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From Vision to Event

In a landscape crowded with moments engineered to impress, we focus on those designed to endure.

Every experience we create begins with intent: rooted in brand ambition, shaped by design, intelligence, and executed with discipline.

We operate as a studio, not a vendor.

We think before we build.

We curate before we produce.

And we measure success not by scale or spectacle, but by how a brand is remembered once the moment has passed.

LUXURY

For us, it’s not decoration, it’s restraint.

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Automotive

Is not about performance alone, it’s emotion, craft, and context.

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This is where brands come to shift perception.

The Shift Studio is led by a team of senior producers and creative strategists who shape both the vision and the execution of every engagement. Their leadership sets the standard; aligning design intent, operational discipline, and client partnership from first concept through final delivery. By guiding multidisciplinary teams with clarity and precision, they ensure every experience reflects the ambition behind it.

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Laurel McFarlane
Founder & CEO
Kevin Flatt
Vice President
Jenna Thompson
Senior Director of Event Creative & Operations
Ciara Johnson
Senior Event Manager

An Evolution by Design

The Shift Studio is the natural evolution of McFarlane Promotions; built on decades of trusted execution and elevated by a renewed point of view.

What began as a production-first firm has grown into a design-driven studio that responds to a changing landscape and more sophisticated client needs. As brands demanded greater intention, authorship, and cultural relevance, the work evolved, so did the name.

The Shift Studio honors that foundation while moving forward with clarity: full-service production, guided by design, shaped by strategy, and focused on perception.

This is not a departure.
It’s a refinement.