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American Express | Small Business Saturday
Our Place is Your Place


Founded by American Express in 2010, Small Business Saturday is a nationally recognized shopping tradition that happens every year on the Saturday after Thanskgiving. It brings communities together to shop at their small businesses — celebrating the places that fuel their local economy and make thier neighborhood or town feel like home.

In 2017, we celebrated our relationship to the Small Businesses we couldn’t live without. The ones we hold near and dear and call our own.




Shopping Small with Shaq

We followed Shaq as he shopped small at the places calls his own. Videos were seeded through social and produced via partnership with Turner.

Social GIFs
Appeared leading up to SBS reminding Shoppers to get out and Shop Small®.


Updating the Photo Library
In 2017, we refreshed the photo library for the program with a shoot at 17 businesses in 3 cities. Casting real families, friends and shop owners. Shot with Kate T. Parker.





Updating shopsmall.com
The website also got a lift to include the impressive history of Small Business Saturday.





Role:
Creative Director


Team:
Associate Creative Director, Art, Jordan Roland
Senior Art Director, Melanie Cleary
Senior Copywriter, Sydney Spence
Art Director, Bella Ibraham
Copywriter, Michael Sojka
UX Designer, Lauren 
© 2023 Sarah Bruns. The work in this porfolio was designed and produced for the brands represented and is protected under copyright law. It shall not be infringed upon, reproduced, or redistrubuted without consent. All rights reserved.