an avant garde evening complete with a cool glass of aguas frescas and the perfect playlist — a night Senior Graphic Designer ...

2021 by the numbers.

Thank you for a year of top-shelf achievements, and here’s to a safe, productive, and inspiring 2022.

The Pixel Questionnaire: Kristin Whitaker

Pixel popped open a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon with Executive Services Coordinator Kristin Whitaker. After expressing their shared love for a smooth sip of red wine and Will Ferrell's wit, ...

NJI: Heart Behind the Hustle

Pixel and the rest of the NJI team encourage you to think outside the (gift) box this holiday season.

The Home Depot: A Holiday Card Tradition

For the past several years, The Home Depot (THD) has challenged NJI to create a holiday card that promotes the THD brand, highlights important accomplishments, and builds connections with its ...

Let’s Make a Difference Together.

NJI invites you to join our team in a global generosity movement that has the power to shape lives around the world.

NJI Web Development: We’ve Got Tech Heads.

Ingenuity and interdisciplinary talent enable NJI developers to put an individual stamp on every project. The dev team prioritizes custom builds, flexing new muscles and exceeding the expected. We asked ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Katie Mills

We scoped out the perfect English countryside and our very best fluffy gowns to frolic with Graphic Designer Katie Mills for the latest interview with NJI's CPO Pixel. After discussing ...

Defeat DD: A Global Movement Toward Sustainable Sanitation

PATH is a global team of innovators working to accelerate health equity in more than 70 countries. One of its initiatives raises awareness about the prevention and treatment of diarrheal disease (...

NJI Receives LGBT-Owned Business Enterprise Certification

NJI, a public policy-focused creative agency, is now a Certified LGBT Business Enterprise with the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) Supplier Diversity Initiative (SDI). This certification is an important ...

Twelve New Hires Deepen NJI Global Experience & Talent

Diverse skill sets and extensive technical knowledge expand the worldwide team in U.S. and Singapore offices NJI, a public policy-focused creative agency, announced today that 12 new staff members have ...

NJI Doubles Down on UK Market with Expanded London Office

Nathan Imperiale, CEO of US agency NJI, today Monday 18 October opened a new Chancery Lane office to host the company’s growing UK team. Imperiale believes that NJI can become ...

The Cookiepocalypse

I heard something about cookies. What’s going on? The Cookiepocalypse is here, and we sat down with NJI’s Global Managing Director of Development, Claudio Meira, to talk about ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Jamal Giddens

We asked Pixel to invite Michael Jordan and President Obama to grab a slice and a cold Stella Artois at Vito & Nick's in Chicago with Project Manager Jamal Giddens. She ...

Summertime Hustle

This summer, the world is gradually opening back up, and we’ve got an itch to travel around and explore it again. Many of us at NJI have ended up ...

NJI Global Team Continues to Expand

NJI, a public policy-focused, award-winning creative agency, is pleased to announce the addition of six team members across our three offices.

WFH: Maximizing Your Space

At NJI, we’ve all made the adjustment to remote work, whether that means working at a computer desk, a dining room table, a living room couch, or even a ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Sydney Novak

We enticed Project Manager Sydney Novak with a little après-ski invitation to gab over a bottomless bowl of popcorn and chilled Bubly. While discussing which Avenger Pixel would be ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Emily Sikora

After procuring a rare bottle of Chateau Montelena 1973 Chardonnay, we invited Account Director Emily Sikora to sit down amidst the Washington, D.C. cherry blossoms to chat about her oenophile ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Matt Stout

After testing the depths of his Barenaked Ladies song lyrics knowledge, we tucked into an amazing sushi dinner alongside Creative Content Producer Matt Stout. Always willing to jump in to ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Sarah Fritz

Senior Vice President of Finance Sarah Fritz joined Pixel for a brisk morning ride to share a little more about what makes her tick. After, our thoughtful Chief Panda Officer ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Charlotte Nasworthy

We asked Michael Scott to meet Graphic Designer Charlotte Nasworthy poolside for a little margarita dip and to find out more about this DC-based artist who is a polar bear ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Laura Mawson

Beachside with piña coladas in hand, our intrepid panda reporter sat down with London-based Project Manager Laura Mawson to consider which 1980s fashions should make a come back and ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Bill Risen

Amid a Great Gatsby inspired garden party, Senior Multimedia Video Producer Bill Risen sat down to enjoy a delicious kale salad and share a glimpse behind the camera lens of ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Sarah Ficarro

Graphic Designer Sarah Ficcaro invited us to a picnic set amidst the lush grass and beautiful vistas of her private elephant sanctuary to share a delicious bucket of spicy fried ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Anastasia Chu

Ever mindful of her interview subject, Pixel chose the Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat for her imagined interview with Senior Production Designer Anastasia Chu. Relaxed with coconut shakes in hand, she embarked ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Dora Milan

We organized a prosecco tasting with a donsy of garden gnomes for Indiana-based Project Coordinator Dora Milan and settled in on a most comfortable settee alongside Billy Murray to discuss ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Glen Swart

We popped into Ladurée to do some serious advance research for Pixel's latest sit down with Senior Graphic Designer Glen Swart. After some shared fangirling over Anna Kendrick, our ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Yong E-Foong

We stocked up on chilli oil and ordered bowls of Yang Chow fried rice before sitting down with our Sinagpore-based Account Director Yong E-Foong (aka EF). After turning down the ...

NJI Celebrates 10 Million GIPHY Views

Join us in celebration as our GIPHY channel officially reaches 10 million views!

The Pixel Questionnaire: Diona Kurien

Developer Diona Kurien shared a cappuccino with Pixel to chat about the latest equine design trends and give a window into her world.

Howard University Career Fair with NJI Media

Howard University Spring 2021 Virtual Career Fair will take place on Thursday, February 25, from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST. This virtual career fair is open to all majors including graduate and professional schools ...

Public Policy-Focused Creative Agency Opens Singapore Office

Expansion supports global portfolio of clients with regional needs in APAC & CASA markets NJI, a public policy-focused, award-winning creative agency, is pleased to announce the opening of its Singapore ...

NJI Continues Global Creative Agency Growth with New Talent

London, Singapore, and Washington, D.C., offices welcome design, development & strategy hires to support robust client portfolio growth NJI, a public policy-focused, award-winning creative agency, is pleased to ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Kacey Schneider

Packing just the right amount of punch, NJI created The Pixel Questionnaire to give a glimpse into the inner workings of some of our most intriguing minds. Our Account Director ...

Color of the Year 2021

New year, new you. It’s that time of the year again, where we make resolutions and look to be inspired by our surroundings. We look to color and uncover ...

Welcome to 2021

Welcome to 2021– you’ve made it this far. It’s quite likely you’ve found the new year strikingly similar to 2020, and for that we can all empathize (and collectively ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Matt Mills

Packing just the right amount of punch, NJI created The Pixel Questionnaire to give a glimpse into the inner workings of some of our most intriguing minds. Our Associate Director, ...

Embracing Everything Virtual

At NJI, we constantly challenge ourselves to push communication boundaries further while still delivering personalized experiences. We strive to keep our audience engaged, especially in a world that is seeing ...

Dinner at NJI

Please, take a seat at the table.  It has been set with love, care and precision. The candles are lit, the panda wallpaper freshly put up. Cocktails are flowing. ...

A Mint of Development: the Unsexy Truth about Technical Debt

Technical debt is a concept in software development that attributes future problems to the implied cost of an easy, quick solution now instead of using a better approach that would ...

mix. enjoy. thrice as nice.

Winter is coming —brrr! Fear not, we have just the things to warm the cockles of your heart in our Winter Cocktail Guide.  NJI’s international team team are back ...

November Nostalgia: A Recipe

One of my favourite autumnal treats, when I was a little girl, was a paper bag of bonfire toffee. It would get passed around by sticky gloved fingers in front ...

A Mint of Development: Inline Images vs. Background Images

Images add value to a webpage that completes a user’s experience both visually and aesthetically. Images provide value, information, and decoration. Images also come in different types from a ...

A haunted tour of London

With January this year heralding the arrival of NJI in London. We thought we’d hand over to the Uk team to share with you some local lore and creepy ...

The year halloween stayed at home

With a quarantine-o-ween well and truly on the cards this year, we’ve pulled together a few ideas on how to get your Halloween on at home and enjoy some ...

The Pixel Questionnaire: Astrid Limal

Packing just the right amount of punch, NJI created The Pixel Questionnaire to give a glimpse into the inner workings of some of our most intriguing minds. First to climb ...

mix. enjoy. the sequel.

With summer almost behind us, get ready to fall for our Autumnal Cocktail Guide.  NJI’s international team team are back with another curated list of seasonal treats for you. ...

mix. enjoy. repeat.

The NJI Late Summer Cocktail Guide.  Curated by NJI’s international team, this post serves as an indispensable atlas of our favorite cocktail recipes — each fully illustrated—for classic ...

TikTok: The Next Go-to Social Media Platform

Update: Click for Information on the Release of Instagram Reels What is TikTok?  TikTok, formerly known as Musical.ly, is being used by people all over the world to ...

