Brand Designer
Identity systems built to earn trust and drive results.
Brand
Designer
Identity systems built to
earn trust and drive results.
is a senior designer with experience across agency and in-house environments, leading brand identity, digital campaigns, and web design from concept through execution. The craft discipline of agency-level design and the accountability of owning a brand's outcomes in-house. The work is always intentional. The results are always different.
My approach involves direct communication and a collaborative process which mean the work moves fast without losing precision. Rough ideas get distilled into a clear, workable identity early, so decisions get made instead of revisited.
A brand is the infrastructure a business runs on. When it's inconsistent or outdated it holds the business back from growing the way it should. I build identity systems designed to remove that friction.
Why Me?
BRAND IDENTITYWhat I do
My work has one measure of success: the results it delivers for your business.
01BRAND IDENTITY
Visual identity systems: logo, color, typography, and voice built to work everywhere a brand shows up.
Visual identity systems: logo, color, typography, and voice built to work everywhere a brand shows up.
02ART DIRECTION
Setting the visual direction and holding teams to it across campaigns, environments, and digital work.
Setting the visual direction and holding teams to it across campaigns, environments, and digital work.
03VISUAL SYSTEMS
Guidelines that keep a brand used correctly, long after the handoff.
Guidelines that keep a brand used correctly, long after the handoff.
8+
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
50
PROJECTS COMPLETED
20+
CLIENTS
4
AWARDS WON
SELECTED WORKFeatured Projects
01BRAND IDENTITY / 2024WEBSITE RESKIN
PACKAGE DESIGN
STATIONERY
SOCIAL MEDIA
ColumbiaNational is an 80-year-old commercial real estate finance firm based in D.C. and Baltimore, managing a $7.3 billion loan portfolio and closing over $9 billion in new loans since 2016. Despite that track record, the brand was outdated and inconsistent, with no real presence across touchpoints, a real liability in an industry built entirely on trust. The project delivered a full brand redesign, visual identity system, website reskin, stationery, and ongoing marketing strategy to match the credibility of the business itself.
02REBRAND / 2026LOGO
REBRAND
VISUAL SYSTEM
WEBPAGE
Bay Light is a Chesapeake-inspired beer brand rooted in the watermen culture of the Bay, but its packaging and identity hadn't kept pace with the story it was trying to tell. The brand needed a look that felt as authentic and lived-in as the community it represented, not a generic seafood-adjacent label chasing a trend. The redesign gave Bay Light a distinct visual identity built around the people and imagery of the Chesapeake, turning it into one of the brand's strongest sellers on shelf.
03LOGO + VISUAL SYSTEM / 2024LOGO DESIGN
MARKETING
STATIONERY
VISUAL SYSTEM
Arts Alive is a community arts advocacy organization marking 26 years of supporting artists and arts programming in the community it serves. Despite that milestone, the organization had no brand identity to represent it, nothing that captured the energy and warmth behind 26 years of work. The project delivered a refreshed brand identity built around vibrancy, warmth, and community connection, giving Arts Alive a visual presence that matches its history and its momentum going forward.
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Hollis took my vision and excited flawlessly! My buyer and Seller guides went from boring to beautiful and they reflect my brand perfectly! Highly recommend!
- Jan Crowley | Realtor, Compass | Founder, The Aligned Agent™ | U.S. Army Veteran