NICK LEVESQUE

Zendesk BRAND

Props, imagery, design, and art direction for Zendesk.

I’ve led the brand design team at Zendesk—managing a team of designers, art directing imagery, and creating brand identity systems.

Zendesk is a CRM company with support, sales, and customer engagement products designed to improve customer relationships.

Web imagery
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Selection of imagery for webpages on zendesk.com.

Image assets
Webpages

Art director
Designer

Marta Dymek, photography
Adam Ho, design
Kevin Cline, stop motion
Olivia Kingsley, copy
Lauren Bernal, copy
Ethan Kanat, copy

Refresh the Zendesk Benchmark page. Audience: Prospects and customers interested in a data-driven approach to customer experience.

Image assets
Webpage

Art director
Prop stylist

Marta Dymek, photography
Eve Spears, art direction
Lizzie Oh, props
Raven Wadley-Wright, copy
Tamara Austring, producer

Benchmark
Help Center
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Transform Zendesk's help center and community into an easy-to-understand experience that guides customers directly to the best solution.

Image assets
Webpages

Art director
Designer
Prop maker
Prop stylist

Marta Dymek, photography
Daniel Morris, retoucher

Homepage
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Refresh zendesk.com homepage to reflect new messaging, updated brand experience, better user experience, and generate more leads.

Image assets
Webpage

Art director
Designer

Marta Dymek, photography
Melanie Picardo, design
Lauren Bernal, copy
Lizzie Oh, backdrops

zendesk.com 2020

Explore

Art director
Designer
Prop maker

Kevin Cline, creative direction
Elyse Kanagaratnam, video
Vanessa Avery, producer


Video

Showcase Zendesk’s latest product, Explore through an introductory video.

Sunshine
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Erin Pinkley, creative direction
Ethan Kanat, creative direction
Kevin Cline, creative direction
Adam Ho, branding
Marta Dymek, renders
Tori Cincotta, animation
Colin Thomas, animation
Victor Duran, video

Art director

Daniel Peterson, audio
Raven Wadley-Wright, copy
Olivia Kingsley, copy
Melanie Picardo, design
Lizzie Oh, props
Marcus Oakley, illustration
Tamara Austring, producer
Samantha Minasi, producer

Webpage
Video
Campaign

Create the art direction for Zendesk's CRM platform. Audience: developers.

Intranet

Create an internal brand identity for Zendesk's intranet.

Brand identity
Webpages
Internal campaign

Art director

Marta Dymek, renders
Eve Spears, design
Julia Oller, copy
Emily Mueller, producer

Icons

Create a new icon style to align with Zendesk’s current aesthetic, that feels distinctly Zendesk, and is scalable.

Library of icons
Process and guidelines

Art director
Designer

Sean Heisler, design
Cristina Mendoza , design
Elias Rabeh, design

Photo of Nick holding an orange cloth backdrop for a still life photo shoot

Behind the scenes