Marriott & Fortune 500

Challenge

Hitting strict brand standards across eight enterprise brands, at volume, in the least forgiving medium there is.

Deliverables

Email Templates

Marketing Emails

Autoresponder Emails

Overview

Email is where design constraints are hardest. Every client had exhaustive brand standards, every campaign had to render correctly across a long tail of clients and devices, and the volume meant nothing could be a one-off.

I designed mobile-first responsive campaigns for Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Choice Hotels, Yard House, U.S. Bank, Visa Canada, Bed Bath & Beyond, and See's Candies, building flexible template systems that held brand consistency at scale rather than rebuilding from zero each time. I also spent six months on-site with Bed Bath & Beyond's NYC team building their template system and training their designers to run it themselves.

Highlights: a U.S. Bank redesign that lifted click-to-open rates 160%+, a 24% click-to-open rate for Visa Canada, and a Marriott Bonvoy Boutiques campaign that contributed to a 50% month-over-month sales increase.

The work won EIS, IAC, OMMA, Horizon Interactive, and HSMAI Adrian awards.

Photoshop

Dreamweaver

Expect excellence.

© 2026 Sterling Crain

Expect excellence.

© 2026 Sterling Crain

Expect excellence.

© 2026 Sterling Crain