• About Us

  • Meet the Team

    • ELEMENT BONDS.

      Element is about what is essential to an advertising relationship: creating close connections, like oxygen to hydrogen. We listen, first and foremost. We use scientific research to gather deep insights and understanding. And then we use those insights to ignite and explode creatively, innovatively—building messages and brands that shake customers from their haze and into action.

      THE ELEMENT EFFECT.

      By deploying a process meant to solve our clients’ problems elegantly and provocatively, we lead businesses toward the greatest ROI possible. While the precise formulas may change for each of our client engagements, our effort and results never do. This is Element Advertising.

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      MATT LEVIN

      MATT LEVIN is Element’s creative director, senior art director, and web designer. Highlights include:

      • 5+ years working as art director for San Francisco ad agencies: Hub Strategy, Swirl, McKenzie & Associates, Fusion DM.
      • 16+ years in Asheville agencies.
      • International and local clients: eBay Motors, PGA, Ernst & Young, Veltec, Hewlett Packard, Cherokee Tourism, D.C. United, CNN, Grove Park Inn, Asheville Regional Airport, Mission Hospital, Nantahala Outdoor Center, Highland Brewing Company, and Green Man Brewery.

       

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    OUR CAPABILITIES

  • CiCORPORATE IDENTITY
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    CORPORATE IDENTITY

    So much more than a logo, a proper corporate identity is driven by research, competitive analysis, and an artistic hand that listens first to your long-term business goals. Why? Because, should your goals fall out of sync with the direction of your identity, brand disharmony and disintegration are next. We won’t let that happen.

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    DESIGN

    Defining design is, as Frank Zappa might have said, “like dancing about architecture.” Design walks into the room and makes the room more intelligent. Design is the difference between your smartphone and a ‘90s flip phone. Good design makes a logo impactful, a brochure engaging, a website intuitive, and a three-dimensional mailing something that gets the phone ringing. Truly elegant design doesn’t brag, but manages to make its owner seem smarter than the average bear. That’s what we do.

  • WdWEBSITE DEVELOPMENT
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    WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT

    Websites can be enormous undertakings for the average business. We understand. So we offer a process that makes life easier on you. Not sure how to integrate your brand platform? We are. We place it right at the center of every aspect of the UX (user experience) and UI (user interface). In fact, our knowledge of targets, design, and branding differentiates everything we do. This is one stop for your website needs. And it begins with Element. Click here to see our process.

  • IcINTEGRATED CAMPAIGNS
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    INTEGRATED CAMPAIGNS

    Element Advertising finds it slightly funny that a new emphasis has been placed on integration. We’ve long felt that integration = a strong adherence to a graphic standard as guided by brand strategy. Or in plain, simple terms, using different media vehicles to reinforce a central message creatively is just good marketing.

  • BcBRANDED CONTENT
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    BRANDED CONTENT

    This could be video content that engages your target, without resorting to the silliness of a cat who plays the keyboard. Or graphically rich content your targets want to share with their friends because it enhances their personal brand. This is interaction via iPhone apps or video games or Facebook contests that support the core aspects of your brand. If content is king, then we’re the talented feudal serfs who make it all happen.

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    MEDIA SERVICES

    At Element, media is more than the art of the buy. It’s a well-honed blade that strategically slices through target analysis, demographic and psychographic information, customer feedback, and trends that move through our culture. This is a complete suite of services. One born of research and guided by rigid process, with the occasional “Eureka!” moment as we intersect insightfully with where your target lives and breathes.

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    DESIGN

    Defining design is, as Frank Zappa might have said, “like dancing about architecture.” Design walks into the room and makes the room more intelligent. Design is the difference between your smartphone and a ‘90s flip phone. Good design makes a logo impactful, a brochure engaging, a website intuitive, and a three-dimensional mailing something that gets the phone ringing. Truly elegant design doesn’t brag, but manages to make its owner seem smarter than the average bear. That’s what we do.

  • Case Studies

  • Testimonials

    • Cherokee

    • Carolina Day School

    • Nantahala Outdoor Center

    • North American Roofing

    • Ocracoke Island

    • Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort

    • The Dunhill Hotel

    • Their work was culturally sensitive and inclusive of community input that was essential in obtaining effective and measurable results. I strongly recommend Element to any Tribe or client for their business needs.

      —Michell Hicks, former Chief, Eastern band of Cherokee Indians

      Element is a major reason for my hotel and restaurant’s success. From branding and marketing strategy to advertising creative and tactical items, Element has lifted our brand and marketing appearance to truly reflect our service reputation.

      — John Beatty, former General Manager, The Dunhill Hotel + The Asbury

      Element helped Nantahala Outdoor Center conduct its first data-driven advertising campaign in years—from pre-campaign research, to expertly crafted creative, to responsive, real-time campaign adjustments, to accurate performance assessment during and after the campaign. The campaign was successful and led to the highest revenues in company history.

      —Charles Conner, Managing Partner at Sky Zone Asheville and former Marketing Director at Nantahala Outdoor Center

      Element Advertising has been a great partner for Cherokee tourism. Their exceptional creative and technical services have helped our trout fishing program reach unprecedented sales levels.

      —Mike LaVoie, Natural Resources Manager, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

    Blog

    A SMALL, GOOD THING.

    In the short story “A Small, Good Thing,” written by the late Raymond Carver, a couple confronts a baker hired to make a birthday cake for their young son. The son, sadly, has recently died due to complications arising from a car accident, and the family, distraught, completely forgets about…

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