CreativelyDONE history: Initially launched in 2006 as a side business, doing a variety of design and illustration work. I handled small projects like business cards, websites (HTML & CSS), brochures, menus, and other marketing materials. Creatively Done allowed me to do work beyond the daily design work at the Grand Haven Tribune, a local newspaper & publishing company. The design work for the paper consisted of more doing magazine & special section design, with the design for advertising in print and digital formats. I had gotten busier with new projects at the paper. Websites, promotional advertising, and graphics for the Tribune’s marketing program were the kind of projects that I created. I had stopped taking new clients the past couple of years for Creatively Done because of the time spent on these projects.
I spent my time outside of the Tribune, learning more about Design Thinking and Brand Strategy to complement my marketing training and to build on the knowledge of advertising and design. Taking this knowledge and compiling it into the new direction that I wanted to take Creatively Done. The Design Studio that helps your business create lasting relationships with your audience to grow your business.
Design skills, along with my work experience in niche retail, restaurant & bar, and manufacturing businesses, give me an understanding of what you do and how we can work together. We can diagnose the issues that you’re having with reaching the right audience. The one that will benefit from what you offer and how to connect with them. Connecting and building the right kind of positive relationship that will endure. The second part of this relaunch is the addition of another skilled designer.
I have an addition to the leadership of Creatively Done with the relaunch. Sally Salkowski, is a friend, partner, and a highly-skilled Graphic Designer for over thirty years with skills in design and creative direction. She has been training new designers at both the high school and college level for more than twenty years, along with her design work. She has guided them to create award-winning projects or receiving scholarships to some prestigious design schools. The addition of Sally Salkowski to Creatively Done has raised the bar on the quality of work that will be produced for you our client. We also have a network of friends with mad design skills, along with illustrators, photographers, and videographers to work with on projects.
