About MondoVox® Creative Group

We are a brand and design consultancy located in Chicago and are focused on providing integrated marketing solutions to clients just like you. Our specific focus sits squarely on the communication needs as defined by your business goals and objectives, regardless of the medium.

Our diverse experience in strategic marketing, trademark naming, brand strategy and development, product design, package design, packaging graphics, collateral, POP, advertising and interactive, allows us to offer fully integrated problem solving for a wide range of industries.

Visit our website to view our sample portfolio and learn more about us.

MondoBeat Newsletter Contributors

Julia Moran Martz, president

Julia Moran Martz is Partner and Co-Creative Director of MondoVox, Inc. and has 25 years experience in communications and design solutions for consumer products, biomedical, technology, and insurance, as well management and business development experience in technology and dotcom sectors.

Ms. Martz has led creative teams in developing creative solutions for corporate identities, sales materials, direct mail, catalogs, packaging, advertising, trade show support, and Websites for international and regional clients including Eli Lilly, Wolverine Technologies, Excello Products LLC., Music Institute of Chicago, Smart Home Chicago LLC,  Standard Life Insurance of Indiana, Standard Management Corporation, Lynn Hazan & Associates and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

She has also provided consultation in brand strategy development, planning, and implementation of marketing-based solutions using both print and interactive media for clients including Rand McNally, Gardner & White, and Dantis USA.

Larry Bauer, strategic marketing

Larry Bauer is a highly skilled, experienced writer who brings an extensive marketing background to his copywriting. You’ll notice from the questions he asks that Larry understands business, how companies get to market and how to communicate to customers. His ability to think strategically, combined with an appealing, conversational writing style, makes his copy both reader-friendly and effective.

A winner of more than 20 marketing awards for both individual pieces and campaigns, Larry is equally accomplished at writing winning copy for companies with a million dollars in annual sales or billions. His work includes annual reports and corporate identification materials, direct mail, collateral literature, newsletters, websites and email for companies including Banta Corporation, RR Donnelley, Sexton Printing, ABS Graphics, Ripon Printers, Micro Lamps, United Methodist Church of Geneva and Stromberg Allen.

Peter Martz, creative director

Peter Martz is Partner and Co-Creative Director of MondoVox, Inc. and has 27 years experience in creative strategy, design, production and client relations in consumer packaged goods, giftware, industrial, home improvement, software and office supplies.

Mr. Martz has been involved in virtually every phase of the creative process in the development of packaging, point-of-purchase displays, trade show support, collateral materials, corporate identities, advertising (retail and B to B) and Websites for a wide range of industries. His contributions to various projects have included conceptualization, design, illustration, writing and photo art direction.

Mr. Martz’s clients have included CoasterStone, Superior American Mat Company, Sauder Furniture, Pittsburgh Corning, True Value Hardware, Ace Hardware, Woods Wire, SCM Office Products, Axtrom Industries, Canyon Electric, Siemen’s, M|net, Saver Systems, Beveled Glass Designs, Industrial Printing Company, Tenex, Excello Products LLC, The Content Company, The Lakeside Singers, Integrated Roofing, Smart Home Chicago LLC, Marvin Fans, CertainTeed and many others.

Tom McCain, design and production specialist, illustrator

Tom McCain has 36 years of experience in print production and 12 years in web design. An inveterate joiner, Mr. McCain has carved a consulting niche in communications and marketing with not-for-profit organizations, especially those serving the environment.

Mr. McCain’s most satisfying role is working on creative projects as an illustrator or website editor – or both – to which he applies his strong background in graphic design, a commitment to web standards, and a knack for people-friendly communication. A cartoonist since childhood, Mr. McCain honed his talents in the comics-rich climate of the past 40 years and is pursuing various illustration projects.