Nothing Sketchy about this UX Powerhouse

If you’ve not heard of Sketch, where have you been? Long gone are the days of pixel-pushing in Photoshop (painful memories for us all) to achieve UX/UI solutions, ...

Emerging Social Media Trends During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In the past four months, our daily routines have dramatically shifted, resulting in new modes of digital communication, remote working, and the cancellation of major events. This new normal has ...

NJI Silver Linings

While this can be a daunting time full of uncertainty, our design team wanted to showcase how we, as a business, team members, and individuals at NJI, face adversity by ...

Maps: Storytelling with Data Visualization

The information age more often feels like an era of information overload. Excess amounts of information are overwhelming. Raw data becomes useful only when methods are applied to derive insight ...

WFH: Tips for Communicating Effectively

With the onset of COVID-19, many of us are facing unprecedented challenges both at work and at home. One of those challenges includes working remotely—often for the first time—...

WFH: Which Virtual Conferencing Platform is Right for You?

With mass gatherings of people being discouraged, and working from home fast becoming the norm, what do you do if you had an in-person event scheduled? Thankfully it’s 2020, and ...

WFH: Tips for Video Calls

As remote work (life) becomes the new normal, the video conference call has shifted from a novelty to a necessity. We've put together some quick tips to ensure that you ...

Bringing Global Awareness to World Toilet Day

Today, 4.2 billion people live without safely managed sanitation. World Toilet Day, celebrated on 19th November every year, is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and help achieve ...

NJI Media Marks New Year with London Office Opening

Expansion into the diverse European and MENA markets signals growth and opportunity for Washington, D.C.-based creative agency ALEXANDRIA, VA. — NJI Media, an award-winning, full-service creative agency announced today ...

NJI Media Names Lara Kline Chief Strategy Officer

(Washington, D.C.) — Full-service creative agency NJI Media announced today the appointment of Lara Kline as Chief Strategy Officer for the award-winning firm.   Joining Nathan Imperiale and Josh Shultz as ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

La Movida Del Vegano – Asis Press Enter – Almir Nago Super Archer Animation – Bahtiyar Agabalayey Onward – Diana Stoyanova El Rayo Tequila – Jessica Deseo The Irregular Outfields of Baseball – Sam Vickars  Cacti – ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Sugar&Partners – Zephyr Coffee Co  Andrew Kolb – Drawlloween Aron Filkey – GladYouAsked Anagrama – C&A Lisa Engler – Bachtober! RADIO – Hello Monday Jessica Deseo – Kotex PAWket Alaina Johnson – Vectober 2019 Pensar ...

Video Case Study: APMI

This past spring, the Alliance to Protect Medical Innovation (APMI) reached out to our team to help them shine a spotlight on innovation within the biopharmaceutical industry. Within three weeks ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Agnotis Baby Care – Dolphins Design A spot of Lonliness – Aysha Tengiz Betún de Mantequilla – Menta Flex Mussels – Butter Deli&Co. Kitchen Knives – Eduardo Ouvido Egg McMuffin – Matthieu Braccini ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Bryan Butler – Heidi For Texas Hawk & Handsaw – Super Natural Gum Dave Coleman – Coachella Matt Carlson – Mountain Landscape Study Natalie Wong – Korállion Kristian Duffy – Dogs and Dames Den Klenkov – ...

Please Create Responsibly

Here at NJI, our creative teams are always looking for an opportunity to challenge themselves and develop new skills. With summer slowly coming to an end, we thought it would ...

Welcoming Zakk Waleko: A Game of Cones

What better way of welcoming our newest team member than a good ol’ fashion ice cream crawl? In honor of National Ice Cream Cone Day, we figured we would show ...

The Gang Goes Back

On a recent Casual Friday here at NJI Media, one of our employees spontaneously began a trend that led most of our team members to change their Slack icons to ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Anna Sun – California’s Sparkling Water Branding Sebastian Curi – Venmo Verena Michelitsch – Wash NYC Werner Design Werks – HiBar Michelle Tiquet – Pictoline Estudio Pum – Flipd App Eight Hour Day – Club Kiddo ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Awsmd – Ecommerce App Interaction Concept Fireart Studio – Rocco the Rhino – A Memorable Character Concept tubik – Innovative Energy Service Website Mark van Leeuwen – Cadillac Love Letters Guillaume Kurkdjian – New Condo Brian ...

Art of the Seal

Every day, it seems like another household name is going through a comprehensive rebrand. Which got us thinking … Here we sit, just outside of D.C. and consequently hundreds of ...

Stop Motion Case Study

Ever since we built our new studio, we have been interested in experimenting with stop motion content, which is why our design and video teams recently joined forces to produce ...

Our Biggest Takeaways: NAB 2019

Last week was big for filmmakers as the 2019 NAB Show took place in Las Vegas, revealing tons of new and advanced technology to be released this Spring and Summer. Even ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Adencys – Rettos Design Ranch – Supper Club Corvino Ramotion – Car Illustration Process Brian Edward Miller – Geneseo Magazine Mark van Leeuwen – Logo Collection Duolingo – Muddy Buddy Project M+ – Belair Cantina Aveline Stokart – ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

ueno. – Dorsia Website DropDrop Studios – Imagine Kalamazoo Fireart Studio – Pipedrive Mateusz Urbanowicz – Tokyo Storefronts Trey Ingram – Tiger Claw Gleb Kuznetsov✈ – Flying around 3D city Fabio Valesini – Sit Down and Walk ...

How We Challenge the Status Quo

Netflix didn’t kill Blockbuster. Ridiculous late fees did. Uber didn’t kill the taxi business. Limited access and fare control did. Apple didn’t kill the music industry. Forcing ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Jessica Hische – Valentine’s Wrapping Paper Ramotion – Mozilla Labs Website: Header Illustration Jithin Puthenpurakkal – Pleinair Illlustrations vivi – Chinese New Year chaos Dimitra Papastathi – Quanima Visual Identity Matthew Fleming – Green Flash ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Starov Evgeniy & Alexey Dubnichenko – Logo Animation Jay Fletcher – The Longboard pt. XXI PLATFORM – Concept: Tracking Tool BAKEA – Deconstruction fan arts 2! Joanna Behar – This Blows Ross Plaskow – ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Bradley G Munkowitz – Dolby Asteria Raccoon Nook – Chobani Non-Dairy Ivan Gorda – Character sketches 01 YULONG LLI – Stickers for Airbnb VisualMaka – Come Across Food Steve Scott – Editorial Projects April-Dec 2018 The Zebra – Icons #1 ...

Social Media Trends for 2019

In 2019, make it part of your strategy to stay up to date on trends, capabilities and best practices - it is not as hard as you think.

Did You Know

Here at NJI Media, we love to see our employees succeeding both in and out of the office. With so many passionate and imaginative minds surrounding us, we’re constantly ...

Get to Know NJI Media’s Newest Team Members

2019 has brought some friendly new faces to NJI Media – team members who play pivotal roles in our Strategy, Operations, and Web Development Departments respectively. As they have already found themselves ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Martina Crepulja – Exodus Travels: Brochure Covers     Green Chameleon – Vivre: Outwear Lookbook     Dmitrii Kharchenko – The Connected City     Jairus – Faces     Russell Shaw – Slack Brand ...

Best of 2018: Video Production

Our video production team and the services we provide keep growing and 2018 was truly a breakout year on all fronts. From the American heartland to Tokyo, Japan – we were busy ...

Best of 2018: Creative Design

Design is at the heart of NJI Media and all that we do. We were fortunate to have a number of opportunities to push the boundaries of design to create ...

Best of 2018: Web Development

We have built and redesigned countless websites in 2018, but a few, in particular, stood out to us, not only because of the front-end transformations that took place but because of ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Jonathan Ball – Celebrate     Xenia Galchin – Special Delivery     Green Chameleon – Pantone Color of the Year: Living Coral     Aaren Z – Time With My Dog     ...

Gutenberg Editor: A History of Revolution and the Future of Editing in WordPress

A major new Wordpress version has been released (5.0), and it includes a dramatically updated page and content editor. Dive in and find out why WordPress made the change and what ...

NJI Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary!

Ten years ago, Nathan Imperiale and Josh Shultz fastened their seatbelts and began a wild ride. Their vision? An agency that deviated from the D.C. norm. Their mission? Create ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Sebo – Steakhouse Homepage     Lobster – Autonomous transportation     Marija Tiurina – The Pumpkin Project     RomainTrystram – gone 17     Dropbox Design – When speeding up means slowing down   &...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Jetpacks and Rollerskates – Squid     green chameleon – Choose your spook!     Tierra Connor – Avison Young Illustrations     Emrich Office – Campy Creatures Deadluxe Playing Cards     Ben ...

NJI Media Lands on Inc. 5000

Inc. Magazine recently listed NJI Media on its annual Inc. 5000, the most coveted ranking among the nation’s entrepreneurial elite – as one of the fastest-growing private companies. The list represents ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Eddie Lobanovskiy – NorthFace     Kassie Scribner – SSDGM     Green chameleon – Maribou State Player Interface     Nick Edlin – Sprinkle Spices Brand Identity & Packaging     UI8 – Quick ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Mohamed Daoui – H A N D S     Foreign Fauna – Your Voice Matters   MUTI – Empowering     Interactive Labs – Fishing App – Catching Chances     Albert Lee – NFL ...

