formerly Anansi Webwork + Hayes Design Studios
 

Our team of experienced creative professionals connects design, development + strategy for powerful, measurable results. Never cookie cutter, we’re committed to creating and implementing unique solutions that are driven by your goals and the desires and behaviors of your audience.

Our passion is doing good work for businesses and individuals who do good work.

 

For nearly 20 years, Hayes has guided individuals and businesses to build their brands in a way that honors their goals, values and unique perspectives. From creative consultation to art direction and design, Hayes' love for building a strong team that can be attentive to detail while seeing the big picture has helped clients ranging from rock stars to institutions and corporations, to gifted artisans, all successfully realize their bold ideas.

JESSE HAYES
CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Development that's outside the box. Versed in an ever expanding array of coding languages, Johnson works closely with marketing and design to build unique web, email and database solutions that are goal oriented and avoid cumbersome UX and outdated cliches. With an eye for sustainability and expertise in CMS including webflow, wordpress and more, Johnson creates forward-thinking experiences that are as smooth to use for the client as they are for the user.

MARCIA APOLLOS JOHNSON
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

From real estate to record labels, Apollos understands the way markets move on the web and how to authentically cultivate and grow audiences. For clients interested in developing real, lasting followings and converting likes to tangible success, Apollos builds and implements actionable strategies based on your goals and driven by results, in collaboration with distinct design, development and messaging.

ANDREW APOLLOS
MARKETING DIRECTOR
 
SUKI COHN
DESIGNER + ILLUSTRATOR
CLARENCE YOUNG
COPYWRITER + COPYEDITOR
STEVE PARKE
ILLUSTRATOR + PHOTOGRAPHER
EMERSON MAHONEY
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY + VIDEOGRAPHY
 

 

OUR EXPERTISE

Identity, Brand Strategy + Development
Web Design + Development, E-Commerce, Software Development
Digital Strategy, Social + Email Marketing Strategy + Management
Print Design, Book Design, Layout + Publishing
Photography, Illustration, Motion Graphics
Music Packaging, Music Video
Videography, Video Editing, Sound Design
Project Development + Creative Consultation
Editing, Research, Writing, Content Development
Signage, Environmental Graphics, Interior Design

SELECT CLIENTS

Sharpen, Inc
Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Mela Lee
DC/Vertigo Comics
Monique Billings, WNBA
K. Lookinghorse, designer
Open Roads Media
TeMaTe Institute of Black Dance + Culture
Vineyard Gazette
NASCAR/America's Racing Team
Deloitte
TEDx
The Estate of Vince Guaraldi
Temple View Capital
Red Cat Kitchen
Lens & Larder - Ireland
Virtuous Con
Huckleberry Woman
Bluebelles of Portobello
Edgartown Board of Trade
Cronig's Markets
Cocobeet Organic Juice
University of Southern California
The Lincoln Motor Company
Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School
Orange Peel Bakery

The Black Leaf, tea company
Martha’s Vineyard Coffee Co.
Majority Action
Mass Audubon Society
MIT / CommonWise Ed 
PRN Alumni Foundation

NAACP
Aquinnah Cultural Center
Moskehtu Consulting
Island Housing Trust
Island Grown Initiatives
The Historic Gayhead Lighthouse
J Dilla Foundation
Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation
Digital Underground
Tracy Murrell
Carly Simon
Prince
Naomi Jackson
Andre Cymone
Cerece Rennie Murphy
Lola Flash
Tananarive Due
Airea Dee Matthews
Dr. Mambo’s Combo
Pegasus Warning
Steven Barnes
David Ryan Harris
Victor Wooten
Ricky Peterson
Ronny Jordan
Oli Rockberger
Ingrid Chavez
Michael Bland
Kellindo
Streetrat
Andrina Wekontash Smith
Shock G.

 
 
 
 

“Anansi Hayes Media is not afraid to take the risks that elevate your project.”

CERECE RENNIE MURPHY
AUTHOR | ENTREPRENEUR | FOUNDER OF VIRTUOUS CON

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