Since 1980, CHDG has been dedicated to creating state-of-the-art communications. We're known for our award-winning work in print and interactive design. Our exceptional team collaborates to engineer programs in corporate identity and collateral materials, annual reports, advertising, direct marketing, signage and multimedia. Our associates working in strategic planning, market research, editorial, public relations and technology enable us to provide a multi-dimensional approach to communications.





Our team, led by Carla Hall, consists of marketing, design, editorial and technology professionals, project management experts, production wizards and financial/administrative gurus.

Carla Hall
Principal and Creative Director

Carla’s unfailing energy, strategic oversight, industry knowledge and expertise are the driving force behind CHDG. Her ability to translate our clients’ specific marketing and communications needs into powerful, memorable brand strategies have earned her a reputation for excellence and reliability. A natural leader, she maintains her focus on the clients’ goals, yet challenges her team to take creative risks, ultimately producing award-winning, thought provoking solutions.

Recognized for her successful branding of many prominent Fortune 100 as well as start-up companies, Carla shares her expertise with many industry and professional groups. She is an active member of the Financial Women's Association of New York and the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and was a Treasurer of the American Institute of Graphic Arts/New York chapter (AIGA/NY). Carla also serves on the College Board of Overseers of the Corcoran Museum and School. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Middlebury College in 1974.

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• positioning and marketing strategy
• corporate communications plans
• identity and literature audits
• editorial strategy and copywriting
• brand development and naming
• corporate identity
• marketing collateral
• advertising campaigns
• annual reports
• direct marketing
• trade, exhibit and signage
• multimedia and CD Rom
• web sites

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Following is a partial list of our clients.

Alliance Capital Management
Allfirst Financial, Inc.
Asia Society
AXA Financial/Equitable Life Assurance Society
The Berger Funds
Capital Trust Company of Delaware
Center for Human Genetics
CS First Boston
Deutsche Funds
The Ford Foundation
Fried Frank Harris Shriver and Jacobson
Global Investment Systems
Greenstreet/Niosi Capital Partners
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
JE Robert Companies
JP Morgan Chase
Lend Lease Real Estate Investments
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
MetLife
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Oppenheimer Funds
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Sawicki Tarella Architects
Scharff Weisberg
Shattuck Hammond Partners
Turner Investment Partners
The Vanguard Group
UBS Global Asset Management
Warren Systems Group


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