MINDFUL MAMMALS

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Mara Evans and Jonas Elrod are creative types who’ve won awards and made some magic in both advertising and film. Hire either of us, both of us or let us build a band of heroes for your project on a budget.

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Background

Mara’s Agencies:

DDB, Anomaly, Ogilvy, CPB,

22squared, Mustache

Brands:
TOMS, Spanx, Converse

Jonas’s TVC Reel:

Coke, Tops, GA Lottery, TOMS, Febreeze

Film Reel:

Bears, Wake Up, Series - In Deep Shift,

Jonas & Mara: A Love Story with Extra Deadlines

Jonas and Mara have been together since 2004, when they met at a funeral and decided to make something beautiful out of something… well, not.

Fast forward: they now combine forces officially as a creative consultancy, offering brains, charm, and the occasional exceptional joke to bring big ideas all the way into the world. Jonas has a storied career as a director, editor, and presenter/host—basically, he’s the guy who can make anything and anybody look good on screen (including Mara).

Mara’s career began on Madison Avenue and took her across the creative universe, working at world class agencies then leaping client-side with founder-led brands and earned media.

Together, they’re like creative Voltron: two very different skill sets that snap into place to fight boring work, win pitches, and collect awards (the tasteful kind, not the participation kind).

Services

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Build for Brands

Be ready to go when you call. They are. They have experts in all fields from strategy to post production to get you on air or posted in a blink.

Team Up

Jonas and Mara are a great team and they like each other very much. Their ideas have landed relationships with the likes of Oprah Winfrey. Hire them as a team.

Mara’s work.

Jonas’s work.

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Just One

They’re also available as individuals for their unique creative visions.

Mara’s work.

Jonas’s work.

BIG IDEAS DON’T NEED BIG BUDGETS

“Jonas took our idea and turned it into a gorgeous film for the pitch.”

“Working with Mara felt familiar. Like we’d known each other for a long time. And she nerds out on our brand and our audience.”