THE MAN BEHIND THE JACKET / 001

Nick Nader.

Founder & Creative Director
Red Jacket Studio

I help small businesses look as good online as they are in real life—with websites, branding and a digital presence that feels like them.

Based in Portland, Oregon · Serving businesses on the Southern Oregon Coast · Remote collaboration available

CREATIVE DIRECTION / PERSONAL TOUCH
Portrait of Nick Nader, founder and creative director of Red Jacket Studio
A LITTLE
AUDACITY.
Nick Nader Founder & Creative Director

01 / THE BACKSTORY

About
Nick.

I’ve been building websites and experimenting with computers since I was a teenager.

What started as curiosity about the internet turned into years of learning web design, graphic design, digital tools, and the systems businesses use to present themselves online. Over time, that became freelance work, client projects, and eventually Red Jacket Studio.

I started Red Jacket with a simple idea:

Good businesses shouldn’t look weak online.

A website, branding, content, search presence, and social media shouldn’t feel like disconnected pieces. They should work together to make the business clearer, more credible, and easier to choose.

That’s the approach behind Red Jacket Studio today.

I still like getting into the details, figuring out how things work, and finding better ways to build them. The tools have changed a lot over the years. The standard hasn’t.

Make it clear. Make it useful. Make it look like the business deserves to be taken seriously.

Nick Nader
Founder & Creative Director
Red Jacket Studio

02 / THE EVIDENCE — SELECTED WORK

Real businesses.
Personal attention.

A selection of studio projects led by Nick. Explore the work and the scope behind each one.

Image Makers Window Cleaning website project presentation

Image Makers Window Cleaning

Website management and logo refinement, with a clearer presentation of services and a straightforward contact path.

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Stark Beauty website project presentation

Stark Beauty

A warm, editorial website presentation with personal storytelling, a curated gallery and appointment paths for two locations.

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Woudstra Concrete Finishers website project presentation

Woudstra Concrete Finishers

A coastal website presentation for concrete craftsmanship. Live, with project photography and content refinements in progress.

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03 / HOW WE WORK

Direct communication.

Work directly with Nick on the brief, creative direction and agreed scope.

A connected presence.

Bring the website, brand and content into the same conversation so the business feels consistent.

Care after launch.

Keep the work useful with ongoing support and improvements agreed around the business.

04 / BEYOND THE STUDIO

After Hours.
With Nick Nader.

Audio essays, cinema and creative obsessions. A personal project from the voice behind Red Jacket Studio.

FROM THE AUDIO ARCHIVE / 001Giant monster silhouette above a city, from the Godzilla audio essay posterGODZILLA.

FEATURED ESSAY / 24:24

Before Minus One.
There was 1954.

Recorded ahead of Godzilla Minus One, this essay started life as a video project. The edit stalled, but the audio survived. Now it has a home.

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YOUR NEXT MOVE

Have something
you’re building?

If your business has outgrown the way it looks online, let’s fix that.