Visit Bend – Fred Bryant © 2026

Visit Bend

Visit Bend

Visit Bend

Visit Bend

Visit Bend

Bushwhacking their own path, Visit Bend has led the way for Destination Marketing Organizations nationwide.

Highlights

300% increase in transient room tax ($8M in last 6 months)

Impact

Top 1% most accessible websites

Impact

DMO + Tourism

Industry

UI + UX Director

Role

2019 - 2024

Year

( 01 )

Business Acuity

A mission to contribute thoughtful initiatives focused on people and place.

Visit Bend brings real Bend experiences to real people. In an industry that battles the convoluted relationship between measuring success of people that book a stay and competing against large transactional travel booking services; the need to reevaluate the role for tourism partnerships was crucial. Through business & leadership discoveries, audits, and workshops we surfaced stakeholder alignment on a future for success.

  • Stakeholder Alignment
    001
  • Brand Audit
    002
  • Competitive Audit
    003
  • Digital Audit
    004
  • Insights Report
    005

( 02 )

Digital Strategy

Surfacing insights to inform digital strategies that map longevity and value for tourism partnerships.

We aren’t competing with Google. We aren’t competing with large transactional travel booking services. The digital strategies re-align Visit Bend with their guiding principle to engage visitors with local businesses and the community, generating returns to the city’s general fund to support vital city services. We create success through engagement. Engagement that is fluent across all digital channels that create a living system.

  • UX Research & Analysis
    001
  • Digital Audience Analysis
    002
  • Digital Positioning
    003
  • Digital Channel Development
    004
  • Information Architecting
    005

( 03 )

Digital Activation

A fresh identity energized to traverse across the entire digital landscape.

Visit Bends digital identity recharged their ethos and fueled a new path for their digital footprint. Inspired by adjacent active industries, their revitalized look and feel connects with audiences through its elevated minimalism and ability to bring the spot light on the beautiful experiences to be had in Bend, Oregon.

  • Visual Identity
    001
  • UX & UI Design
    002
  • Prototyping
    003
  • Motion Identity
    004
  • Photographic Creative Direction
    005

( 04 )

Channel Expansion

Empowering a digital eco-system through all digital spaces that encourages engagement.

The world interacts with your business in a variety spaces. To be present and show up accordingly. Visit Bend shares the depth in their ability to carry range between social, professional, and community initiatives by reaching audiences where they’re and delivering a digital journey to meet their needs and provide value to to the city’s general fund in support of vital city services.

  • Social Channel Identities
  • Business & Professional Channel Identities
  • Community Outlets
  • Media Activation
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