Rebranding the First Five Years Fund

The First Five Years Fund (FFYF) holds a pivotal role in advocating for the importance of care and education for children under the age of five. Their work aligns best ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

  Gleb Kuznetsov✈ – Prism light motion     Lukas Furlan – Southwest I     David Sossella – Vehicles     Muxu Muxu – Slite – Logo Construction 🛠     Brian Edward Miller – Devils ...

FoundationPress: From Prototype to Production

Starting a brand new project is one of my favorite things to do here at NJI Media. I love building a site from the ground up and bringing wireframes and ...

IT’S NOT JUST WHAT YOU DO, IT’S WHEN YOU DO IT

It’s not easy to keep an audience captive for an hour, let alone two days. And while the Digital Summit team had their work cut out for them in ...

NJI Welcomes New Web Developer

NJI Media is excited to announce the hiring of our newest team member, Marsel Gray! Prior to joining NJI, Marsel did freelance web development for his own LLC, worked in ...

Picture-Perfect Pictures

Images on webpages are often among the greediest bandwidth hogs and most frequently mismanaged resources. This technical article aims to help web developers better optimize and manage images with minimal ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Stink Studio – STRAVA 2018 RACE REPORT     Jhonny Núñez – DR. MANEL URIBE ÁNGEL     Animade – Dancing Panda     Eugene Paryhin – House of knives transition     digitalpal – 🇯🇵 &...

The Panda Process

Over the past few months I had the opportunity to illustrate a lot of pandas for an internal marketing campaign. It was a great way to practice my digital drawing ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Tobias Saul – Hand Lettering 2017 & 2018     Oddfellows – Twitter: Video Awareness     Killien Huynh & KAA Illustration – Little Gods of the forest     Green Chameleon – 0.032     Dragana ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Jenna Carando & Lauren Hom – Mural Assisting     Norde – Airbnb App Concept     Emma Ehrling – Winter Solstice     Lisa Adams – Publix Berry Bash     tubik – Moon ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Mike | Creative Mints – Rigoli Web / Site Design     Perspektiva – Hiding 👀     FΛNTΛSY – Vacation Builder     Backhand-kill – A sunny day     justinleduc – Golden Gate Bridge &...

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF … OUR OWN BRAINS?

In the battle for “hearts and minds,” science has provided communicators the roadmap needed to engage audiences via data and create content experiences that are memorable and have durable resonance. ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Eran Mendel – People at my office     Adam Wiedman – Girl Develop It     G R A Z A ™ – Human Color Sets     UIGREAT – Finance App     ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Jonathan Lindgren – Floppy Fingers     Hiwow – Travel     Sugar Blood – Jazz Expert Practice     Matt Anderson – Warriors of Midgard     Andreas Wannerstedt – Google Home Mini Donut ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

  Jenson Z – 2018 World Cup Character Illustration Combo     timskirven – Frank     Tyler Pate – Way out there Beer label     Cuberto – BloomChain Logo Design     Nikolay ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Joakim Norman – Animated logomark representing quantum physics     UIGREAT – Animation about Hotel app     Katie Johnson – Hello From Austin     James Gilleard – LYFT HEADERS     Priya ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Unfold – Multiply Parallax Effect     Manddy Wyckens – Girl in Black     Hunan – Liquid Transition     Zoltan Nagy – Job Finder App Design     Ben Grib – Rhino Pattern &...

Keeping our Edge: Media Consumption for Strategists

Working in the fields of digital and creative services requires us to do our homework – that is, to stay up to date on current trends and events. We accomplish this ...

#Experiences: Brands for the ‘Gram

I’ve been working in the live event space for nearly a decade now, and there is still nothing quite like pulling off a successful event. I don’t think ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Pawel Granatowski – Road to Success     HellsJells – Peace Out Lettering     Manuel NEto – eCare Exercise     Tomas Brechler – Pong 2     tubik – Nature Encyclopedia App Interactions   &...

NJI Expands Video & Event Production

Updates from the Warehouse Our team has been busy working on some pretty amazing projects lately. From creating short films about heroes fighting for medical cures, to producing an awe-inspiring ...

THE PITCH, THE POST, & THE POP-UP

What is the importance of visual impact and story-telling in a (mostly) millennial driven market?  The need for human connection, in a world inundated with digital, is still very much ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Fireart Studio – Lighthouse_6     Syed Misba-UI Hussain – Product Landing Page (Chair)     Amatita – Beware     Animade – Log Climbing     Lemon Digital – Blockfood     Fauzy Lukman – ...

NJI Media Recognized as Being Among Top-performing Marketing, Design, and Development, Companies In Washington, D.C

After ten plus years in business, you certainly learn a thing or two. If you’re truly fortunate, you get to work with clients and partners who push the boundaries ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Ueno. – CTIA.org The Race to 5G     Lobster Studio – Bad Road     Hiwow – Vacation     Chad Michael – Rincon Rum business cards     Patera – CHASE Illustrations &...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

KREATIVA Studio – Foodiefit Interaction       Natalie Murrow – Shiba NO     Tommy Perez – Exploded Brunch     Green Chameleon – MARS 🖖     Petko Modev – Ping ‘n’ Pong   &...

Breaking it Down: Upcoming GDPR (General Data Privacy Regulation) Legislation.

Wait, what? On May 25th, a new law goes into effect in the European Union in order to protect citizens from abuses of their personal data. It is called the ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

ueno. – Cowboy Motion     Marie Bergeron – Infinity War     Fireart Studio – Kids     Balkan Brothers – Real Advisor: Home     Claire Coullon – Red Lemon Club Logotype   &...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Tubik Studio – Mobile User Interface Design: Tasty Burger App     Dmitriy Tkachev – Coffee Stain     Matt Carlson – Landscape Study     Fireart Studio – Request Data     DKNG – ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Focus Lab – Token Bumper     Tommy Perez – Burgz     Local Preacher – JUST     Mantas Bačiuška – Coffee Stain Preloader     Colin Miller – Sweet Spicey & ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Wandr: Beaches Header Transition 🌊 – Green Chameleon     Chris Guyon – Stuntin’     Øystein Sture Aspelund – HIBERNATION IV     ~/.space307 – Colorless Pills     Radio Design – Yosemite     ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

  Ann-Sophie De Steur – Passing Train     Oddfellows – Asana Timeline     Matthieu REBUFFAT – Fisherman     Oliver Sin – B // 36daysoftype   Joanna Ławniczak – Unfollow     IWANT design – ...

What We’re Following: Online Video Ads, Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization

Social Media Marketing Study: 38% of Consumers Think Online Ads Should be Shorter Than TV Thirty-eight percent of U.S. consumers think online ads should be shorter than TV ads, while 7% ...

TOP 10: DESIGNS THAT INSPIRED US THIS WEEK

Heartbeat Agency – Food spin me right round     Olga – Mindfulness     Kultprosvet – Day/Night Mode Switch     Studio VØR – R O B O C O I ...

What We’re Following…Influencer Marketing, Brand Loyalty, Sponsored Content

Social Media Marketing Study: Mid-tier Creators Prove More Engaging, Trustworthy Than Both Celebs and Microinfluencers Content creators who are either “digital trailblazers” with 1 million to 19.9 million social media followers or “...

Top 10: Designs that Inspired Us this Week

Haji Su – Loader   Justin Tran – Avatars   Filip Cerchia – Hand Wash   Leo Natsume – Engage People     Dimitri Kharchenko – Taxi Service Animal   Gavril Perov   Roy Smith – ...

Drupal is Safe and Sound

The Drupal Security Team released a critical patch for the Drupal CMS on March 28, 2018. Here's what you need to know.

Capturing That Perfect Idea

We’re in the creative ideas business – and we love it. Every day we’re either executing on a creative idea or trying to come up with a unique concept ...

What We’re Following…Digital Advertising, B2B Marketing, Ad Targeting

Digital Advertising EMarketer: Facebook, Google Duopoly Under Pressure as Ad Sales Jump for Amazon, Snapchat Facebook and Google will receive a combined 56.8% of U.S. digital ad investment in 2018, a ...

Top 10: Designs that Inspired Us This Week

This is a new series we hope to make a regular thing. These weekly shots are a shoutout to all the hardworking artists that inspire us to create great work ...

What We’re Following… YouTube Marketing, Brand-Consumer Dialogue, 360 Video Ads

Digital Marketing Why Media Companies are Shifting Their Attention from Facebook to YouTube While Facebook Watch hasn’t taken off as a revenue source for publishers and the social network ...

What We’re Following…GIF Strategy, Influencer Marketing, Digital Advertising

Creative Strategy Marketers Animate Their GIF Strategies, But Length Becomes a Conundrum Innovative brands are beginning to break the unspoken rules of GIF communication, opting to publish longer, minute-long GIFs ...

Adobe XD Benefits

Photoshop: what started off as a simple program for adjusting contrast and cropping images has evolved into a cumbersome web design tool; asset export is messy, artboards cause slowdown, and ...

