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Creative Services

for place-based orgs trailblazers small businesses destinations outdoor brands

Passionate about connecting people to places,

I believe design can help create a sense of wonder, inspiring connection and action.

My experience includes many industries: destination tourism marketing, non-profits, outdoor & conservation orgs, education and more. 

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Kat with a kiosk map design in downtown Snoqualmie.

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The Snoqualmie City logo featuring a waterfall and mountain landscape in black, white, and gray.
Visit Seattle Magazine logo
Sasquatch Books logo with stylized jagged lines above the company name on a black background.
Black background with white text reading "Mountains to Sound Greenway".
Logo for Savor Snoqualmie Valley featuring stylized text and a mountain and river illustration

Creative Services

Bringing a strong aesthetic and passion for accessibility & inclusivity, I craft cohesive designs across platforms.

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A sketch of a brochure and business cards

Visual Design

  • Branding + Logos

  • Graphic Design

  • Illustration

  • Map Design

  • Website Design

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Creative Direction

  • Brand Style Guides

  • Marketing Campaigns

  • Creative Strategy 

  • Art Direction

  • Photo Styling

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Print + Digital Design

  • Packaging 

  • Brochures 

  • Posters + Signage

  • Canva Templates

  • Squarespace Websites

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As an experienced small business owner,

Wearing all of the hats helps me create vibrant design with your big-picture business goals in mind.

I love helping brands grow through long term partnerships where we can build sustainable design systems together.

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White logo with stylized tree image and the text "Sasquatch Books"
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Driftwood Magazine logo with white text on a black background, mentioning EST '15.
kind words from happy clients

  • Working with Kat has been the best experience I've had working with a designer. She truly exemplifies the qualities you so often see in resumes that you can typically only take with a grain of salt. She is extremely talented, reliable, fast, efficient, good listener, friendly, patient, smart, etc. I could keep going. Once again she fully exceeded my expectations.

    Carol Ann Andrufski | Director of Marketing,
    Washington Energy Services

  • Kat is a superb designer. Their work is inventive, fun, and thoughtful. Kat knows how to tailor the work for the client, while at the same time bringing their own artistic eye to make the product shine. Kat is incredibly patient and is able to handle feedback with grace. I recommend their work to anyone that needs a designer.

    Ginny Sanchez Ballard | Executive Director, Nature Vision

  • Kat is a very talented designer that is easy to work with and understood our vision for the brand before inception.

    She is detail-oriented, creative, and always professional. We are grateful for Kat's work giving our brand a unique identity and memorable, fun style.

    I recommend Kat for any design needs and know she would approach any project with her inquisitive nature, passion, and integrity.

    Tara Tomulka | CEO & founder, Rawcology

  • Working with Kat was a joy from start to finish. It was clear from her first concepts that Kat really listened to what I wanted. And when I wanted slight tweaks, Kat provided me with designs even better than I could have imagined.

    Not only do I have a beautiful logo and website, but I also feel more confident with this amazing branding backing me up. Hiring Kat was one of the best professional decisions I've made and I highly recommend her!

    Raechel Anne Jolie | writer, educator, and media maker

  • Kat has been very good to work with. She has a great style, and is very curious, open and engaged.

    She has gone to great lengths to find out what was the core of what I wanted for the site, and has solved all conceptual and technical problems on the way.

    Kasper Leick | Independent Film Editor

  • Kat is an extremely talented designer and strong leader with amazing ideas. She brings a wealth of experience to her work and a unique design style that can't be matched.

    She would be an asset to any company looking to fill a creative leadership role because she's a designer that can forge their own path.

    Amy Balliett | CEO, Killer Visual Strategies

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