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A graphic design agency owns the visual system a business trades on: logo and identity, the typography and colour rules holding it together, packaging and label artwork, signage and environmental graphics, print collateral, and the artwork feeding advertising channels. Salt Lake City buys design for outdoor and ski brands, technology companies, healthcare and skincare businesses, universities and civic bodies, with studios concentrated downtown and along the Wasatch Front.
We reviewed the studios below alongside Web Tonic on evidenced design work, publicly named clients, published pricing and a verified address. Sixteen of the nineteen external studios name a client outright, one publishes a rate, and sixteen work from Salt Lake City proper.
What kind of work does this market actually carry?
Outdoor and consumer brands, mostly. Sixteen of the nineteen external studios name their clients publicly, and the recurring names are Black Diamond, Skullcandy, Cotopaxi, Backcountry and the Utah Jazz, sitting alongside national accounts such as Nike and Adobe.
1. Web Tonic
About: Web Tonic starts a Salt Lake City design brief with the commercial job the artwork has to do rather than the moodboard. That means identity and logo systems built to hold up on a building sign, a trade booth and a phone screen at once, campaign creative produced at the volume paid channels consume, and website build so the identity ships instead of sitting in a folder. The Salt Lake City studios below, several with outdoor, ski and action sports brands behind them, will beat us on that local craft.
Key Services: Growth Marketing, Paid Social, PPC, Meta Ads, SEO, Google Ads, Snapchat Ads, Amazon Ads, Reddit Ads, TikTok Ads, TikTok Shop, GEO-AEO, Webflow Design, Shopify Design, WordPress Design, UGC, Social Media Management, Pay Per Click Management, Marketing Analytics, Analytics Implementation & CDPs, Performance Branding, Performance 360° Audit, Programmatic Ads, OOH Ads, HR Marketing
Industries Served: eCommerce, SaaS, B2B, Construction Professionals, Home Services, SMEs, Health Spa & Wellness, Retail, Legal & Judicial Services, Food & Beverages, Pets, Fitness, Family & Children, Finance & Insurance, Travel, Non-Profits & Organizations, Furniture & Decoration
Notable Clients: WorldRemit, Jack & Jones, Ardene, L'Oréal, Sendwave, Nestlé, Airbnb. Serve Fortune 500 companies and smaller fast-paced startups.
Locations: HQ in San Francisco with notable offices in New York, Chicago, Miami, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and more. Offices on five continents.
Pricing: Starting at USD $3,000 per month. Flexible and scalable plans at any time according to your enterprise needs. Book a call to learn more.
Great For: Mid-market to enterprise-level businesses requiring ongoing, on-tap growth and performance marketing services.
Website: Web Tonic
2. modern8
About: modern8 is a Salt Lake City strategy and design agency, founded in 2001, that has built visual identity and packaging systems for consumer brands including the Grow Your Own Way seed line refresh and the Ritual Chocolate bar packaging, both named on its own case study pages. The studio is headquartered in Salt Lake City and operates as a six-person shop focused on positioning and identity work. Its portfolio favors food, beverage and mission-driven consumer brands.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging design, Print collateral, Logo and visual systems, Marketing collateral, Illustration direction
Industries Served: Food and beverage, Consumer packaged goods, Retail, Nonprofit, Startups
Notable Clients: True Leaf Market, Ritual Chocolate, University of Utah, Purple Carrot, Dented Brick
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA, Nationwide (remote), USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Food and beverage brands, Consumer packaged goods startups, Mission-driven consumer brands
Website: modern8
3. Kyle Harris Design
About: Kyle Harris Design is a Salt Lake City branding and design studio whose site names Reebok, Denik, Boundfull and Kitchen Kneads as clients across its portfolio of packaging, identity and collateral work. The studio positions itself around food, beverage, CPG and hospitality brands and shows finished packaging and brand system work rather than templates. It operates out of Salt Lake City per its own site title and schema markup.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging design, Illustration and custom graphics, Print collateral, Style guide development, Label design
Industries Served: Food and beverage, Consumer packaged goods, Hospitality, Lifestyle retail, Sportswear
Notable Clients: Reebok, Denik, Boundfull, Kitchen Kneads, Officium
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA, Nationwide (remote), USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Food and beverage brands, CPG startups, Hospitality brands
Website: Kyle Harris Design
4. YUMI Creative
About: YUMI Creative is an independent print and digital design studio based out of Salt Lake City, Utah that names Carlsbad Manufacturing and Eccovia Solutions as branding clients on its own project pages. The studio works across brand identity, packaging and collateral for companies of varying sizes. It describes itself on its own homepage as based out of Salt Lake City rather than merely serving the area.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Print design, Packaging design, Marketing collateral, Illustration, Signage design
Industries Served: Manufacturing, Healthcare technology, Consumer goods, Professional services, Nonprofit
Notable Clients: Carlsbad Manufacturing, Eccovia Solutions
