We Won Gold at the 2025 Davey Awards!
The studio has enjoyed a lot of wins this year—from amazing collaborations and opportunities, to clients seeing the positive results from their investment on brand. To us, the best rewards for hard work are seeing clients grow and take shape with it. That being said, sometimes you need that and an extra pat on the back for a job well done. So with that, we’re excited to announce that Santoro Design, LLC has won Gold at the 2025 Davey Awards, for the Corporate Identity work we did for EP Martial Arts!
About The Project
EP Martial Arts faced challenges in effectively communicating their diverse, highly specialized martial arts programs within a crowded market of MMA gyms and traditional dojos. Their existing website offered a fragmented user experience and was difficult for their team to update.
We partnered with them to develop…
🏆 A revitalized, modern brand centered on an inclusive call to action: join their "Community of Champions."
🛠️ A scalable brand architecture tailored to each program,
👊🏻 A bold and cohesive visual design
💻 A new website focused on streamlined class booking and an intuitive e-commerce experience.
Our strategic approach not only clarified their brand message but also significantly improved user engagement and operational ease. If you want to see more, check out the case study here.
Some Special Thank You’s
As always, it takes a village to make these things happen, even with smaller projects. With that in mind, we’d like to thank the following people:
Ariel Tyre Wesley and Bart Axelrod of EP Martial Arts for being great collaborators from the start
Damion Duponte of NewTake Media for collaborating on video and other assets for the brand reveal.
Our very own Design Apprentice, Ariel Wesley, for helping with additional brand activation assets at the beginning of his internship program (there were a bunch!)
The fine folks at SquareKicker for just making a great plugin that contributed to the EP Martial Arts website build, and also…just ‘cause.
About The Davey Awards
The Davey Awards is an international awards program, honoring outstanding creative and marketing work exclusively from small shops, boutique agencies, internal creative teams and independent creators. The media types honored include Websites, Design & Print, Video, Advertising & Marketing, Mobile Apps & Sites, Social Media, Branded Entertainment, Emerging Tech, Podcasts, and more.
Who is Behind The Davey Awards
The Davey Awards is reviewed by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA), an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from acclaimed brands and media, interactive, advertising, and marketing firms, including Spotify, Majestyk, Big Spaceship, Nissan, Tinder, Condé Nast, Disney, Microsoft, GE Digital, JP Morgan, PGA Tour, Wired, and many others. Visit aiva.org for more information.
Reviewing and Awarding
Entries are evaluated by jurors on their own merits based on a standard of excellence as determined by the AIVA, considering the specific criteria for the category entered. A category may have multiple Gold and Silver Winners or may have none. Entries are scored on a ten-point scale by the Jurors. Only around 20% of all entries will be selected as Gold Winners. Other outstanding entries will be Silver Winners. Best in Show selections are made by the Academy, from the pool of Gold Winners, based on their scoring and other elements of merit as determined by the Academy. Thirteen Best in Show honors are awarded, one for each of the Davey Awards’ media types. Visit the Davey Awards Winners Gallery to view all of the Honorees.
