About

The first few chapters of my story

I was born in Philly and moved to Brooklyn at the age of 18. I graduated from Pratt Institute and I've spent the last 20 years as an independent photographer and creative director.


Sometimes people get lucky to find a great partner, I hit the lottery when I met my wife Erin. We got married and founded Swig Social, a first of its kind real time social content agency to support all of our commercial clients needs. Right about here is when I shifted my focus solely to creative direction and content strategy. We had found the apex of content creation, strategy and analytics and proved the value of engagement content for large brands early in the shift to social advertising. From this point on, data has driven all my decisions from prioritizing work to proving if we are or are not moving the business in the right direction.


Since moving to Seattle with our children I’ve expanded my skills from award winning photography and creative direction to UX design direction, product development and global team building. I’ve established scalable teams at agencies and companies alike enabling brands and businesses to grow and exceed targets.


I love what I do or I don’t do it. I’m always up for new opportunities to stretch and build new teams to solve big problems. If you've got a project that you think I'd be interested in or just want to meet someone new, get in touch.


Cheers,

Mat


Reach out

Clients include:

AdAge, Animal Planet, AOL, Apple, AT&T, Atlantic Records, Beauty Blitz, Calvin Klein, Coca Cola, Discovery Channel, Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals, Florsheim, Ford Motor Company, got2b, InStyle, IHG, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Surface, Mr. Youth, MTV Networks, Muscle and Fitness, Oprah Winfrey Network, Red Bull, Robert Verdi, Sirene Collection, Skype, Sony Electronics, Sony Music Entertainment, Steven Alan, St. Ives, The DailyFront Row, The Food Network, Times of London, Tribeca Film Festival, TV Land, Victoria’s Secret, Yamaha 


Hailing from the great PNW
© 2022 Mat Szwajkos
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