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA, Nationwide (remote), USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Manufacturing companies, Healthcare technology firms, Growing consumer brands
Website: YUMI Creative
5. Figure
About: Figure is a strategy and design agency with its offices listed at 42 Exchange Place in downtown Salt Lake City, and its site names named brand projects for Highland electric school buses, the robotics company AMP, and the state's 47G aerospace and defense initiative. The team builds visual identity systems meant to translate complex technology positioning into brand language. Figure works across both local Utah technology clients and national accounts.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Visual identity systems, Pitch deck design, Marketing collateral, Icon and infographic design, Brand guideline development
Industries Served: Technology, Aerospace and defense, Transportation, Robotics, Climbing and outdoor gear
Notable Clients: Highland, AMP Robotics, Evolv, 47G
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Technology startups, Aerospace and defense organizations, Complex B2B brands
Website: Figure
6. Big Monocle
About: Big Monocle is a full-stack branding, marketing and creative agency based in Salt Lake City and San Francisco that says on its own homepage it works with everyone from Fortune 500 companies to emerging startups on brand strategy, art direction and design production. The agency's own site frames Salt Lake City as one of its two studio locations rather than a satellite office. Its work spans identity systems through to campaign production across platforms.
Key Services: Brand strategy and design, Art direction, Marketing collateral, Packaging design, Social and display ad artwork, Design systems
Industries Served: Consumer brands, Enterprise technology, Retail, Startups, Financial services
Notable Clients: Not publicly named — case studies are anonymised by category
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA, San Francisco, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Fortune 500 brand refreshes, Growth-stage startups, Multi-market consumer brands
Website: Big Monocle
7. North Beacon Company
About: North Beacon Company is a marketing and design agency that calls itself Salt Lake City-based on its own homepage, with business registry data placing its office in South Jordan, a Salt Lake County suburb on the Wasatch Front. The studio focuses on clean, simple brand design for companies in digital media and streaming, telling brand stories through visual identity work. Its about page names the client sectors it specializes in rather than a generic marketing pitch.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Marketing collateral, Print design, Presentation design, Visual storytelling, Design systems
Industries Served: Digital media, Streaming and entertainment, Technology, Consumer brands, Startups
Notable Clients: Not publicly named — case studies are anonymised by category
Locations: South Jordan, USA, Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Digital media companies, Streaming and entertainment brands, Growing tech companies
Website: North Beacon Company
8. 7D8
About: 7D8 is an independent, multi-disciplinary brand design studio in Salt Lake City, Utah whose own portfolio names Nike, Adobe, the Utah Jazz, Black Diamond and Skullcandy as project clients. The founder's background includes thirteen years of in-house creative direction at Nike before opening the Salt Lake City studio. The team works across identity, campaign design and print for sportswear, technology and outdoor brands.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Campaign design, Print collateral, Packaging design, Illustration, Presentation design
Industries Served: Sportswear and athletics, Technology, Outdoor gear, Entertainment, Local sports teams
Notable Clients: Nike, Adobe, Utah Jazz, Black Diamond, Skullcandy
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Sportswear and athletic brands, Outdoor gear companies, Local sports and entertainment brands
Website: 7D8
9. Stature
About: Stature is a branding and design studio in Salt Lake City whose portfolio page names Nova Bank, Cross Bank, Entrada Camps and Conservation, ANDE and Brody Chemical as finished identity projects. The studio's own case studies describe specific design work such as the Brody Chemical brand refresh and the Entrada canyon property brand launch near Moab, Utah. Stature focuses on emotionally driven brand identity for financial, conservation and industrial clients.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Logo and visual systems, Marketing collateral, Packaging design, Presentation design, Brand guideline development
Industries Served: Financial services, Conservation and hospitality, Industrial manufacturing, Biotechnology, Small business lending
Notable Clients: Nova Bank, Cross Bank, Entrada Camps and Conservation, ANDE, Brody Chemical
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Financial services brands, Conservation and hospitality ventures, Industrial and biotech companies
Website: Stature
10. Goodwin Studio
About: Goodwin Studio is an independent brand and packaging design practice based in Salt Lake City, Utah, with named case studies for Ritual Chocolate, the Pink Elephant coffee roaster in Park City and a University of Utah college of architecture and planning project. The studio's own site describes its focus as helping brands find the truest and most memorable version of themselves through packaging and identity work. It is a solo practice rather than a multi-person agency.
