A Houston brand agency since 2013.
5+8 is a small, bilingual team. We do the strategy, then build the brand, the campaign, and the website. One team, start to finish, from a studio on West Gray. We still take the meetings in person when it matters.
Samsung. Lyft. Becks Prime. Saint Arnold. United Way of Greater Houston. SEARCH Homeless Services. Galveston Bay Foundation. Louisiana Cat.
Big names, sure. But read our reviews and nobody talks about the logos. They talk about how it felt to work with us. Smart work for cool clients by real people.
- Smart
- Work with a reason behind it. Every choice answers a business question, not a taste question.
- Cool
- The kind of company people want to talk about. If that's you, we're already on the same page.
- Real
- The same people from kickoff to launch. No handoff to someone you never met.
"5+8 adds an extra flare, blending whimsy, humor but also fact-based common sense that you just can't get anywhere else. We're grateful for their partnership!"
- Founded
- 2013
- Based
- Houston, TX
- Team
- Bilingual, in-house
- Clients
- Nonprofits to Fortune 500
The people you'd actually work with.
Adam Faust
Founder/Partner
Adam leads client strategy and new business, and he's the first call for any brand that needs a clear point of view. He turns complicated problems into plain language clients understand, and he stays in the room until the work holds up. He takes care of his team so they take care of you. He doesn't disappear or make excuses when it counts. He listens, then fixes it.
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Jeff Long
Founder/Partner
Jeff leads client strategy and creative direction, so he owns the big idea from first brief to finished campaign. There's no such thing as a boring product, just a lack of clarity. He's made great ads for tamales, renters insurance, and steel rods. Yours won't be the exception.
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Led Louisiana Cat's Cool Down Your Crew, which beat its sign-up target in two weeks.
David Malamud
Brand Director / Partner
David leads brand strategy and the bilingual account work for Spanish-speaking clients, which means he builds the positioning and then carries it into every market it needs to reach. He drives across town and flies across the country for his clients, whatever it takes. Fully committed doesn't begin to cover it.
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Sarah Bartz
Creative Director
Sarah leads the creative department, setting the bar for every concept that leaves the studio. She'll tell you the truth you need, even when it's uncomfortable, because a real point of view is what actually moves a brand forward.
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Rachel Garcia
Art Director
Rachel is a conceptual art director and designer who also builds websites, so ideas go from sketch to shipped page without a handoff. Fast, talented, on deadline, and bilingual. Her thinking runs as deep as her passion. Together with Sharon, she's behind most of the work on this site.
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Sharon Chu
Senior Designer
Sharon handles design and motion, so the work looks as good moving as it does still. Bilingual. Her design work might be the best in the city, and she's always sharpening it further. Most of the design work on this site comes from her and Rachel.
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Kim Arenas
Senior Brand Manager
Kim is the main client contact and manages the relationship from kickoff to delivery. Deadlines get tight, things get chaotic. She doesn't. You'll always know what's happening and feel like someone's actually listening.
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Brenna Mata
Senior Content Strategist
Brenna is strategic and data-focused, so every content plan starts with what the numbers say and where the audience is heading. She's watching where content's headed before everyone else catches up, comfortable in front of the camera or behind it.
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Led the Becks Prime National Burger Day campaign, which lifted social engagement 112%.
Sabrina Moreno
Project Manager
Sabrina manages projects across the whole team, keeping timelines, owners, and deliverables moving at once. Bilingual Navy veteran who makes sure things get done.
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Keeps the team's client projects on track, including the campaigns above.
Frida Rodriguez
Content Coordinator
Frida is the creative engine behind social content and makes sure every idea gets executed. Bilingual, funny, and building her own following on the side. If you need a fresh idea and someone to actually execute it, she's your person.
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