Leveraging Your Consultants

This week I will have the great fortune of leaving Washington, DC and its 30-degree weather for the opportunity to attend and speak at the 2018 Advocacy Conference presented by the ...

Facebook Calls An Audible

Over the last decade, Facebook’s founder – Mark Zuckerberg – has adamantly argued that the platform is first and foremost, a place to bring people closer together. While most of us ...

NJI Welcomes New Director of Finance and Operations

NJI Media is excited to announce the hiring of our newest team member, Sarah Fritz! Sarah brings more than 10 years of experience controlling finances and operations to NJI. Most recently, ...

Inktober!

The end of October means the end of Halloween costume ideas, pumpkin spice everything, and sadly, Inktober. What’s Inktober, you ask? We’ve got you covered. Jessie, a member ...

NJI Media Welcomes Fall Interns

NJI is thrilled to welcome our newest group of fall interns to the team. Whether it be diving into important industry research or keeping a tab on the newest social ...

NJI Hires Former Annie Leibovitz Staffer To Join Strategy Team

NJI is thrilled to announce the hire of our newest strategy team member, Victoria Langton. As an Account Manager on the strategy team, Victoria will work tirelessly to deliver comprehensive ...

NJI Media Named Agency of Record by Jolt Cola

ALEXANDRIA, VA Sep. 14, 2017 — NJI Media, an independently owned digital agency, has been named Creative Agency of Record by Jolt Cola. The Alexandria, Va.- based shop will be responsible for ...

Be You (The Best You)

This summer, the Strategy team was joined by two fantastic interns. They were both named Danny, but we promise that’s not a prerequisite to intern here. Here’s their ...

What We’re Following: Content Marketing, Advertising, Social Media Strategy

Content Marketing  Is It Time To Get More Aggressive With Your Content Marketing? Via PR Daily Content marketing is one of the most overlooked aspects of business today. Companies may ...

Event Branding – Design that dares you to take a selfie

Event branding offers organizations the unique opportunity to amplify awareness. It is for that reason that it’s unfortunate to see those who address event branding with indifference. Too frequently ...

What We’re Following: Website Optimization, Social Media Strategy

Website Optimization What the Internet’s Best Pages can Teach us About Brands Via Contently What About Us?  Companies across the world are telling inspiring stories about their skillsets and ...

Get Noticed

Three seconds. That’s how long your video has before your viewer decides whether to keep scrolling or watch the rest. Want to grab a millennial’s attention? Even less ...

What We’re Following: Social Media Strategy, Design

Social Media Strategy YouTube Introduces Responsive Video Via ISL What works in terms of successful technology is always changing, and YouTube is evidence of that. The video sharing platform just ...

In Case You Missed It: A Night at Camp NJI

Summer is in full swing, and with it the yearning for days once spent running wild at summer camp. So, in order to properly kickoff our 10th Anniversary celebration, we ...

What We’re Following: Creative Strategy, Public Relations, Digital Communications

CREATIVE STRATEGY Connecting the Dots Between Data and Creativity Via AdAge Controversy behind data usage in creative spaces continues. While there are pros and cons about using data to drive ...

“I Hear You Work in DC…”

As we here in Washington settle into the summer season, I know two things are certain — 1) I will have to start breaking into my stash of extra dress shirts because ...

Animation 101 PT. 2

These days, it’s hard to scroll through social media without seeing attention-grabbing motion graphics. Within those graphics, animation is a key player. Luckily, the NJI Media design team not ...

Animation 101 Pt. 1

In 2016, the website GIPHY won a Webby award for integrating “animation or motion graphics in a seamless, superior way that enhances user experience.” The site functions as a database for ...

What We’re Following: Advertising, Digital Strategy, Social Media

ADVERTISING Capture, Then Captivate: the Science and Magic Behind Video Ads That Connect Via AdWeek With unparalleled access to video, consumers are watching more than ever before. This presents the ...

What We’re Following: Social Media, Augmented Reality

DIGITAL MEDIA A Cheatsheet on Snap’s first Three Months As a Public Company Via Digiday Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, reported its first quarter earnings after a highly ...

What We’re Following: Strategy, Advertising, Digital Media

STRATEGY Culture First for CEO’s & Communicators Via LinkedIn/Gary Sheffer “It is increasingly communicators’ role to be the dissenting voice in the room when a policy is being ...

Concealing Complexity: DevOps Dominates DrupalCon

The stand-out subjects of DrupalCon 2017 were those that cleverly conceal complexity underneath: Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and DevOps. When done right, people should barely notice the technology beneath the surface.

What We’re Following: Design, Brand Marketing, Web Development

DESIGN These Creative Photos Use Optical Illusions to Promote Pet Adoption Via PetaPixel Photographer Amol Jadhav and art director/retoucher Pranav Bhide recently created something awesome for World For All ...

What’s up with Facebook Town Hall?

Near the end of March, Facebook unveiled “Town Hall”. Though not Facebook’s first foray into all things political (voter registration promotion, “I Voted” social badges, etc,), Town Hall is ...

In Case You Missed It: A Night on the NJI Boardwalk

All good things must come to an end — even Summer. To celebrate, we recently hosted our first ever NJI Boardwalk Happy Hour. A huge thank you to each of our ...

It’s hot out. Here are some cool updates.

Take a look at how our Summer has been so far!

The Penguins are Coming

As you may or may not know, each year, Google changes its search algorithm around 500- 600 times. While most of these changes are minor, Google occasionally rolls out a “major” ...

When it comes to data analysis, SQL could be your best friend.

Ever heard of the computer language SQL? SQL stands for Structured Query Language, and to save you from confusion, it’s pronounced “Sequel.” This code is designed for managing information ...

CreativeMornings Presents Jon Reiling on REALITY

One Friday morning last month, a lucky few of our Strategy team members were able to snag a ticket for CreativeMornings at the Studio Theatre in DC. We thought it ...

This Blog Contains Dangerous Amounts of Cuteness

Join us in welcoming the newest and tiniest member of our team, Ludo! He is only 12 weeks old and weighs just 7.5lbs, but has the sweetest heart. Ludo already loves ...

Top 10 Questions to Find Your Brand

Skipping the information-gathering phase of branding inhibits an efficient process. This phase defines objectives that direct the designer and sets client expectations for the final product. To help facilitate this ...

4 Ways to Send Better Texts

I just downloaded Google’s new featured Gboard, we 100% think you should too.

Quick Take: DrupalCon Wednesday

There IS a coat check! I want to start with actionable, useful information. There is a coat check. The DrupalCon FAQ claims there isn’t a coat check, but evidence ...

Quick Take: DrupalCon Tuesday

Community, Contributions, Cochon I am not gonna bury the lede here. You should go eat at Two Chicks Cafe for breakfast and Cochon for dinner. If you read my last ...

The Perfect DrupalCon

Don’t just eat the excellent second best ramen LA has to offer. Take your DrupalCon preparation seriously. I didn’t, and it got me delicious second rate ramen. I, ...

NJI is Business Writing Certified

Our hardworking strategists spent the day in a business writing seminar to enhance our skills. Since many of us don’t have time in our schedules to spend a full ...

Drupal Seven to Zero

After starting a real project with D8 I was pleased to find getting D8 to zero is trivial compared to D7.

Instantly Understand Facebook Instant Articles

Today, Facebook opened to the public a product called Instant Articles. You've probably already seen Instant Articles on Facebook from select publishers with early access. Instant Article content is distinguished ...

NJI Media Grows Team

NJI Media announced the addition and promotion of several team members. Our team of sharp-minded strategists, visionary graphic designers, technology fanatics, and analytics fiends work together to build seamless solutions ...

The Acade-me Awards

The Acade-me awards were established about 10 minutes ago when Leo (finally) won his first Oscar. I said to myself “Hey, my name is Leo too, I could do great things.” ...

A Brief History of our Taco Economy

Nate Politi rose to power swiftly after the introduction of the “Hey Taco!” economy. This was early 2016 at NJI Media, on a day now remembered as the second most memorable ...

We’re Good at a Lot of Things, Bowling Is Not One of Them

Last night NJI Media joined forces with FamousDC and Bryant Row at Pinstripes in Georgetown. Two hours later, we learned four things.

Inspire Collaboration // Avoid Compromise

NJI functions through collaboration, not compromise. Compromise connotes a give-and-take between parties, as seen in relationships between clients, project managers, designers, and developers who sacrifice their beliefs to encourage progress. ...

Learning to Embrace the Unexpected

Let me introduce myself. My name is Jonah, proud Minnesotan and NJI Media Strategy Intern. On my first day, I didn’t know what to expect. Do they know where ...

Your 2016 Design Resolutions

So you spent 2015 exercising regularly, eating right, and spending quality time with the family, but how are you going to top last year’s resolutions? Why not try to improve ...

/giphy freedom rockets

At NJI Media we love Slack. It’s a messaging app that not only lets us collaborate, but also allows us to have some fun throughout the workday. This is ...

Using a Library Approach to Communications

Personally, the library (at least before the Internet) served as my anchor as I navigated and searched for information I needed for school, and for the perspectives I sought to ...

thinking big for small design

During the past twenty years, a reliance on small digital screens has necessitated a revised approach to graphic design. While this is becoming less of a problem with the introduction ...

