THE PLUG AWARDS '24
The Plug Awards is an awards banquet and ceremony that celebrates the mentors of the creative industry. The award highlights those that elevate lesser-known talent, giving them opportunities beyond their current scope. In essence, Get On. Put On.
I was brought on to help create graphics/motion graphics for the ceremony as well as helped create graphics for social media channels.
design X motion graphics
Art Director: Kenya Brooks
Graphic Design: Me and Kenya Brooks
Motion Graphics: Me
finals
finals
pre-event
exploration
OVERALL DESIGN
Overall design is an evolution of last year’s branding (furthest left asset). Explored different treatments on photos, positioning/size of text, etc. We ultimately landed on the last design. These were for the award recipients to post on their socials.
Since this is being built out for a template, wanted to make photo and name replacement streamlined (so simple photo frame and stacking the name to reduce the chances of a name being too long for the graphic).
2023 winner carousels
RIGHT-HAND CAROUSEL
BIG HOMIE CAROUSEL
HIT MAKER CAROUSEL
Instagram carousels were created to celebrate the past honors of The Plug Awards. Here, the meaning behind the award is laid out across multiple screens with the honorees, who exemplify these traits, are shown.
2023 awardees WORDS OF ADVICE
Short-form videos created to amplify advice shared by some of the 2023 honorees.
Videography: Sligh
post-event
2024 awardees reels
Short-form videos created to celebrate the 2024 honorees, in their respective categories. The designs for these were heavily inspired by the photography taken at the awards banquet.
Photography: Steven Eloiseau
Set Design: Shanelle Gayle
Motion Graphics + Design: Me
Graphic Design Support: Kenya Brooks
2024 awardees words of advice
Short-form videos created to celebrate the 2024 honorees, in their respective categories. The designs for these were heavily inspired by the photography taken at the awards banquet.
Videography + Video Editing: Sligh
Set Design: Shanelle Gayle
Motion Graphics + Design: Me
Motion Frames