Key Services: Packaging design, Brand identity design, Logo systems, Label design, Illustration, Print collateral
Industries Served: Food and beverage, Coffee and roasting, Higher education, Consumer packaged goods, Hospitality
Notable Clients: Ritual Chocolate, Pink Elephant, University of Utah College of Architecture and Planning
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA, Park City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Food and beverage brands, Coffee and craft beverage roasters, Higher education institutions
Website: Goodwin Studio
11. Tilden Design
About: Tilden Design is a Salt Lake City-based studio that names House of Foils, SueBeez and Fickle Coffee as recent branding and packaging clients across its own posts and site. The studio focuses on logotype design and packaging systems built for brands planning to scale from an early stage. Peart's prior experience includes packaging and graphic design roles before founding the studio in Salt Lake City.
Key Services: Logotype design, Packaging design, Brand identity design, Label design, Print collateral, Illustration
Industries Served: Food and beverage, Coffee and cafes, Consumer packaged goods, Beauty, Startups
Notable Clients: House of Foils, SueBeez, Fickle Coffee
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Early-stage food and beverage brands, Coffee and cafe brands, Packaging-focused startups
Website: Tilden Design
12. Fonder Studio
About: Fonder is a branding studio in Salt Lake City, Utah whose own work page names Optera, Belong Designs, Guest Of, Crumb Undone and Butcher Bird as client projects spanning brand strategy, packaging and digital design. The studio describes itself as trusted by more than one hundred beloved brands and specializes in e-commerce brand systems for growth-stage and mid-market consumer companies. Its site confirms the Salt Lake City base directly in its own homepage copy.
Key Services: Brand strategy and identity design, Packaging design, Marketing collateral, Design systems, Presentation design, Illustration
Industries Served: Climate technology, Outdoor apparel, Coffee and beverage, Baby and family products, Consumer packaged goods
Notable Clients: Optera, Belong Designs, Guest Of, Crumb Undone, Butcher Bird
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Growth-stage consumer brands, Climate technology companies, E-commerce product brands
Website: Fonder Studio
13. Origin Studio
About: Origin Studio is an award-winning design studio headquartered at 5882 South 900 East in Salt Lake City, a physical address published in local business directories and matched by its own site copy. The studio combines content production with conversion-led logo, ad campaign and brand ecosystem design for clients across industries. Its Behance profile lists it as based in Salt Lake City, Utah with an active project archive.
Key Services: Logo design, Brand identity design, Ad campaign design, Social ad artwork, Marketing collateral, Design systems
Industries Served: Consumer brands, Small business services, Wellness and lifestyle, E-commerce, Startups
Notable Clients: Holistic Hype Woman
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Small business rebrands, Wellness and lifestyle brands, Conversion-focused e-commerce brands
Website: Origin Studio
14. Madhouse Brands
About: Madhouse Brands is a Salt Lake City branding and web design studio founded, whose own portfolio page names Buzz Skincare, WUF, SKNE, Velvaere Aesthetics and Rachel Parcell as client brand systems built for female-led businesses. The founder's origin story, published on the studio's own press page, describes opening a women's clothing boutique in Salt Lake City before moving into full-time brand design. The studio focuses on brand systems rather than one-off logo work.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Logo and visual systems, Print collateral, Social ad artwork, Design systems, Packaging design
Industries Served: Beauty and skincare, Fashion and apparel, Aesthetics and wellness, E-commerce, Female-founded startups
Notable Clients: Buzz Skincare, WUF, SKNE, Velvaere Aesthetics, Rachel Parcell
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Female-founded beauty brands, Skincare and wellness companies, Fashion e-commerce brands
Website: Madhouse Brands
15. Hint Creative
About: Hint Creative is a Utah branding agency with its office at 10 West 100 South in Salt Lake City, a full street address published on its own clients page, and named case studies for Aerie, the Grand America Hotel and a THREE International rebrand. Third-party review sites and the studio's own project pages list Nike, Fender, Backcountry, Cotopaxi and Skullcandy among past clients, spanning startup and beauty brand work since the agency's founding in 2006. Hint focuses on identity systems, brand books and campaign collateral.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Brand book design, Print collateral, Packaging design, Presentation design, Signage design
Industries Served: Beauty and wellness, Hospitality, Sportswear and footwear, Outdoor gear, Startups
Notable Clients: Nike, Fender, Backcountry, Cotopaxi, Aerie
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Beauty and wellness startups, Hospitality brands, Sportswear and outdoor companies
Website: Hint Creative
16. BWP Communications
About: BWP Communications is a Salt Lake City marketing agency with a dedicated design services page naming its own worked projects for the SLC Redevelopment Agency's Marmalade District and Central Ninth District branding. The agency has operated in Salt Lake City since 1995 and its design practice spans identity, print and digital collateral for local civic and business clients. Its work page shows the finished district branding rather than a generic services list.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Print collateral, Signage design, Marketing collateral, Presentation design, Wayfinding graphics
Industries Served: Civic and government, Real estate and redevelopment, Local business, Nonprofit, Hospitality
Notable Clients: Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency (Marmalade District, Central Ninth District)
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Civic and redevelopment agencies, Local business rebrands, Nonprofit organizations
Website: BWP Communications
17. Revity
About: Revity is a Utah creative services agency based in American Fork, a Wasatch Front city near Salt Lake City, that publishes a full price list on its own creative services page covering packaging design, trade show booth graphics and social media graphics. The team delivers graphic design, print collateral and packaging on demand for businesses across Utah and nationwide. Revity states its American Fork base plainly rather than presenting itself as downtown Salt Lake City based.
