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OUR PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLE: EXTRA EFFORT.

PEOPLE.
STORIES.
PURPOSE.

Edified is a Chicago-based creative studio delivering specialized content and digital solutions for businesses, brands and organizations.

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Led by Creative Director Lateefa Harland, Edified brings together industry professionals across video production, photography, graphic design, motion graphics, editing, web development and social media content and strategy.

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We build the team around the work. Each project is shaped by the client’s goals, bringing together the right creative talent and expertise to move ideas from concept through execution.

L. Harland

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Professional video production camera used by Edified

BUILT AROUND
THE WORK.

The right creative team and process for every project.

Edified multi-camera video production in Chicago

EXTRA EFFORT

Discovery + Creative Development

We start by going deeper. Our Extra Effort Session helps us understand the client, audience, goals and opportunity before we determine the creative direction.

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Edified live event video production in Chicago

ASSEMBLE

The Right Team

Every project is different. We bring together the right mix of filmmakers, photographers, designers, editors, developers and social media professionals based on what the work actually requires.

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Edified media trainee filming a Chicago mayoral press conference

CREATE

Strategy + Execution

We turn the direction into specialized content and digital solutions, carrying the idea from concept through production, design and post-production.

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Edified event photography and production in Chicago

DELIVER

Built for Where It Lives


We deliver finished work designed for the platforms and audiences it needs to reach, from websites and social media to campaigns, events and branded content.

THE PROCESS.

IDEA TO IMPACT.

KEEP CREATING.

Ideas evolve. Platforms change. We stay curious, collaborate and keep pushing the work forward.

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