About Us

Made By Things is a creative studio that merges craft, strategy, and anthropology to uncover memorable people stories.

MeganVojacek

Administrator

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MattVojacek

Founder &Creative Director

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ShelbyHagerdon

Executive CreativeProducer & Writer

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Colinvan ’t veld

Motion Director

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Melissa LeeJohnson

Associate Creative Director

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At a Glance

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Our Mission

Making People Care
About Things

Our Practice

We help organizations turn expertise into understanding, and understanding into trust.

Our Process

1. Consult (strategy)
2. Create (production)
3. Cultivate (partnerships)

Our Deliverables

People Stories

(the memorable presentation of an organization’s narratives that emotionally resonate with an audience to earn their trust)

The Results

Enlightened audience confidence, thriving retention, and long-term brand affinity.

Our Partners

We partner with organizations doing meaningful work in industries that warrant emotional resonance.

What people are saying

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Made by Things did a great job bringing our character concepts to life giving each of them a unique personality for our client. They also worked closely with our team as those characters were integrated into our custom software. They were incredibly flexible, patient, & a delight to work with!

Meg Miller, ENVOY
Meg Miller, ENVOY
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Matt and the Made by Things team were incredible partners from the get-go. They took the time to understand our business and our goals, and produced incredible high-quality videos on a tight timeline. Can’t recommend them enough!”

Tom Newton, Huckleberry
Tom Newton, Huckleberry
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Of all those experiments we’ve run in the early days of Root Insurance, “Stupid Simple” was one of the two top performers and is the only one that is still brand-aligned enough to continue to run to this day.

Kevin Rapp, Root
Kevin Rapp, Root
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When we first spoke with Made By Things, we wanted an “explainer” video that was outside the norm, much more than “we are UnifiHealth and we do this.” Made By Things picked up our direction instantly but pushed us to ensure the video would have a commercial impact, that it would help us move our company forward by driving sales activity and brand awareness. Ultimately, Made By Things created a unique and valuable asset for our business and was a pleasure to work with.”

Brodie Stone, UnifiHealth
Brodie Stone, UnifiHealth
Since 2015 we’ve worked with over 250 brands, including:
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Awards & Recognition

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2025 — Creative Best — Best of Show
2024 — Inc. 5000 fastest growing company #470
2024 — Inc. Best Places To Work
2023 — Bronze Anthem Award — Illustration and Animation
2023 — C2A — Winner in Promotional video / TV / Film / Animation
2022 — Creative Best — Judge’s Choice and Best of Animation Category
2021 — Creative Best — Award of Excellence
2020 — Gold Telly Award
2020 — Cleveland International Film Festival Selection
2019 — Creative Best — Best of Animation Category
2018 — Creative Best — Best of Print Category
2017 — Creative Best — Award of Excellence
2016 — Creative Best — Judge’s Choice, Best of Motion Design Category
2015 — Creative Best — Award of Merit

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A strong partnership between organization and studio is the crux of great creation. We listen. We ask questions. We seek out the story hiding beneath the surface. Then we bring it to life through creative documentation.

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