WE ARE A BOUTIQUE COMMUNICATIONS STUDIO WORKING ACROSS BRAND, CULTURE, AND DESIGN.
The 847 Collective is a Chicago-based communications studio working with design, lifestyle, hospitality, and culturally driven brands. Our work spans public relations, brand development, social media, and content, delivered with a considered and cohesive approach and informed by how brands live and evolve across platforms.
As a multi-disciplinary studio, we offer bespoke services across strategy, press, content, and digital platforms. Our work is tailored to each client, allowing brands to show up consistently and confidently across modern channels. We focus on refinement of language, visuals, and timing to ensure communications feel aligned andrelevant
We value close collaboration and long-term partnerships. Our process is direct, thoughtful, and shaped by trust. By working closely with our clients, we help build brands that feel established, intentional, and culturally aware. designed to grow with clarity rather than excess.
Our Philosophy
We believe in meeting our clients exactly where they are and guiding them to where they need to be. We draw on a deep, multifaceted understanding of the industries we serve, never relying on surface-level solutions or generic formulas. Our goal is to help you show up authentically and connect meaningfully, without ever losing sight of who you truly are.
Meet Our Team
Hamid Ahmadi, Founder + Creative Director
Hamid brings a strategic, creative-led approach to brand building across interiors, hospitality, and lifestyle. As the founder of The 847 Collective, he works closely with design-driven brands during moments of growth, transition, and refinement—shaping how they show up, communicate, and endure.
With a background spanning business, design, and luxury hospitality, Hamid believes strong brands are built through clarity, consistency, and cultural awareness—not trends. His work blends thoughtful strategy with creative direction and PR, helping clients establish identities that feel grounded, current, and lasting. Through The 847 Collective, he leads brand launches, repositioning efforts, and long-term creative partnerships, remaining closely involved from vision through execution.
Selena Lynch, Marketing Associate
Selena brings four years of marketing experience cultivating authentic brand voice and identity across social platforms. She specializes in shaping brands through pivotal moments—from early-stage launches to repositioning and reinvention.
She believes design should bring people closer—to each other, to nature, to purpose. Selena is driven to create content that celebrates this responsibility—merging her background in environmental science and marketing with a deep love of art and culture to showcase design and talent that is people-first, nature-forward, and community-rooted.
April Zalenka, Head of Branding Development
April Zelenka oversees our Visual Identity program, working with select clients in photography, interior design, and retail. Her work blends brand identity, digital design, and visual storytelling with an editorial approach, and focuses on minimal design, striking imagery, and bold fonts.