How to Use SSL/TLS Locally

The second in a two-part piece about TLS/SSL encryption, this article is written for web developers and describes in detail how to set up TLS (SSL) on a local ...

Welcome to the Moulin Bleu

NJI Media kicked off our marathon of holiday events this season with our Moulin Bleu party last Thursday night. The company is known for their award winning digital design, web ...

Top 5 Techniques for Ideation

Ideation demands the highest percentage of the designer’s process. Rarely do we simply hop on the computer and crank out a successful combination of type and image. If you ...

Andrew Fimka Joins the NJI Media Team as Senior VP of Strategy

NJI Media, a leading digital agency in Washington, D.C., is thrilled to announce that Andrew Fimka has joined our team as Senior Vice President. Andrew will be responsible for ...

NJI Media is Google Analytics Certified

For those of you following along at home, you may remember that we recently taught you how to not fail the Google Analytics IQ Exam. Update: the hard work paid ...

Brand New Perspectives

The word “brand” usually brings to mind iconic logos like the Nike Swoosh or Coca-Cola’s flowing script. However, brands are comprised not only of logos, but of the products, ...

How to not fail the Google Analytics IQ Exam

So you’re planning on taking the Google Analytics IQ Exam – or, like me you’ve failed already. Either way here are a few honest tips: First question – what will ...

Dear Mom, We’re Finalists

We think you owe us a congratulatory hug, high-five or a shout-out because… Drum roll, please…. NJI Media has been named a finalist as the Digital PR Firm of the ...

Wine Wednesday with NJI Media

One thing you should know about NJI is that we have a true appreciation for the finer things in life. We adore our puppies, we love a great chalkboard design ...

Local Development with HTTPS

Part One in a two-part article about TLS/SSL encryption. The focus of this part is what TLS is, why developers should consider making TLS available locally, and how to ...

How to Relieve Muscle Cramps in Your Hand, oh and We Chalked a New Board

Challenge the Status Quo is our adopted motto here at NJI Media and with our latest chalkboard design we upped the bar once again. Unfortunately this task came with a ...

Secrets Behind the Blue Door

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Evan, NJI Strategy Intern. Since joining the team in May, I have learned a lot about web strategy, analytics and most importantly, ...

Snapchat Lunch and Learn

Thanks to our friends at FamousDC and Bryant Row, we had the honor of hosting a very special event last week. Rob Saliterman, Snapchat’s director of political ad sales, ...

NextMatch.Us Brought to You by NJI’s Shultz Division

As part of NJI Media’s development team, I hear this question all the time: “How hard would it be to [do ridiculously hard thing]?” Usually, though, that question isn’...

So You Want to Set Up a Vagrant Environment

The Problem with Local Environments The problem with developing on local environments happens when everyone’s environment is different. The same problem may not necessarily have the exact same solution ...

On Process, Practice and Learning

Back in late March, I attended the ModevUX Conference. I spent the day listening to inspiring user experience thoughts and musings from a variety of exceptionally talented folks, but one ...

The Puppy Club at NJI Media

There are three main departments at the heart of NJI Media – strategy, design, and development. But there is one other division you may not know about – the canine branch. Our ...

Building the Best of FamousDC

At NJI Media we build websites, manage social media campaigns and design everything from apps to print ads to the entire digital presence of a company. You’re here so ...

NJI Media proudly presents: the new GlobalGamingWomen.org

Global Gaming Women is an organization powered by the American Gaming Association. Global Gaming Women uses programs, scholarships, networking events and mentorships to support the success of women in the ...

Bait to Plate: Preventing Illegal Fishing

The World Wildlife Fund, the world’s leading conservation organization, asked NJI Media to consider the best way to translate a print infographic concept to the web. The report, called ...

Introducing the Gifographic

The NJI Media creative team is using a new infographic format for our clients that some call a “gifographic.” Gif + Infographic = GIFOGRAPHIC! We take a regular infographic, and subtly make ...

Mobilegeddon and Other Updates From Google HQ

Google has a small mountain of updates and changes to its algorithm in play this month. If you have a website, you’re a designer or a developer, this applies ...

Josh’s Birthday Extravaganza

Today we celebrated the birth of our fearless President, Josh Shultz. It was only fitting that we had his favorite artist, Johnny Cash, make an appearance from the grave. We ...

Behind the Hashtags at SXSW: What NJI Learned at This Year’s Conference

SXSW Interactive had many attendees this year, but luckily for our clients, some of those attendees were NJI Media strategists. We witnessed new technologies and ideas firsthand at the conference ...

Now You Can Tour NJI in Your Pajamas

Do you remember when Google Maps introduced Street View to the world? I recall being amazed at using Google Maps to help me find my next bucket list destination. Google’...

Your award-winningest web design, development and strategy firm since 2007

And friend. We’re also your friend. We’ve been busy at NJI Media. It’s been an eventful couple months here at the NJI Media warehouse and I’d ...

Meet our New Senior Strategist

  Meet Natasha.   Natasha is the newest member of the Strategy Team. We think she’ll be an amazing addition to our already impressive team lineup. She comes to ...

United We Brand on HOW Design

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Scott Kirkwood for a writeup about our United We Brand project for HOW Design.  We talked about the ...

We are Chalk-Full of Talent

We burned the midnight oil last night in preparation for the 360° Google Business Tour photoshoot today. After chalking up the first conference room door, we couldn’t help but update ...

Grab Creative Confidence by the Cojones

If there is one thing we’ve all learned to love about the digital industry is that our craft persistently reminds us to develop – forcing us to “push harder”, “embrace ...

What do Jay Z and NJI Media have in common?

A young poet by the name of Jay-Z once said of New York City, “since I made it here, I can make it anywhere.” Every year, thousands of ambitious hopefuls ...

How I Met … The Old-Fashioned Way of Setting Font Sizes

“New is always better”. That’s what Barney Stinson (from “How I met Your Mother”) told Ted. But, is Jumbo Jim’s Grape Scotch a better scotch than a 30 year ...

Stay Within the Lines

With our impending 360° Google Business Tour photoshoot on the horizon we decided it was time to update those old dusty chalkboard barn doors that house the NJI Media conference room. ...

Twitter and Your Dad

A month into my internship, and I had to convince my parents that I am a Twitter Campaign Master. Recently when I get home after a day of monitoring and ...

Cross Culture Episode I: Audiovision

If you have an internet connection, you lead a wealthy life. The proof is in the community – those contributing members of a complex field with just enough free time or ...

Redesigning My ‘Futura’

It took some time to make the realization. Almost seven years, in fact. But once I did, it became impossible to ignore. I am three years shy of 30 and I ...

NJI Launches Redesigned AIADA.org

The American International Automobile Dealers Association is the only group representing international nameplate auto dealers in D.C. They wanted their website to look and feel as updated as the ...

Doing Digital: Three Things I’ve Learned Along the Way

Last week we had a team lunch. We ate spicy chicken. It was delicious. During that lunch we talked about the year ahead and I (briefly) spoke about things I’...

NJI Media Welcomes its Youngest-Ever Team Member

NJI Media President Josh Shultz – and, more importantly, his wife Robin – welcomed the newest member of the NJI team to the world on Tuesday, December 9th at 10:33AM.  Camden Danielle, ...

Extra! Extra!

In October, NJI reopened The Speakeasy at NJI Media.  The design team knew we had to outdo our efforts from the previous year, so we hatched a plan to create ...

Make Sure to Check Your ‘Sockings’ This Christmas

Winter is coming and that means the cold weather is upon us here in the DC metro area. For those of us that are fortunate enough to experience all four ...

This Post Likely Won’t Get Clicks on Facebook

Back in June, Facebook officially let us know organic reach for brands was declining. Six months later, the algorithmic transformation is now complete. What does this mean for your brand’...

NJI’s Most Epic Birthday Yet

This Tuesday marked the birthday of our CEO Nathan J. Imperiale. And, this year’s celebrations marked the most epic birthday party ever for Nathan J. Imperiale. Festivities included Taqueria ...

What We’re Thankful For: NJI Edition

Being new to NJI Media, I learned very quickly that this team appreciates their colleagues and knows how to treat them well. Upon walking into the office on my first ...

Halloween Costume Flowchart

It’s Halloween, and you still can’t think of any ideas for a costume.  Take a spin through our handy costume flowchart and before you know it, you’ll ...

My “Type” of Halloween

There are thousands of resources for finding the perfect free font for your Halloween event this year. But rather than wasting your time dredging through the wingdings and dingbats, we’...

Keep It Weird

Inc. magazine offers a perspective today that may be awash among companies that adopt their competitor’s style. Never do this. It makes you lame. There are some brands that ...

Second Annual Speakeasy a Success

We were overwhelmed by the love from our clients, friends, colleagues and family who came out to our second-annual Speakeasy Party. We’re so thankful for clients we work with ...

Challenge The Status Quo – A Mantra

We aren’t your typical rinse and repeat agency that churns out the same work over and over again. We do things differently and we are proud of that fact. ...

Three Truths and a Lie About Analytics

Here at NJI, we love numbers. Between web, Facebook, Twitter, and email analytics, we tend to work with a lot of figures, stats and metrics. Don’t feel overwhelmed; beef ...

