About
Your Image is Our Focus
At Mance Creative, we understand the importance of having an experienced and reliable graphic design firm on your side.
We don’t believe in a cookie cutter approach to design. Personal service is a vital component of Mance Creative. The process can be overwhelming, you may not be entirely sure of what you want.
We guide you through every step. We work with you to uncover your needs. Our personal service is what makes us successful at creating a design that uniquely reflects your business.
Founded in 1999, San Diego based Mance Creative offers companies and business owners strategic business consulting, graphic and digital design, graphic websites and promotional services.
Our integrated concept of design, packaging and promotion is vital in propelling the total marketing of your brand. We work with you to develop designs that appeal to your customers and help you grow your business.
What We Believe and Do
We see ourselves as part of your team. We are here to listen and understand your vision, needs and desires.
We do not outsource. All work is done in-house by our creative staff, so you can feel confident knowing that you are getting Mance Creative’s top quality service.
We are available to you throughout the entire design process. Being located in San Diego allows us to provide you with a highly personal service experience.
Our Values
FUN
PARTNERSHIP
There is great power in working as a team. We know people grow stronger and more reliable when they work together toward common goals. We embrace our clients’ visions and care about each other’s successes.
EXCELLENCE
Caring about the details, logic and look of our designs and solutions keeps us and our clients feeling proud. We work smartly to put our best foot forward and enjoy helping others do the same.
TRUST
Faith in our relationships makes everything else possible. Knowing that we have your back allows both us and our clients to dream big and deliver on innovative solutions.
INNOVATION
Decades of industry knowledge combined with openness to new paths in our design decisions allows us to discover different perspectives from which to view, create, reimagine, and reinvent solutions that are refreshing and empowering.
MAGIC
The certain something we bring to each and every project that lets people see new possibilities, experience wonder, and turn dreams into reality.
Your Team of Experts
Owner & Creative Director
Michael Mance is the owner of Mance Creative, a minority-owned and operated, visual branding and graphic design agency, specializing in all forms of print and electronic media. As a first-generation Filipino-American with a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and over 21 years of design experience, Michael brings a powerfully unique perspective to his design solutions. A theatre lover himself, Michael’s clients include some of the biggest names in Southern California live theatre, local non-profits, and business firms that span the globe.
Senior Graphic Designer & Website Developer
Mitch joined the Mance Creative team in 2007 soon after graduating with honors from the Art Institute of California at San Diego. He has natural creative graphic design talent and keeps up-to-date with the latest design trends and website technology. Mitch works closely with many of Mance Creative’s clients on a variety of projects and products, including websites, print ads, brochures, product packaging, and corporate identity. In his free time he likes to golf and spend time with his girlfriend and her son.
Graphic Designer
Edgar graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree in Web and Multimedia Design in Spring 2016. He joined Mance Creative in 2019 as a graphic designer right after moving to San Diego from Imperial Valley, CA. Edgar assists in the production of digital and print materials for Mance Creative’s clients and provides expertise in many other areas which includes photography, film production, motion animation and more.
Graphic Designer
Mark is a highly experienced Senior Multimedia Designer with a proven track record in the design industry spanning over 15 years. Mark graduated with honors from the University of Portsmouth with a Bachelors Degree of Arts in Multimedia Design, with specialization in film, graphic, web, and video game design. In 2023, he joined Mance Creative, where he creates a wide variety of creative design solutions for a diverse range of clients. In his spare time, he likes to spend time with his wife, go surfing and hiking, and runs his small family business with his dad.
Rick
Annino
Programmer & Operations Manager
Rick specializes in project management, customer communications, search engine optimization, internet marketing methods, technical research, shopping cart setup and customization, development of web-based event registration systems, web-based data retrieval systems, online ordering systems. He also contributes a great deal of his time to Mance Creative’s non-profit customers as well as networking groups.
