My career started out with a start-up manufacturer bringing a new class of product to the turf & ornamental industry, food-service facilities, and water treatment facilities. I supported the CEO before moving into the Company's marketing role. We were building both a company and a brand from the ground up, as well as breaking new ground in well-established industries. It was an incredible experience.
From this broad marketing role, I discovered a passion for brand development and visual design and pursued a professional program in Graphic Design through the University of California Berkeley Extension.
In 2015, I established KS Creative Design, and set out to help businesses build their brands and nurture those brands beyond a logo through unified, strategic visual communications, messaging, and
content-driven marketing.
content-driven marketing.
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PERSONAL STORY
I am most certainly one of the lucky ones. I’ve been fortunate to marry a man that inspires me to be better version of myself, venture out of my comfort zone, and supports my dreams. I am a proud Mom to an energetic, spirited kiddo who makes me laugh daily and has fortunately found his passion early in life for ski racing. I've gotten to experience the incredible community that is the Air Force while my husband served. Though we may no longer be an active duty family, it will forever be apart of me, as are all the special people we met along the way. While I consider myself lucky to have lived many places over the years, I couldn’t be happier to have returned to where my heart feels at home - Colorado.
Today, we're happy to call the high-country home. We are a very active family with the Ski and Snowboard Club of Vail, and we're excited to be building our roots and community in the Vail Valley and Summit County.
SKILLS
Brand Development & Strategy
Marketing & Campaign Management
Project Management
Advertising Design
Website Content Mgmt Systems (CMS)
Copy Editing
Data Visualization
Long-Format Brochure Design
Data-Merge
Generative AI
Basic Video Editing
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Business, Marketing Emphasis
University of Colorado, Boulder
Professional Sequence in Graphic Design
University of California Berkeley Extension
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Software
Adobe Creative Cloud
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Libraries, Firefly,
Premiere Pro (Basics), After Effects (Basics)
Premiere Pro (Basics), After Effects (Basics)
Project Management
Basecamp, Monday, Asana, Teamwork, Zoho
Collaboration Tools
Adobe Review, GoProof, Teams, Slack
Website Builders and Content Mgmt
Squarespace, WordPress
Video Editing
Adobe Premiere + Prem. Pro (Basics), Photoshop
Email Marketing Services:
Squarespace, Mailchimp, Constant Contact
Social Media Mgmt
Buffer, Hootsuite
Digital Asset Management
Pics.io, Brandfolder
Office Suites
Microsoft, Google, Mac
