Automat

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an executive at Mediakons

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Mediakons is a media and creative agency focused on branding, visual storytelling, and organizing events for business, municipal, and cultural clients.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Automat to accomplish?

• Establish a strong, recognizable visual identity for Mediakons and its projects.
• Have a long-term design partner who can quickly turn vague or complex ideas into clear, production-ready designs for print and digital.
• Keep all our communications for campaigns, events, and cultural projects looking professional and consistent across channels.

SOLUTION

How did you find Automat?

Referral

Why did you select Automat over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned
• Existing long-term collaboration and proven ability to solve complex design problems for us.

How many teammates from Automat were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Automat Studio handles our branding and most digital design needs as an extension of our company. Milan can take vague or complex problems and turn them into clear, practical designs – from visual identity and pitch decks to campaign graphics, websites, and other assets we rely on.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Their work has helped us present our projects and partners in a professional and recognizable way. We consistently receive positive feedback on how our materials look, and many designs are reused across campaigns and events because they work so well. Files are well prepared, and the final materials always look professional.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Communication is simple and efficient. We share the idea, context, and deadlines, and they come back with clear proposals that usually need only small refinements. They respect deadlines, understand production constraints, and are flexible when we have to move quickly. We see it as having a senior designer without hiring in-house.

What was your primary form of communication with Automat?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

We’re most impressed by their ability to move between very different contexts – corporate, municipal, cultural, hospitality – while keeping each project visually coherent and appropriate for its audience. They care about details, from typography to print specs, and at the same time bring strong creative ideas that make the work stand out. We also value that we always work directly with Milan as the principal designer, rather than being passed to juniors, so the quality and accountability are always consistent.

If you need a long-term partner who can handle both creative direction and production-ready design across print and digital, Automat Studio is a very good choice.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Automat could have done differently?

The only thing we sometimes wish for is even more of their time, because we tend to send many different requests at once. Overall, we’re very satisfied with the collaboration.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Project Manager of a film and multimedia production company.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We develop and produce film and multimedia projects while building digital experiences that help those projects reach and engage their audience over time.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Automat to accomplish?

• Create a digital experience for “Father” that would function as a true extension of the film, rather than a standard promotional website.
• Develop a multi-phase crowdfunding model with visible progress and milestone-based content unlocking.
• Build a participation framework that would encourage the audience to move from passive viewers to active supporters.
• Bring storytelling, fundraising, and engagement into one coherent platform with long-term value and usability.

SOLUTION

How did you find Automat?

Referral

Why did you select Automat over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Automat were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Automat Studio served as our lead strategic and design partner, guiding the project from early UX logic to final art direction. They delivered two connected platforms: a stronger digital presence for us and a much more ambitious platform for “Father.” Instead of creating a typical film website, they developed a narrative-led product that combined storytelling, crowdfunding, and audience engagement in one experience. Key deliverables included a cinematic entry flow, a three-phase crowdfunding structure, milestone-based content unlocking, an interactive writers’ room, a scene-by-scene screenplay module with comments, a 5,000-tile donor mosaic, and a modular media structure for news, video, and press content.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We launched a trilingual platform that brought storytelling, fundraising, and audience participation into one structured digital experience. The multi-phase crowdfunding model made campaign progress easier to understand and gave supporters a clearer sense of how the project was evolving. The 5,000-tile donor mosaic became both a functional contribution tool and one of the platform’s most distinctive engagement features. The platform created a more active relationship with the audience through comments, exploration, and gated content.

The multi-phase crowdfunding model made campaign progress easier to understand and gave supporters a clearer sense of how the project was evolving.

The 5,000-tile donor mosaic became both a functional contribution tool and one of the platform’s most distinctive engagement features.

The platform created a more active relationship with the audience through comments, exploration, and gated content.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Their process was disciplined, reliable, and well structured throughout. Even though the platform was ambitious and unconventional, they managed the creative and functional sides with clarity. They delivered on time, communicated well, and responded thoughtfully to feedback. More importantly, they did not just execute requests. They improved the logic of the platform and proposed stronger solutions when parts of the original approach could be made more effective.

What was your primary form of communication with Automat?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

What stood out was their ability to bring order and coherence to a project that could easily have become fragmented. Many studios would have treated it mainly as a visual exercise. Automat Studio approached it with both creative sensitivity and strong product thinking. They did not just make the project look better. They made it more structured, more engaging, and more effective as a platform for participation and fundraising.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Automat could have done differently?

The project itself was ambitious and experimental, but Automat Studio handled it with care, commitment, and professionalism throughout. I do not have any significant areas for improvement to point out.