River Davis is a postdisciplinary Creative Director and Brand Lead known for crafting compelling visual narratives and developing algorithm-targeted "Bubble Gum Content" campaigns for brands and personalities ranging from Mercedes-Benz and DJ Khaled to Xbox and Child of Wild.
His design thinking production experience ranges from producing fashion capsules and consumer products to visual identity and experience design on the global stage. His focus on the hyperfunctionality of media and visual rhetoric provides a strong foundation for the production, communication, and distribution of brand strategy.
Collaborating with a global network of culture-based creatives and artists, he has built integrated campaigns for Sotheby's and Bernar Venet, produced AI-powered immersive experiences for NTENT.ART and Bright Moments, and developed conceptual fashion collections with manufacturers across Vietnam, Germany, Portugal, and the Americas.
River is also an accomplished professional artist, having exhibited in Hong Kong, New York, Berlin, Hungary, Portugal, Switzerland, and France.
BERNAR VENET x SOTHEBY'S
Global integrated Campaign
Deliverables: Live events and activations, out-of-home (OOH) advertising, social media campaigns, website design, video production, over-the-top (OTT) media, visual identity design, influencer partnerships, content marketing (blogs, articles), search engine optimization (SEO),
Creative Direction: River Davis | | Art Direction: River Davis, S.Ryan O'Connor | Video Production: Artykfilm, Julia Sandor | Sound Design & Mixing: Mari Mako | Marketing Production Partner: Sotheby's | Art Production: Bernar Venet & S.Ryan O'Connor | Link [1]
EARTHLINGS CAPSULE
COLLECTION PRODUCTION & DIGITAL CAMPAIGN
Deliverables: Live events and activations, out-of-home (OOH) advertising, social media campaigns, website design, video production, over-the-top (OTT) media, visual identity design, influencer partnerships, content marketing (blogs, articles), search engine optimization (SEO),
Creative Direction: River Davis | | Art Direction: River Davis, S.Ryan O'Connor | Video Production: Artykfilm, Julia Sandor | Sound Design & Mixing: Mari Mako | Marketing Production Partner: Sotheby's | Art Production: Bernar Venet & S.Ryan O'Connor | Link [1]
CHILD OF WILD
online CAMPAIGN
Social video campaigns, web assets, video production, photography, visual identity design, influencer partnerships.
Creative & Art Direction: Lexi Haslem | Photography: Lexi Haslem | Video: River Davis | Model: marellalalaaa | Makeup: vixavage | Styling: Child of Wild | Photo Assistant: luciannamcintosh
LUNA GRAZIA
MUSIC VIDEO
Music Video Production.
Creative and Art Direction: Luna Grazia | Models: wildesrania, dianamaracuja, zaragioia, ladysizzle | Hair and Makeup: jamalalmaraa, assistants: destinabkt, dianamaracuja, Sculpture and Set Design: Selva | Styling: eddaellenn & Luna Grazia | Director of Photography: River Davis
NTENT.ART x IPFS x OBEY ART SPACE
integrated Campaign w. Activation
Live event activation & Immersive Experience, out-of-home (OOH) advertising, social media campaigns, video production, visual identity design, content marketing (blogs, articles).
Creative & Art Direction: River Davis, S.Ryan O'Connor | Artist: Jiwa | Director of Photography: Justinas Milius | Photographer: DAAN-DAM | Editorial Links: [1] [2]
NOTAGALLERY
Visual Identity + CAMPAIGN + EVent
Out-of-home (OOH) advertising, social media campaigns, video production, visual identity design, Event production, experience design,
Creative Direction: Ivan Getta | Brand: NOTAGALLERY | Art Direction: River Davis | Video Production: Dennis Hardt, Free Spirit Studios | PA: Sandesh Dwd | Editorial Link: [1] , [1] [2]
DJ KHALED
BRANDED CONTENT Blesswell.co
Social campaigns, web assets, video production, photography
Creative and Art Direction: Lexi Haslem | Producer & Director: River Davis | Photography: Lexi Haslem | Agency: Impact Brokers | Project Lead: Felicia Alston
ATM SS'23 RUNWAY SHOW
SOCIAL Campaign
Social Video Campaigns
Creative & Art Direction: Selva | Brand: atm_________ | Video: Fashion Cine | Photo: Cinnamene | Social Video Editor: River Davis | Editorial Link
CITY OF BUDAPEST
ONLINE CAMPAIGN
Video campaign, video production, over-the-top (OTT) media.
Creative and Art Direction: River Davis | Director of Photography: Robert Basore | Editors & VFX: Brian Wieser, Robert Basore, River Davis
PANTRY FOOD CO.
Social CAMPAIGNs
Social video campaigns, web assets, video production, photography, copywriting.
Creative Direction: River Davis | Art Direction & Production: River Davis, S.Ryan O'Connor
HIGHSNOBIETY x ZALANDO
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST & Brand STRATEGY
Developed novel AI content production pipelines
Creative Direction: Alexander Venndt | Art Direction: Samir Matanda | Creative Technology and Brand Strategy: River Davis & Tabitha Swanson
NTENT.ART x BRIGHT MOMENTS
integrated Campaign w. EXPERIENTIAL AI ACTIVATION
Experiential activation, out-of-home (OOH) AI activated campaign, social media campaigns, video production, visual identity design.
Creative Direction: River Davis | Art Direction: River Davis, S.Ryan O'Connor, Coco Shin | Video Production: Tony Gasch
SELECTED WORKS
Visual Identity design + CAMPAIGN Strategy
Out-of-home (OOH) advertising, social media campaigns, visual identity design, graphic design, print production.
Creative Direction: River Davis
