Thoughtful creative direction for immersive, interactive spaces

Tim Halloran

From content strategy and concept design to copywriting and creative production, my expertise is in building a bridge between what you have to say and what your audience wants to hear. I’ve been creating emotional and engaging experiences for brands and museums for more than 25 years.

I began my career as a freelance writer and photographer, but soon wound up in the museum design field creating interactive exhibitions. Later I went to Austria to get an MFA in new media, and then joined a creative agency as co-director of their experience design studio. I went to the client side for six years to help launch and build a successful AI startup in Seattle. In 2020 I moved to Berlin to work as a consultant and contractor.

It’s been a strange ride, and with any luck that strangeness will continue. It's been a privilege to collaborate with a diverse range of clients on a broad slate of incredibly interesting projects, like:

  • Service design for the first Amazon brick-and-mortar store
  • An immersive showroom and experience center for Airbus
  • Live brand activation design for Textio, an award-winning AI language startup
  • A cultural museum for the Suquamish people, the tribe of Chief Seattle
  • Interface design for Starbucks’ next-generation espresso machine
  • A mini-series of international case study videos for Tableau
  • An award-winning visual search engine for the Smithsonian

When I’m not creating things for work, I’m usually off somewhere exploring places and cultures that are new to me. Photography was my original love as a teenager, and my camera still joins me everywhere I travel, although these days I’ve traded in my trusty old Canon A-1 for the newest iPhone Pro. I also sometimes find myself just prototyping weird things for fun, like this motion-controlled virtual cello. If you have a creative project that you think I might be a good fit for, please send me an email using the link below!