It’s Okay To Own Your (Social Media) Mistakes

Everyone makes mistakes – even the smartest people in the room. And even your favorite publications. However, not everyone owns up to those mistakes, especially on social media. In a world ...

Designing for Mobile: iPhone 6

With the recent launch of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the design community praised Apple for its new devices and collectively groaned at Apple for coming out with two new ...

Selecting A Project Management Software Solution

Six months ago Derek and I set out to change the world find a new project management solution for our creative agency. Little did we know a seemingly simple task ...

Interview with a Panda, Part II

The month of September is self-improvement month, so we thought we should get another interview in with our very own Blue Panda, who disappears more and more frequently these days. ...

Embracing Our Creativity Inc.

It’s true, NJI is full of Internet geeks, but that doesn’t stop us from being bookworms too. One of the speakers at the Smashing Conference in NYC recommended ...

District Taco

Back in June, we learned that District Taco will be opening a new location in our beloved Old Town.  At NJI, we love tacos (we once ate 165 ½ in one sitting), ...

Learn at Lunch: A Photo Essay

At NJI, we are constantly working to improve and streamline our internal processes.  A few months back, a few NJI team members attended the An Event Apart Conference in scenic ...

Greetings From the New Guy

I’m the new guy. Every office has one. It can take a while to settle in and become part of a new environment. I imagine coworkers thoughts usually range ...

What’s A New Team Member to Expect?

NJI loves its interns, and I’m excited to be joining the team as the newest member of the Strategy team. I joined NJI Media because I wanted to join ...

The Story of Electricity

After wrapping up the redesign of the Institute for Energy Research’s flagship website last spring, we met with IER to tackle their next project: The Story of Electricity. The ...

NJI’s New Mascot

  Last week we made an addition to the team here at NJI. He is a 9 week old, Olde English Bulldogge, named Hamilton Porter (a.k.a. Hammy a.k....

This Is What Happens When You Let Your Development Team Cook Lunch

Over the past several weeks each division at NJI Media has cooked lunch for the rest of the team. Today we were lucky enough to have lunch prepared by the ...

NJI Media: Cat’s Pajamas, Bee’s Knees, & One of the Coolest Companies in DC

No big deal or anything, but we were just named one of the coolest companies in DC by InTheCapital, and for good reason: we’re awesome. But, don’t take ...

Google Glass Through the Eyes of Our Intern

We turned a pair of Google Glass over to one of our trusty interns this week.  His task was to wear the glass for one week and report back on ...

NJI Interns Know Their Memes

Being an NJI intern is no easy task. There’s always something to do, whether it’s writing reports tracking web traffic, conducting research on digital trends, or helping us ...

More NJI Media Birthdays Which Means More Reasons To Eat

In celebration of the birthdays of Alex and Andrew, Nathan again took to the kitchen to prepare another delicious meal for the team. On today’s menu: Chicken curry, tandoori ...

Where we’re going, we don’t need chairs!

Humans spend a lot of time sitting around. We sit down to do so much in our daily lives. Have you ever thought about what we’d do without chairs? ...

Our Newest Star Map: Smashing Conference

Last month’s Smashing Conference made a lasting impression on myself and my fellow project manager, Ida Rosenthal. We learned many, many, many things. Many different things. In an attempt ...

NJI Media Baby Count Hits Five

Congratulations are in order for Dave and Carolyn Tate on the birth of their beautiful baby girl. Maxine Elizabeth was born on Sunday and clocked in at a healthy 8lbs, 10...

How to Properly Fold Old Glory

Independence Day is this Friday and Americans everywhere will be flying the nations colors outside their homes in celebration of the famed federal holiday. While it is widely accepted that ...

The Remaking of a Nation

In 1777, the United States adopted the design for its first national flag. In 1916, President Wilson issued a proclamation making June 14th Flag Day. America’s state flags were designed between 1893 (...

United We Brand

Say what you want about them, but every spring when the tourists start to flock to D.C., patriotism starts to fill the air. NJI’s been feeling the spirit. ...

Three Sites to Help You Follow the World Cup

Find your allegiance because four years have past and it’s that time of the year again. The World Cup is here and is calling for the earth’s greatest ...

Pushing Pixels and Piling Pancakes

Every day at NJI Media, we’re steeped in design, code and strategy. But we get hungry. And although, yes we are hungry to make the web better using these ...

Believe in Yourselfie

I wear a lot of hats here at NJI: party planner, Nathan’s wife, and leader of an iOS development project called Photox. It all started over brunch (as all ...

NJI Launches a New Website for the Institute for Energy Research

The Institute for Energy Research (IER) and NJI are always looking for ways to talk to people about solutions for today’s global energy challenges. That’s why for years, ...

Three Things to be Aware of in the New Look Gmail

A few screenshots of a new Gmail interface were recently leaked revealing some interesting features that might be set to launch in the near future. There is no official word ...

NJI Gets Wet

Last week, our HQ in Alexandria saw some unusually heavy rain, and an unusually high river. We got creative, as always, and braved the water up to our front door ...

We Took it to a Whole Mother Level

On Mother’s Day there is nothing moms like more than a homemade card. But who has the time to sit down and create something? Our design team does. So ...

What We Learned from the Facebook f8 Conference

Facebook’s conference was a little less flashy this year than others, evidenced by the company changing its famous motto from “Move fast and break things” to “Move fast with ...

HBR: Sense Making as a Mental Model

The March issue of the Harvard Business Review had a powerful article called “An Anthropologist walks into a Bar…” and the ensuing 10,000 word punch line is that companies do not ...

His Biological Chalk is Ticking

Last week we celebrated a birthday of one of our distinguished partners. Josh, celebrating 30(ish) years, is our spiritual leader and inspirational guru. The only way the design team could ...

You Should Write That Down

It’s always exciting to see print collateral in the flesh for the first time. A fresh delivery of notebooks came in this morning and we’re still buzzing. We ...

SXSW: The NJI 5D

SXSW Interactive is all fun and tacos until a panel or set of panels bring to light a new way of doing creative business. NJI Media was well represented at ...

Don’t Knock Chalk

Every so often the design team likes to get back to the basics. This past week we decided to get creative with some chalk on our conference room door. We ...

NJI Media Located in a Best Downtown of 2014

All of us at NJI Media start the day walking down South Union Street before we walk up the steps of The Warehouse. We’re welcomed by the sunny atrium, ...

The 2014 March Madness Media Scouting Report

Who will rule social media in 2014? Will the powerhouse programs like Facebook maintain dominance or will Pinterest be this year’s Cinderella story? To help make sense of the social ...

NJI Media CEO Welcomes Baby Boy

Congratulations are in order for NJI Media Founder and CEO Nathan Imperiale. Nathan and his wife Louisa welcomed a handsome little boy to the world on Saturday, March 1. Williams, who’...

What Ricky Gervais Can Teach Us About Creativity

What do a slapstick British comedian, a media agency, and government bureaucracy have in common? Answer: The need for creative problem solving! Creativity is hugely important to the work we ...

10 Reasons Why NJI is Looking Forward to Spring

D.C. weather can’t seem to make up its mind. One day it’s snowing, the next its sunny with temperatures soaring to the 60s. With spring right around ...

SXSW Hacks: A Checklist From Gear to Parties

We are less than a month away from SXSW. At this point, I hope you’ve secured your housing and transportation. If not, you can still find some options on ...

Three Lessons from Flappy Bird

I am fascinated by application gaming. Not only because of the simplicity of the games that manage to create hours and hours of entertainment, but for the economies that they ...

Top Takeaways on the State of Facebook Advertising

At our last Learn at Lunch, armed with sandwiches and rapt attention, the NJI staff and a few of our clients hunkered down for insightful discussion about the truckload of ...

NJI Launches Redesigned BusinessRoundtable.org

Through our years working with the Business Roundtable, we’ve done some pretty cool things together. In addition to print advertising, online creative and infographics, we’ve worked with the ...

NJI Media Learn at Lunch Welcomes Andrew Foxwell

We confess, we’re suckers for learning about the latest digital trends (and we don’t mind a good lunch either). That’s why every so often, we host a ...

Branding a Speakeasy

In October, NJI celebrated the move into our new office space by transforming the warehouse into The Speakeasy at NJI Media.  From the first mention of the idea, the designerds ...

Facebook Vs. Memes?

Facebook recently announced that it is changing the way its News Feed serves up stories to visitors. Facebook makes clear in their release that it will not prioritize memes – image ...

Pet Personals

Love is in the air at NJI Media. We could talk about our employees that found true love during a company Rice Crispy Treat eating competition or discuss our work ...

Web Development: Scary Funny

This morning, an NJI developer named Kyle Jennings walked in with a skeleton on his back. Another NJI developer, Neil Kempin, took a photo of this skeleton (since removed from ...

We weren’t worried about a Sriracha Shortage

There was almost a Sriracha shortage this week, due to some unpleasant side effects of a new Sriracha facility in California. Luckily, the factory will stay open due to a ...

Happy Halloween from NJI Media

We know, we’re a little early. We love holidays at NJI Media and Halloween is no exception. We know what we’re going to be this year, too, thanks ...