Key Services: Packaging design, Print collateral, Trade show booth graphics, Social ad artwork, Marketing collateral, Design systems
Industries Served: Consumer packaged goods, Retail, Trade show exhibitors, Small business services, Technology
Notable Clients: Not publicly named — case studies are anonymised by category
Locations: American Fork, USA, Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: USD $500-$3,000/project for packaging design; USD $1,000-$5,000/project for trade show booth graphics
Great For: Trade show exhibitors, CPG brands needing packaging, Businesses wanting published pricing
Website: Revity
18. Third Sun
About: Third Sun is a branding and web design firm founded in Salt Lake City in 2005 by Troy Mumm and Jocelyn Kearl, and its own work page names the Community Foundation of Utah and the Salt Lake City Arts Council among nonprofit clients it has designed for. The studio has helped close to two hundred small businesses and nonprofits with brand and digital communications over two decades. Its clients page lists dozens of named Utah organizations rather than anonymized categories.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Print collateral, Marketing collateral, Presentation design, Icon and infographic design, Design systems
Industries Served: Nonprofit and philanthropy, Arts and culture, Small business, Education, Community organizations
Notable Clients: Community Foundation of Utah, Salt Lake City Arts Council
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Nonprofits and foundations, Arts and culture organizations, Small local businesses
Website: Third Sun
19. Re/mark Agency
About: Re/mark Agency is a New York style branding, strategy and design agency founded in 2015 in the mountains of Salt Lake City, and its own about page names Disney, Nickelodeon, Mattel, Estee Lauder and Johnson and Johnson as past clients. The agency brings large-market brand design experience to Salt Lake City rather than outsourcing it from elsewhere. Its work spans consumer goods, healthcare, education and technology identity systems.
Key Services: Brand strategy and identity design, Campaign design, Packaging design, Marketing collateral, Design systems, Presentation design
Industries Served: Consumer packaged goods, Healthcare, Education, Technology, Entertainment
Notable Clients: Disney, Nickelodeon, Mattel, Estee Lauder, Johnson and Johnson
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Large consumer packaged goods brands, Healthcare organizations, Entertainment and media brands
Website: Re/mark Agency
20. Turn Two Studio
About: Turn Two is a creative growth studio based in Salt Lake City whose own case study page details a full brand identity and rebrand project for the local coffee shop Bjorn's Brew, alongside work for the ACG Utah Pattern Profile and a Lindon City tax district project. The studio unites branding, graphic design and in-house film and photo production under one roof. Its site confirms the Salt Lake City base directly rather than listing it only as a service area.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Print and packaging design, Marketing collateral, Presentation design, Signage design, Design systems
Industries Served: Food and beverage, Local government and civic, Professional associations, Small business, Real estate
Notable Clients: Bjorn's Brew, ACG Utah, Lindon City
Locations: Salt Lake City, USA
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Local coffee and food brands, Civic and government projects, Professional associations
Website: Turn Two Studio
Quick Comparison Table
| Agency | Key Specialty | Starting Price | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Web Tonic | Full-Service Performance Marketing | USD $3,000/mo | Mid-market to Enterprise |
| 2. modern8 | Brand identity and packaging design | Quote-based | CPG and food brand packaging |
| 3. Kyle Harris Design | Food, beverage and CPG branding | Quote-based | Packaging and label design |
| 4. YUMI Creative | Print and digital brand design | Quote-based | Brand identity plus print collateral |
| 5. Figure | Technology brand strategy and design | Quote-based | Complex technology brand identity |
| 6. Big Monocle | Full-stack branding and art direction | Quote-based | Enterprise and startup brand campaigns |
| 7. North Beacon Company | Clean brand storytelling design | Quote-based | Digital media brand identity |
| 8. 7D8 | Sportswear and outdoor brand design | Quote-based | Nike-caliber brand campaign design |
| 9. Stature | Emotionally driven brand identity | Quote-based | Financial and industrial brand identity |
