Your brand is how you decorate your living room, the clothes you wear, the art on your wall, what you cook for guests, the music you play for them. It’s how you welcome others into your world and worldview. I help turn bare business plans and amorphous ideas into:

• Punchy, poetic topline messages (vision, mission, approach, etc) that show the heart of what you do

• Visual identity systems that build a beautiful, unique world around your work

I specialize in taking complicated, technical, longwinded, fluffy, or otherwise unruly writing and turning it into engaging prose with equal parts substance and flair.

• Op eds

• Whitepapers

• Reports

• Toolkits

• Published research

• Grant and bid writing

• Proofreading and editing

You could Midjourney it, but… should you? Firstly, I use a lot less water. Secondly, generative AI art is by definition average and unoriginal (for now at least). I’m an accomplished artist and illustrator in a range of physical and digital media including watercolor, acrylic, printmaking, pencil, Photoshop, and Illustrator. I LOVE the process of teasing out the aesthetic that resonates most deeply with you, your work, and your community.

I can help with all of your day-to-day graphic design needs, including…

• 1/2/3/4/… pagers

• Reports

• Social graphics

• Slide decks

• Email banners

• Stationery

• Swag

I’ve also tackled a couple of website design projects from initial site mapping and information hierarchy through to final mockups and developer support.

Good video marries visual and verbal storytelling, rhythm and color, information and entertainment - it’s a delicious challenge. I handle end-to-end video production:

• Scripting and storyboarding

• Animated character design

• Motion graphics/animation (not a whizz, but can do pretty good job)

• Editing

• Coordinating with sound/voice talent/other creative team

I offer creative direction for events that connect and inspire people, leading from initial brand development through to wayfinding and stage/scenic graphics as well as video, marketing, app design support and photography direction.

Being able to see and understand data from all angles is key to implementing effective change. But dataviz is often totally boring and/or overwhelming to look at. I help sort through the mess to find a clear, step-by-step story in dataviz and infographics.