We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Marissa Servantez a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Marissa thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

Every project has it’s own meaningful impact in it’s own way I think, I love every project I’ve gotten to do so far in my career and there is always something that makes each one stand out. Lately though, it seems like every project I’ve been getting has been better and better and more meaningful than the last. Last year I got to work with ACL to help rebrand the festival with them, they were such amazing people that it made the project so fun and it was such an experience to also see our work go up in your own city right in front of you. And I thought, ‘how can you top this? this is the coolest thing I’ll ever do!’ And while I definitely think it still is, I’ve since just finished a project that’s coming out with Meow Wolf that has been wild and weird but more meaningful. It’s another project that is coming to life before my eyes here in Texas, and you just can’t top that experience in general, but it also means so much to me when my family gets to see the stuff I do in person (I’m still convince no one really knows what I actually do still). This project has billboards stretching from the Austin to Dallas area and not to mention also has my own brother plastered on some of this work we made as well. It’s been a surreal project to learn from in general but also as a 360 moment when my family here and in Dallas can see something at the same time. To have both my grandparents, in two separate cities across Texas, see something I’ve done AND my parents AND all my siblings just along their normal highway drive, words can’t describe it.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I was born in a little ole house here in Austin, Texas and still reside here with my two pups working as a Designer for a full-service creative agency, PREACHER. Before all that though, I went to Texas State University where I got my BFA in Communication Design. It was really in that program that I discovered this is what I wanted to do and really loved doing. I love art, photography, book making, animation, screen printing, baking, anything really that I can get my hands on and make something from nothing, and I get to do that everyday. Over the years at PREACHER I’ve gotten to work with and create a wide range of work with brands like Disney, Coca-Cola, Austin City Limits, Vital Farms, Shake Shack and more.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

So many goals, I try not to limit myself. I have a mini list in my head that continues to grow and get checked off of all the things I want to make or be apart of one day. I actually got to recently check one off, I’ve always wanted to design a banner and I got the opportunity to make one for Shake Shack just this past month, it was surreal. Some other goals though are probably really unrealistic, but you never know! Sometimes you go into a project only needing to do one thing but maybe you pitch an even bigger idea and get to make four more things.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

The most rewarding part of any project to me is the moment you get to share it all out into the world and get everyones reaction to all the things you’ve been staring at for months. Sometimes a project can be a fast 2 week thing or a longer even 6 month thing, but no matter what it is you always give it you’re all and when people notice even the tiniest of things within a project it makes all the late nights worth it.   

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.marissaservantez.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miss_servantez/?hl=en
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissa-servantez-079a94159

Image Credits
Alison Narro