LinkedIn Celebrations

LinkedIn Celebrations

Client

LinkedIn

Scope

Visual System

Role

Art Director

Year

2025

A refreshed illustration system to bring warmth and energy to professional milestone moments.

A refreshed illustration system to bring warmth and energy to professional milestone moments.

Strategy

Design System

Illustration

The Challenge

As LinkedIn's community and product evolved, its celebration moments needed to evolve with it. The balloons and cupcakes of LinkedIn's past were recognizable, but they needed more personality, emotional depth, and global resonance, without losing the clarity and trust of the leading professional platform.

The Solution

Our strategy was centered around form and feeling. Through expressive metaphors, distinct stylistic worlds, and shared design principles, we crafted a system that feels elevated yet approachable, offering an editorial presence within the feed. It flexes tonally, from intriguing to delightful, bringing emotional intelligence and humanity into the product.

The Challenge

As LinkedIn's community and product evolved, its celebration moments needed to evolve with it. The balloons and cupcakes of LinkedIn's past were recognizable, but they needed more personality, emotional depth, and global resonance, without losing the clarity and trust of the leading professional platform.

The Solution

Our strategy was centered around form and feeling. Through expressive metaphors, distinct stylistic worlds, and shared design principles, we crafted a system that feels elevated yet approachable, offering an editorial presence within the feed. It flexes tonally, from intriguing to delightful, bringing emotional intelligence and humanity into the product.

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Next ProjectNext Project
Group Creative DirectorSteve Day
Creative DirectionKenesha Sneed
ProductionAndrew Chan Gladstone, Luisa Murray, Alex DeSanto, Alex dos Santos, Michael Neithardt
Art DirectionTwisha Patni
StrategyAsia Hunt, Madison Caprara
DesignBen Nichols, Freya Yeh, Gunnar Pettersson, Jesse Harp, Jigyu Yoon, Julia Mattos, Kenni Huang, Matthew Kam
2D AnimationPeter Kallstrom, Juan Ricardo Hernandez, Johannes Fast, Nick Brown, Lauren Tom, Lisa Kim, Nick Knezevich, Nick Petley, Taylor Griggs