YouTube TV / Social / Digital

Zen Channel

Amid the chaos of digital marketing, where every brand fights for attention in the first five seconds, YouTube Zen took a different approach: a visual and auditory reset. A space to breathe.      

Client

YouTube TV

Role

Sr. Art Director

Scope

Seasonal scenes, music curation, social rollout

Collaborators

Motion and sound designers

01 Concept

Approach

Instead of shouting for attention, we whispered. The work leaned into atmosphere, restraint, and a sense of pause that felt unusually generous online.          

Result

Viewer feedback showed that in a world of constant noise, the quietest message can be the most resonant.          

02 Social

Campaign FEEDBACK

“You asked, our chronically online staff listened.”          

Format: Youtube Channel          

03 Motion

Seasonal Variant

Care for some spooky Zen?

Enjoy the Zen *~~~*~~

04 Reaction

What the fans are saying

Community reaction helped validate the tone of the work: calm, specific, and unexpectedly welcome.          

05 Feedback
💭☺️

Audience Response

What our fans are saying...         

MADELEINE GOULD |  SR AD


Maddy is an Art Director with expertise in concept development and design execution. She builds bold, thoughtful campaigns, and occasionally replicas of every neighborhood she’s ever lived in, in The Sims.

When she isn’t pushing pixels she can be found snowboarding and raising her beloved puppy,  Zero.

AWARDS


🥉4x Bronze Cannes Lions
🥈2xThe ONE Show- Silver Pencil
🥈Silver CLIO- Creative Effectiveness Winner 2025
🥇CLIO Cannabis 2022 Gold
🥈AdAge’s Small Agency of the Year 2018 Silver
The hires leading up to it
🥉CLIO Cannabis 2022 Bronze

AGENCIES


Mother
Hook
VCCP
Laundry Service
Vayner Media
The Many
Duncan Channon


JWT
Juxtapose Studio



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