Thirty years of building brands, start to finish.

Sprout Media is a focused studio in the Tampa Bay area: branding, packaging, web, photography, copy and campaign work, with senior creative direction through all of it — and the production depth to keep the ideas intact once they leave the screen.

Justin Cook

Creative Director & Senior Graphic Designer

I am a brand-focused creative who has spent more than thirty years setting imagery, voice and creative vision across every channel a business uses — web, print, packaging, display, digital and video. Big-picture where it counts, hands-on where it matters, and comfortable directing specialists when a project needs more than one pair of hands.

Most of that time has been spent in the gap between the idea and the thing that actually ships. Design that never survives production is not design; it is a proposal. That is why print management, file setup and vendor sourcing are part of what I do rather than someone else’s problem.

Sprout Media has been my studio since 2006. It is based in the Tampa Bay area and serves clients nationally and internationally.

30+
Years in the field
20k+
Projects delivered
100s
of Clients Served
2
Decades running Sprout Media

Thirty years, five chapters.

  1. 1995 – 1996

    Executive Sports / Golden Bear International

    Jupiter, FL

    First professional role, producing golf-industry design. Work personally recognised by Jack and Barbara Nicklaus.

  2. 1996 – 2006

    Jato Design — Art Director

    Fort Lauderdale, FL

    A decade overseeing design and production across print and early web for an established agency’s broad client base, from concept through final production and delivery.

  3. 2006 – 2008

    Morningblue Solutions — Creative Director (Contract)

    Greater Tampa Bay Area

    Two years as acting Creative Director for a Tampa Bay agency under contract, running alongside the early years of Sprout Media. Clients included the Toronto Blue Jays, Magic Wok Corporation, Suncoast Wellness, Ocean Optics and several charitable foundations.

  4. 2006 – 2025

    Sprout Media, LLC — Owner & Creative Director

    Palm Harbor, FL

    Twenty years running a full-service studio: branding, packaging, print and digital, with creative vision and imagery carried out personally and with contracted specialists. Long-term client relationships grounded in understanding how each business actually works.

  5. 2025 – 2026

    MD Science Lab — Creative Director

    Pompano Beach, FL (Remote)

    Brand style guides and asset packets for Swiss Navy®, BioXgenic® and HappyLube®; packaging revival, a #1 category seller at CVS, 3D product imagery, video direction, and liaison between Marketing, Quality/Compliance, Procurement and executive leadership through a Class II medical regulatory transition.

  • Healthcare
  • Medical Devices
  • Nutraceuticals & Supplements
  • Cosmetics
  • Fashion & Apparel
  • Fitness
  • Food Service & Restaurant Chains
  • Hospitality & Tourism
  • Education
  • Diet & Health
  • Insurance
  • Financial & Cryptocurrency
  • Consumer Electronics
  • Chemical Manufacturing
  • Heavy Equipment, Rentals & Parts
  • IT & Cybersecurity
  • Legal Services
  • Ecology & Carbon Capture
  • Beverage
  • Sexual Health & Wellness
  • Mental Health
  • Service Contractors
  • Sheraton
  • Sol Meliá
  • The Registry Resorts
  • Toronto Blue Jays
  • Life Extension Foundation
  • ARA Apartment Realty Advisors
  • Duke Rentals
  • Kris Lindahl Real Estate
  • UVLrx Therapeutics
  • The Assure Group
  • Ergo Styling Tools
  • Jamson/PowerKleen
  • Agari
  • Big Red Media
  • Ocean Optics
  • Seachanger
  • Abrahamson & Uiterwyk
  • Walmart
  • GNC
  • The Vitamin Shoppe
  • CVS
  • Walgreens
  • Amazon

A career roster spanning hundreds of clients. These are a representative few.

Recognition

Multiple Best in Show awards for tradeshow design.

Designer and strategist on the EcoGuardians project in IndoBurma (Bangladesh/Myanmar) — key strategy in securing a University of Vienna grant funding the charity.

Education

BA, Graphic Design — The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale

AI for Everyone — DeepLearning.AI

Claude 101 and Claude Design, Beginner to Pro