Hi, I'm

Kirstin Marie

Graphic Design, Branding, Communications, & Project Management

ABOUT

Hi! I’m Kirstin…

A Kansas City-based Sr Graphic Designer with over a decade of experience.

I love to challenge traditional design, transforming bold ideas into unique, risk-taking visuals that add a spark of surprise to every project. I thrive on new design styles, keeping my skills sharp and creative.

My work is playful, fun, and intentional, aiming to make people smile and feel fulfilled by their brand's personalized story. I specialize in taking that special "you" and turning it into a full-fledged brand identity.

Let's collaborate to create unforgettable, vision-driven visuals that elevate your brand!

Communications • Graphic design • Brand Design • Social Media • Typography • Illustration •

SKILLS

Design isn’t just ink on a page or pixels on a screen. Good design requires intentionality. As a graphic designer my goal is to educate, inspire, and equip.
Just as a brand and vision can grow, design needs to created with growth in mind. My favorite way to design is to avoid the passing trends, pull from my learned experience, and to create with YOU in mind.

Let’s build a brand that is designed to evolve and has the ability to grow alongside you.

Illustration serves as a powerful extension of my design, allowing me to bring unique, hand-crafted detail to brand identities and special projects. While much of my illustrative work began as a personal creative outlet, I have successfully integrated these custom assets into professional branding, editorial layouts, and event collateral.

Whether you are looking for custom icons, lettering work, or something completely new to elevate your project, I am ready to collaborate on bringing your vision to life through thoughtful, custom-made visuals.

Beyond core branding and general design, I love translating your brand identity into fresh, engaging content for the social stratosphere.

Whether you need custom-built templates that streamline your workflow or one-off graphics designed for specific events and posts, I am here to take the stress out of your social media visuals. By keeping your unique vision at the forefront, I create designs that effectively showcase the work you do in a compelling and professional manner.

COMMUNICATION

Extremely thorough in communication, I’ll ensure you’re never left guessing or unsure of where a project is at. I’m in it for the team.

We'll work together to determine the best communication and channels that not only work for you and I, but for you, your team, and you brand.

ORGANIZATION

From designing for one person to 25+ departments at once, my organizational skills and passion for efficiency will ensure there’s ease of use for all things design, language, systems, and vision.

With a few tips and tricks, any level of chaos can be tidied up so you can do your best work.

Building a brand that balances authenticity with professional polish is the key to establishing a lasting presence in your industry.

I love the initial phase of conceptualizing what a project needs to successfully function and live out its purpose, and I prioritize having a solid strategy in place from our first brainstorming session through to final implementation to ensure efficiency and excellence.

My goal is to create identity elements that truly reflect your brand while working hard to incorporate your business objectives. By defining what you need at the outset, I ensure you feel cohesive and prepared from day one. Support is always provided along the way and multiple finalized files are shared at the end of our process. This ensure we arrive at a final result that equips you for every step of your journey.

NERDY DETAILS

PREDICTIVE INDEX THE SPECIALIST Specialists are cautious, introspective, and highly loyal to authority. They value details and need to fully understand a topic before making decisions. Supportive and collaborative, they don’t obsess over having things their way—but they do obsess over getting things right.

ENNEAGRAM THREE • THE ACHIEVER Threes are self-assured, attractive, and charming. Ambitious, competent, and energetic, they can also be status-conscious and highly driven for advancement. They are diplomatic and poised, but can also be overly concerned with their image and what others think of them. They typically have problems with workaholism and competitiveness. At their Best: self-accepting, authentic, everything they seem to be—role models who inspire others.

MYERS-BRIGGS ISTJ • THE LOGISTICIAN A Logistician is someone with the Introverted, Observant, Thinking, and Judging personality traits. These people tend to be reserved yet willful, with a rational outlook on life. They compose their actions carefully and carry them out with methodical purpose.

STRENTGHS FINDER 1. Achiever 2. Deliberative 3. Maximizer 4. Relator 5. Competition

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