| 10. Goodwin Studio | Packaging and brand identity design | Quote-based | Craft food and beverage packaging |
| 11. Tilden Design | Logotype and packaging systems | Quote-based | Scalable packaging systems for startups |
| 12. Fonder Studio | E-commerce brand and packaging systems | Quote-based | Growth-stage consumer packaging systems |
| 13. Origin Studio | Conversion-led brand design | Quote-based | Logo and ad campaign design for small business |
| 14. Madhouse Brands | Brand systems for female-led businesses | Quote-based | Beauty and skincare brand systems |
| 15. Hint Creative | Brand books and identity systems | Quote-based | Startup and hospitality brand books |
| 16. BWP Communications | Civic and district branding | Quote-based | Neighborhood and district branding |
| 17. Revity | Packaging and trade show graphics | USD $500/project | Published pricing for packaging and print |
| 18. Third Sun | Nonprofit brand and design work | Quote-based | Nonprofit and arts organization branding |
| 19. Re/mark Agency | New York caliber brand strategy and design | Quote-based | Enterprise-level consumer brand design |
| 20. Turn Two Studio | Branding with in-house production | Quote-based | Local business rebrands with photo and video |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Salt Lake City studios name the brands they work for?
Sixteen of nineteen. 7D8 names Nike, Adobe, the Utah Jazz, Black Diamond and Skullcandy, Hint Creative names Nike, Fender, Backcountry, Cotopaxi and Aerie, Re/mark Agency names Disney, Nickelodeon and Mattel, modern8 names Ritual Chocolate and the University of Utah, and BWP Communications names Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency projects. Three publish anonymised category work only.
What does graphic design cost in Salt Lake City?
One firm publishes figures on its own site: Revity, in American Fork, quotes packaging design from 500 US dollars and trade show booth graphics from 1,000 US dollars. That is one price list from one firm outside the city, not a benchmark. Federal data puts the median designer pay in the Salt Lake City-Murray metro at 65,450 US dollars a year, and a written scope sent to three studios remains the only real comparison.
Are all of these studios inside Salt Lake City?
Sixteen publish a Salt Lake City address, including Exchange Place, West 100 South and South 900 East. Big Monocle runs a dual Salt Lake City and San Francisco operation, North Beacon Company is registered in South Jordan while marketing itself as Salt Lake City, and Revity works from American Fork about thirty miles south. We state that on each of those three entries rather than dropping them from the list.
Which firms suit outdoor, apparel and packaging briefs?
This is the strongest part of the market. 7D8 carries Black Diamond and Skullcandy, Hint Creative carries Backcountry, Cotopaxi and Aerie, Kyle Harris Design carries Reebok and Denik, Madhouse Brands carries skincare and beauty packaging, and modern8 carries Ritual Chocolate and True Leaf Market. Ask to hold a printed pack or a produced garment rather than review a screen mockup before committing.
What should be agreed before you pay a deposit?
A deliverable list naming every file, format and application, a capped number of concept routes and revision rounds, a schedule with named checkpoints, and an explicit statement of what transfers to you on final payment. Several studios here are founder-led with large brand logos on the wall, so confirm who will actually do your work. Typeface licensing bought in the studio's name does not transfer on final payment.
Choosing a Graphic Design Agency in Salt Lake City
Outdoor and consumer brands define this roster. Black Diamond, Skullcandy, Cotopaxi, Backcountry and the Utah Jazz appear on published client lists here, which makes evidence easy to check before you brief anyone.
One published price is not a price list. Revity posts packaging from 500 US dollars and booth graphics from 1,000, but it works from American Fork and the other eighteen quote per scope with nothing posted.
Read the address on three entries. A dual San Francisco operation, a South Jordan registration and an American Fork office all sit inside a page that otherwise runs on downtown Salt Lake City addresses.
Fix the money and the files before the deposit clears. With one published rate on this whole page, a written deliverable list, a revision cap and clarity on artwork ownership and typeface licensing are your only real protection. If you would rather have identity design, campaign creative and web build handled by one team, read our latest analysis or book a call.
