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Wilson Sporting Goods Co. approached Valve to help them figure out a way to enter the social networking space using a campaign they were launching for the fight against cancer during March Madness. The result? A facebook application where users could simply pass the official Wilson basketball around to all of their friends, and every time a pass was made, a donation was made by Wilson to their chosen charitable organization. It was a huge success with over 250,000 passes made in just a few short weeks. The application was complex and had features such as a scoreboard that tracked all pass activity for each individual user along with all pass activity made by everyone they passed to, and so on down the line. Wilson was thrilled with the results and we are exploring new opportunities together.

American Express needed a completely custom private application designed so that their customers could order restaurant check presenters, upload their logo, view their logo as it would actually look foil stamped on the check presenter, and then digitally approve and submit all online. It was a challenge Valve eagerly accepted. And we built just that. The application, all based on the Java platform, handles multiple logo file types, assesses what has been uploaded, sizes, corrects, positions for preview, and then saves multiple files for their die making factory along with digital approval. American Express is very pleased with what we built and the application has been a huge success.

As part of countless website designs for Universal Studios and Universal Music Group, Valve conducted a website assessment for the Verve Music Group’s family of music sites, and then created a new SEO friendly website design that would be fresh, fun, exciting and as timeless as possible for the continued showcasing of the Verve music Brands. Valve also created marketing programs to help further spread the word.

International Diversified Products asked valve to conduct a website assessment of their existing site design, and come up with a fresh, clean new coporate identity and user experience for existing customers and potential new customers. The results were the new IDP Global website. Fresh, contemporary visual deign, new taglines and slogans, streamlined navigation and content organization, were all part of this highly successful website. Valve also built a custom, very user friendly content management system for the entire site.

Don Julio, one of the Diageo brands, wanted valve to help bring more awareness to the tequila brand, so we started with a website assessment of the current site, followed by a new website design. Content strategy was performed which resulted in the addition of rich media, history, lifestyle and cooking into the experience, complimented by high level graphic design, Flash animation and programming.

A total brand audit was the starting point for the new Discus Dental professional online store, and that was the driver for innovative concepts of how dental professionals would shop for their products. A brand new website design, re-organization of content and cutting edge programming and engineering helped make the new online store a success. Valve also continues to build awareness and customer loyalty through innovative marketing programs and website evolution.

The Green Children are an exciting new band on Universal Records. Valve was fortunate enough to be picked to create their brand new artist website, and it’s an excercise in imagination, programming and engineering. This highly complicated web design is based 100% in Flash and uses advanced Flash animation and video techniques to take users on a journey into the world of The Green Children. We also included e-commerce and streaming audio.

Nestle needed a new online corporate presence and valve started with a usability assessment of their current site design. Better content organization, navigation, and a cleaner, simpler design were the recommendations, and consequently, the new design you see today. Our “Website Evolution” program meant that we would also perform website maintenance at regular intervals to keep the site current and fresh.

Valve has helped bring the world of Universal Studios to the internet by bringing together multiple divisions of the studio that were once disjointed silos, into an exciting cohesive set of websites to promote all of the exciting products and services from Universal including theme parks around the world. Innovative marketing concepts, cutting edge web design, flash animation and development work, programming and engineering, 3-d modeling, marketing programs and website evolution have all been used for this exciting client.

Usability is an important factor for “function intensive” websites such as this one for DriveTime. Valve conducted a usability audit of the original website which included a full website assessment and user testing, and the results fed into a brand new highly streamlined website design. Our “Website Evolution” program meant that we would also perform website maintenance at regular intervals to keep the site current and fresh.

Valve conducted a sub brand audit for the Windows Live platform and created concepts for the new Windows Live website. This site design featured a much more contemporary and streamlined approach for overall customer experience.

Six Week Body Makeover is a set of products and programs featured in infomercials. Valve was called upon to re-brand the online presence and combine multiple dated and disjointed websites into one exciting new customer experience. We started with a usability assessment of their current site design which lead to a complete overhaul which included content strategy, interaction architecture, visual design and Flash Animation. Our “Website Evolution” program meant that we would also perform website maintenance at regular intervals to keep the site current and fresh.

Captain Morgan is one of the flagship brands that we help to manage, and further extend on an ongoing basis. A 2006 total brand audit has lead to exciting new website designs, rich flash animation experiences, viral marketing programs, contests, and event marketing programs all conceived and managed by our teams.

Valve designed and developed a brand new website involving “everything relocation” for one of our newest clients, Relocation.com. A website assessment which included competitive analysis, was the driving force behind the brand new site design. Other capabilities that were part of the project included content strategy, information architecture, design, programming and back end development.

Valve is constantly called upon to help brands either become newly established, or to re-invent themselves. Brand identity design is so important because corporate logos are the very first impression people have of your business, so we take this work very seriously. Valve has designed many successful company logos, and here is just a sampling of some of the work we have done.

As one of many online marketing projects that Valve would do for its client Discus Dental, we have created a series of highly effective mini sites to showcase individual products throughout the companies indusrty, such as this one for Relief ACP. Design, broadcast quality Flash animation, “Share with Friend”, 3D animation and data tracking all went into this highly successful piece.

As one of many online marketing projects that Valve would do for its client Discus Dental, we have created a series of highly effective mini sites to showcase individual products throughout the companies industry, such as this one for NiteWhite ACP. Design, broadcast quality Flash animation, “Share with Friend”, and data tracking all went into this highly successful piece.

In the ever changing world of the alcohol brands, Guiness, one of the Diageo brands, called on valve for a website assessment, and then a new website design to bring the worl of Guinness more current. State of the art content strategy, graphic design, Flash animation and programming were all used to create this new stunning website.

As one of countless projects for Discus Dental Inc., Valve crafted storyboards for an amazing and highly technical set of videos that would showcase Discus’ new product inventions for endodontics. These rich 3D videos would not only have to market the products, but needed to be absolutely accurate in technique so that dentists could be trained to use the products using these same videos. Advanced graphic design, 3D modeling, 3D animation and audio design and editing were all part of this extremely challenging project.

Valve created innovative concepts and a unique website design for “The Green Children” foundation, an exciting community involving micro financing for the people of Bangladesh. This site offers unique features and functionality for charitable donations, as well as real-time dynamic Flash animation that updates live every time someone joins and becomes a Green Child. Leaves on the trees show each person’s name from around the world. This site design has been very popular and successful.

Private Access, a new very large venture involving the control and accessing of people’s personal medical record information came to Valve for comprehensive brand strategy that would lead to the architecture and design of a cutting edge suite of web applications and websites. Detailed content strategy was followed by high level identity design, web design, programming, engineering and very advanced Flash animation and back end Flash development. The suite had to be cohesive, easy to understand, and exciting to interact with.