After the NJI Media Speakeasy

We were humbled last week by the support we received at our Speakeasy from our clients, friends, and family. From the launch of our new website to our new office, ...

Are You Paying Too Much For Your Cellphone Bill?

From communicating with one another to testing out mobile sites before launch, we are without a doubt attached to our smartphones by the hips here at NJI. While traditional 2-year ...

Playing Telephone With Google Voice

Recently, a good friend showed me how Google Voice improves upon voicemail by doing it’s best to transcribe your message.  I was impressed that the ones I had left ...

Rebranding the Washington Redskins

We’ve taken note of the recent controversy concerning the Washington Redskins’ name and we decided to do what we do best here at NJI- create new brand solutions. We ...

2013 Halloween Costume Flowchart

Stuck in a costume rut? Instead of dusting off that Lady Gaga costume that you’ve worn for the past four Halloweens (so 2000 and late), and before you ruin a ...

Better Brainstorms

At NJI, we come up with ideas. A lot of ideas. Most of the time we have formal brainstorming sessions to keep track of all the good ideas rapid fired ...

Happy Birthday Nintendo – 10 Best Nintendo Games for your smart phone

If we were a betting agency, we’d say you unwrapped your first Nintendo game on a birthday. We are bringing back that memory in honor of Nintendo’s 28th ...

WordPress Freebies part two

Welcome to part two of my WordPress Freebies giveaway. In my last post, we covered design enhancements for default plugins on the WordPress platform and you can read that blog ...

WordPress Freebies Part One

We’ve been busy at NJI, and thats great because it’s given us opportunities to build some time saving tools for WordPress that we would like to share with ...

Breaking Boring: Changing Your App Icons

Here at NJI, we love our Apple products as much as we love Breaking Bad. We appreciate the engineers at Apple who design the incredible machines we use, but we ...

Photoshop Freebies for Developers

I’ll start this off by saying that we love giving back to the design/dev community in any way that we can. Lately, we’ve been really busy and ...

Hacking The System: How to get Free Stuff

We are hackers at heart. From designing and developing websites, to scouring the internet for the latest freebies, deals and steals, we are all about finding ways to make our ...

Online Shopping: How to get the Best Online Deal.

When purchasing office products or the occasional bamboo stalk for our beloved Panda. I always research deals online before committing to a purchase. Here are three easy steps on getting ...

Excel Spreadsheets Don’t Win Over Clients

Excel spreadsheets are powerful tools for organizing data, but let’s be honest, sometimes even the most well-intentioned spreadsheet can make an interesting topic seem dull. For example, if you’...

iOS 7 UI Stencil for Omnigraffle

We wireframe quite often. When we do, we use Omnigraffle. Omnigraffle has this great feature called “stencils”. Stencils are basically a collection of graphical elements that are easily accessible for ...

NJI Media Continues Expansion Two Feet At A Time

On Wednesday at 4:08 pm, Ryan Howell and his wife Karen welcomed their baby girl to the world – raising the NJI Media partner baby count to three. Olivia Clare weighed in ...

Our address may be difficult to remember, but our door isn’t

The finishing touch on our new headquarters has been completed. Despite its unceremonious installation, we feel that it will likely go down in history as an iconic symbol. Similar to ...

Evaluating a Wireframe (for Non-Designers!)

Website design has a secret – it’s part art, but also part science. Shapes, patterns and colors are important to a designer, but so are layouts, hierarchies and organization. It’...

Food For Thought

Some people eat to live… At NJI we live to eat. Nothing proves this concept more than taking a look back at our consumption habits over the last 8 months. We’...

On Branding

In our view, a brand is the sum of experience a consumer has with a product or service. For this reason, a successful brand is like a relationship since there ...

It’s Not To Late to Catch the CapitalCamp 2013 Action

CapitalCamp has returned to DC for the third year in a row to bring together “designers, developers, open gov advocates, IT managers and anyone that wants to find out more ...

Four Years Later, Dave Tate Still Puts His Pants On One Leg At A Time

NJI Media has been privileged to work with some amazing people over the years. One of those people is Dave Tate. Today we celebrated Dave’s four year anniversary at ...

Our Designers Love to Coordinate With Our Clients … And Themselves

Because all good designs start with a plaid canvas. Design team pictured left to right: Alex, Drew & Mason (who’s thrilled). Picture taken last week.

Six Responsive Conference Websites

In order to shake off the stereotype of snooze-worthy panels and awkward small talk, a good conference website must be thoughtfully designed to reflect the fun, inspirational atmosphere of the ...

Bing it Baby: Five Search Ideas for the Challenge

After two years of harassment from Bing, I finally Googled “bing challenge” and played along. If you’re not familiar with the “Bing It On” campaign, Microsoft invested billions into ...

Five Fonts We Love

1. ARCHER – A humane, charming serif face that is at once playful and persuasive. 2. IDEAL SANS – A sturdy, welcoming sans serif with organic, hand-crafted detailing. 3. TUNGSTEN – A modern, stylish sans serif ...

We Got A Facelift

Welcome to the new NJI Media website! We recently changed offices and with that thought we could do with a fresh coat of online paint if you will. After launching ...

It’s Okay If Someone on Twitter Hates You

Twitter can be a lot like high school. One day you’re popular, getting retweets and mentions left and right, and the next you’re out in the cold, fumbling ...

Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day to all the great dads out there, including the newest NJI dad’s Nathan Imperiale & Josh Shultz. Enjoy your first Father’s Day!  

Top Vine Tips for Brands & Organizations

It’s been five months since Vine launched, and the Android version was announced just last week, but marketers and organizations are still wondering what to do with it. There ...

5 Jquery Plugins You Should Check Out

We love interactivity at NJI Media. Our development shop likes to use fun, new resources to create interesting websites. One tool that is always in our toolbox is Jquery, the ...

Ten Engaging Parallax Websites

A parallax scrolling website can be interesting, informative and extremely engaging. Well-executed parallax design can elevate a message and enhance the narrative of a website in a very memorable way. ...

NJI Media Partners With TEDxSouthCapitolSt

As lovers of TED Talks, we are very excited to announce our work with DC’s upcoming TEDx event. This Thursday we are sponsoring and attending TEDxSouthCapitolSt, a locally organized ...

Five Great, Illustrated Websites

We’re always perusing the web for great ideas and love stumbling across fun web design projects. Below are a some of my recent favorites. All of them focus on ...

Happy Cinco de Mayo

If you plan on taking part in the American tradition of Cinco de Mayo, we thought we’d hook you up with the classic margarita recipe. Now, just because our ...

Reading List: 5 Design Books for Project Managers

On a daily basis, project managers work with clients and designers to obtain the best results for each campaign. However, translating client needs to designers can sometimes lead to an “...

2 Things About Client Management

There are only two simple rules for great client management. All of the other rules are complicated. I’ve worked with or for digital agencies of all sizes, and I’...

NJI Media Heads to AU's Social Learning Summit

NJI Media was spotted this past Saturday on American University’s campus with saltwater taffy, notebooks, and NJI pens in hand. Doing what? Attending the 2013 Social Learning Summit. NJI sponsored ...

What We Learned at SXSW Interactive

NJI Media attended SXSW Interactive. We learned that social media is alive and well, and we also picked up on some trend lines. You’ll find our three core takeaways ...

NJI Media Expansion Continues, This Time by Two Feet

Last Thursday, NJI Media President, Nathan Imperiale and his wife Louisa welcomed their baby girl to the world. Isabella “Elle” Julia Imperiale officially made her appearance at 8:25pm EST. IJI ...

Hello from the new office!

NJI Media has officially moved and we’re excited to show off our new digs! After moving last week and taking some time to set up the shop, we were ...

NJI Media Does Social Media Week NYC

What does bourbon infused chocolate have to do with digital media? Nothing, but I almost ate a whole brick of it at NYC Social Media Week’s opening night party. ...

We’re Hiring People Who Write, Speak and Dream in Code

Do you like hot sauce? Even better, can you make hot sauce? We like hot sauce – it’s the spice of life and we try to keep it lively at ...

What We Learned at NY Tech Meetup

There are a few things New York does right: moving people efficiently through the city, baking pizza, and organizing technology events. At the February New York Tech Meetup, there was ...

There's a Surprise at the End of this Blog Post

February’s always bittersweet here at NJI Media, we have to finally take down the Christmas tree.  But the holidays don’t have to end yet! Valentine’s Day is ...

A Decade of WordPress

Hundreds of millions of websites feed us every day with limitless information and powerful tools. Neat. Incredibly, about one of every six are powered by the same publishing engine: WordPress. ...

Why I Like Taco Bell

There is never a content update that Taco Bell makes that I don’t either like, retweet, or share because the voice of the brand connects with how I identify ...

Part I: 10 Steps to Website Quality Assurance

Getting through the design and development phases can be the most time consuming stages in the life of a website. And rightfully so since these two steps determine functionality and ...

Part II: 10 Steps to Website Quality Assurance

Earlier this week I walked you through the first five steps you should take to make your website’s launch go smoothly and keep our panda happy. I hope you ...

