We’re Knotably
Over the last decade we have built Knotably Studio from zero to a highly sought-after, booked months in advance, boutique creative studio recognizable for our signature approach to product storytelling and best-in-class short form motion content for ads & social.
We are creative partners to leading brands across multiple verticals - food & beverage, health & wellness, beauty, lifestyle + more.
Among our clients : Quest Nutrition, Olipop, Ritual, Daring, Purely Elizabeth, Corkcicle, Parachute, Benefit Cosmetics, Youth To The People, Los Sundays, Dyper, OLLY, Liquid IV, Kencko, Yes Way Rose and many more.
We launched Knotably Creative House into the world as an extension of Knotably Studio with a single mission :
→ to create an inclusive online platform for creative professionals with a wide range of experience and skillsets, and share all we know about building a thriving creative business.
We show you the road, you choose the speed.
Oly & Yossi here.
Co-Founders, Knotably
Behind every sought-after creative business, there is a group of people working tirelessly to keep operations 🧈 smooth, projects 🔥 superb, clients 📆 booking slots months in advance. Yup, that would be us two.
Why we do what we do
At Knotably, we’ve put in years of hard work perfecting our craftsmanship and expanding our creative horizons to deliver the best work to our awesome clients. It was almost by accident when we discovered that sharing our expertise in creativepreneurship ignites our fire on a whole new level.
Why we started this thing
In an ideal world as creatives all we would want to do 365 days a year is creating cool stuff. In reality though, there are also bills to pay. Over the years, we’ve developed our signature systems to bridge the gap between the two. And it’s about time we help fellow creatives do the same.
What’s on the horizon
Crafting a universal suite of resources, masterclasses and no-fluff programs to help YOU strengthen your creative business foundations, get those bucket list clients, build the creative biz of your dreams. We might as well let you in on our creative process, who knows, the sky is the limit.
Oly Shamrik
Co-Founder at Knotably Studio, CEO at Knotably Creative House.
With a solid background and over 8+ years of expertise in content production and creative business operations, as well as product storytelling excellence and deep knowledge of creative advertising, Oly brings to the front Knotably Studio’s signature approach to modern creative content creation (ads + social).
Passionate about multiple CPG verticals and industries, Oly is in charge of business development, creative operations and navigating client projects from A-Z with world’s top brands - Quest Nutrition, Liquid I.V., OLLY, Olipop, Daring, Benefit Cosmetics to name a few.
Looking to equip fellow creative business owners with the expertise Oly gained from running Knotably Studio and working directly with best-in-class brands utilizing Knotably signature systems, Knotably Creative House was launched into the world on Jan 1 2023 - Creative Business Ecosystem, built for creatives, by creatives.
Among other things Oly has a Master’s Degree in International Relationships, she speaks 3 languages on a daily basis and is a proud Siberian Husky mom.
Yossi Shamrik
Co-Founder at Knotably Studio, CCO at Knotably Creative House.
Yossi’s vast professional experience ranges from leading, art directing, animating, establishing visual languages and look & feel for numerous social and digital campaigns for global entertainment clients such as Netflix, Disney, Sony, Amazon, A24, Lionsgate (to name a few) to developing brand identities and motion design projects for big names in the international music industry - Owsla Records, Novation, Thellonius Monk Foundation, Steel Wool Ent., Rusko, Boys Noize to name a few.
At Knotably Studio Yossi leads all creative and is in charge of the best conceptual & motion design output for creative projects (advertising & social) for all of our clients. With over 16 years of professional experience in motion design, animation and stop motion, Yossi infuses Knotably Studio projects with an incomparable level of excellence.
Not a day goes by without working the craft, experiments, art, finding new ways to storytell, writing poetry or making beats - these all run deep through Yossi’s identity as an extraordinary creative.
Among other things Yossi is releasing his music on a regular basis, currently working on his third solo album (in Hebrew).
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Our Creds
We’ve built Knotably from the ground up, and here’s a short version of our story.
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We're a borderline extreme introverted creatives husband and wife immigrant duo, who started out in a highly competitive space with zero connections, zero clients and zero in our bank account. Just our creative skills and deep respect to craftsmanship, original ideas and hard work.
If we were able to build a creative business we’ve always dreamt of, you sure can do it too! We all start somewhere!
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After over a decade of various creative endeavors, we’ve joined forces and combined our skills to open Knotably Studio doors in 2017. We rented our first 1400sq. f. space in Downtown LA Arts District with zero clients on our roster but a whole lot of creative passion and determination.
By the end of our first month, our very first clients were Benefit Cosmetics, Youth To The People and Sugar Bear Hair.
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It took us years to build our creative business the way we wanted it to be.
Pivots? Sure happened.
Money anxiety? You bet.
Problematic clients? Happens to the best of us.
All we knew - our success is in our very own bare hands. We never relied on anyone to bring us work or show us the ropes. We went after what we wanted (eyes first - fellow Office nerds?) and we got it.
Our mission is to pass on our expertise to you, build up your creative confidence and help you achieve your wildest creativepreneur dreams.