How to Feed a Web Army – A Look at NJI’s 2012

Being huge fans of data, we’re loving all the end-of-year round ups being released by Google, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo! during the past few weeks. If you weren’t ...

NJI Media Has A Few New Faces

These past few months have been a whirlwind in the Warehouse with the launch of several large projects, preparing to move offices and, most importantly, the addition of some amazing ...

No Blue Edges?

Today we were very excited to receive a shipment of our shiny, new NJI business cards. We felt like Christmas had come early. Until we realized that there was something ...

Getting Washington to Act on the Fiscal Cliff

If you picked up a Wall Street Journal yesterday or have been following the fiscal cliff debate (only 25 days ‘til cliff) you’ve probably seen some of NJI’s work. ...

DIY: Make Your Own NJI Panda

Here at NJI we love our Panda mascot. So much so that we think everyone should have their own NJI Panda. After a few internal test runs, we created an ...

Top 10 Favorite Drupal Modules

Here in the NJI Media development shop, we heart Drupal. Our experience has proven Drupal to be an exceptionally reliable and robust platform, which is both friendly to our client ...

NJI’s Day at DC Week

Last week Thursday I was lucky enough to represent NJI Media at Digital Capital Week’s core conference with the rest of our team. NJI sponsored the event and the ...

Top Halloween Costumes According to Google

Well, Sandy may have knocked out our power and flooded a few cities, but Halloween is here and there’s nothing to lift the spirits like some trick or treats. ...

Food Truck Facts: This Infographic Will Make You Hungry

Everyone in the DC area loves food trucks. Well, almost everyone. As the District continues to add regulations that restrict our favorite rolling restaurants, NJI Media decided to take a ...

NJI Media and FamousDC Countdown to the Election Over Drinks

Hill flacks, policy wonks and Washington journos came out in force last night for our happy hour with FamousDC. Top of the Hill played host to the latest gathering of ...

Brand New Conference 2012

The Brand New 2012 Conference was the third annual branding & advertising conference organized by the people at UnderConsideration.com. It took place on September 7th at the New York School ...

Apple Fanboy Rant

Here at NJI Media, we have a thing for beautiful design and flawless functionality. Apple is one of those organizations who continually nails these two qualities with every product release. ...

Welcome Natalie Shultz!

The whole crew is celebrating today for Josh Shultz and his wife Robin on the newest addition to their family, Natalie Baker Shultz. Born this past Saturday, Sept. 8, Baby Shultz ...

Creating a Successful Mobile Strategy

Smartphones have become a way of life. With over 50 percent of all mobile users opting for smartphones, and over 40 percent of internet traffic coming from mobile devices, a mobile strategy ...

Vote Travel: The Making of a Bus Tour

Our friends over at U.S. Travel recently released a video recap of their successful nationwide Vote Travel Bus Tour. Over 20,000 miles, 38 states and 60 destinations later, we are proud to ...

Finding Inspiration: Top 5 Design Sites

When looking for inspiration, where do you start? From print to web design, there are many creative avenues to explore when you’re just starting a project. Here at NJI ...

Linkedin Like a Pro(fessional)

Last week Linkedin announced that it has reached 175 million users. It also reported good stock earnings and has rolled out various new features since the beginning of 2012. However, even with ...

Olympics Trivia: A Cheat Sheet

In the days leading up to the Olympics, the NJI team has been practicing our English accents and brushing up on Olympiad factoids. Simply put, we love the Olympics and ...

Effective Collaboration: Tools to Make Any Team Successful

As a creative firm, collaboration is part of our daily routine. Finding ways to streamline this practice, while achieving better results, has been its own project for us. Outlined below ...

Seven Sins of Email Marketing

According to the latest market research, the top two ways to deliver information on the internet involve: 1) cat-related websites and 2) thought-provoking email campaigns. Since nobody here at NJI Media is ...

What To Do With All Those Metrics

Web metrics and analytics: most of us are familiar with the basics of measuring online performance, but at the end of the day, what does all this data really mean? ...

Photoshop Timesavers – Building Actions and Batch Processing

I have a love/hate relationship with Photoshop. Photoshop is the program countless people use in the web design and development industry, all day, everyday. It takes weeks, and often ...

Strategic Communications: What does email have to do with downed power lines?

If you’re in the DC/MD/VA region like we are, you likely experienced the storm and power outages that came with it this weekend. In fact, a number ...

Converting PDFs to EPUB and MOBI Formatted E-Books

Here in the NJI Media development shop, we wear many hats. From web apps to interactive dashboards, we stay sharp in a wide spectrum of digital skills. A little-known segment ...

Converting PDFs to EPUB and MOBI Format E-books

Here in the NJI development shop, we wear many hats. From web apps to interactive dashboards, we stay sharp in a wide spectrum of digital skills. Another little known segment ...

Top Ten Online Branding Guidelines

The web has evolved into the most important marketing medium in history. However, many organizations continue to place less importance on the expansion and curation of their brands online. Online ...

NJI Media Wins Three More: Interactive Media Awards

The NJI Media team is thrilled to add to our trophy room three more awards, this time, from the Interactive Media Awards (IMA). Our team was awarded two Best In ...

Social Destinations and Branded Communities

During the 2012 NASCAR Pocono Race, Twitter released its first-ever television commercial, touting the new hashtag pages. The ad, geared toward larger companies, was a part of a marketing strategy designed ...

NJI Media expands again: Morgan Gress joins the team

NJI Media continues to expand. This time, we welcome Morgan Gress. Morgan joins the Client Services team as a Junior Account Manager. A recent public communication graduate of American University, ...

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Basics

Pagerank  (PR) is what Google uses to decide whether your site appears in search results for a given query, and in what order. The ranking is on a 1 to 10 logarithmic ...

NJI Media Takes Home Two Horizon Interactive Awards

NJI Media is pleased to announce that our team’s hard work has paid off: two projects brought home some hardware at the 2011 Horizon Interactive awards. In competition with 1,000+ projects ...

Two More NJI Staffers Marry, Each Other

This past weekend, a few NJI employees along with family and friends gathered at the Agricultural History Farm Park in Montgomery County, Maryland to witness the marriage of our Director ...

NJI Unsolved Mysteries: Much Tastier than the 90s TV Show and with fewer aliens (we hope)

NJI Media is known for having an abundance of snacks and beverages stocked in our kitchen in order to keep our team running 24/7.  In fact, a recent study concluded that ...

The Ultimate Treat Challenge

What’s the best way to take a break at work? Vending machine? Walk around the block? What about a Treat Challenge? At NJI Media, we LOVE food. Snack hour ...

Vote Travel's Amazing Illustrations

Who’s on a roll with Vote Travel? The U.S. Travel Association continues to trek across the country on their coast-to-coast Vote Travel bus tour. We’ve recently blogged ...

Man's Best Friend: Coworker

NJI Media’s HQ is in the heart of Old Town, VA, a top dog friendly destination. With more than five dog parks, Old Town welcomes dogs with open arms ...

Online Curation: Dos and Don'ts

One zettabyte: that’s a one, followed by 21 zeros. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. A trillion gigabytes. This is the amount of data we – all over the internet, all over the world – consumed in 2010. In 2011, ...

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Basics

Search Engine Optimization [SEO]: it sounds both mysterious and unseemly, and from time to time, we run across an SEO practitioner hawking his secret sauce. Promises of top ranking overnight ...

We Imagined Ourselves Better Bowlers. We Were Wrong.

Last week the NJI Media team took a field trip to the bowling alley. After one game, it was clear that none of us had bowled in a very long ...

2012 Top Ten Tech Pranks

April Fool’s Day is right around the corner. Sadly this year the famous holiday falls on a Sunday. Don’t worry; we're preparing to celebrate the holiday on Monday, ...

U.S. Travel Association's Twitter Strategy

Our client the U.S. Travel Association paid us a lovely visit the other day. Literally on a roll with the launch of their new site and the start of ...

Vote Travel Bus Rolls by NJI Media HQ

If there's one thing NJI Media loves, it's a good bus tour. We're proud to team up with the U.S. Travel Association as they launch their Vote Travel campaign. ...

The End of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica

Do you use the printed version of the Yellow Pages? You know, that bulky book that is delivered to you on a yearly basis, along with its brother, the White ...

NJI Media Co-Sponsors National Press Foundation Awards Dinner

Last night, we were honored to co-host the National Press Foundation Awards Dinner. It was our second year teaming up with our friends at Story Partners to build an interactive ...

Were Someone to Grade Our Ability to Move a 300 Pound Server Rack Up a Flight of Stairs, We Would Likely Fail

On Wednesday morning, our new server rack arrived at the Warehouse. Ryan Howell, Partner and Director of Switches, and Dave Tate, Director of Development and Unboxing, are taking the lead ...

Totes Amazeballs: Twitter Strategy Done Right

Totes Amazeballs: is it a dream cereal – a combination of Rocky Road cake, Coco Pops Rocks, marshmallows, shortbread pieces and raisins – or dream online social media strategy? What about both? ...

NJI Media Continues to Expand

Thanks to a very active propaganda campaign, the NJI Media team continues to expand at a rapid pace. The talented folks in the lineup above represent NJI Media’s latest ...