Great positioning starts with clear messaging and purpose. As a creative leader and thinker, I provide brand strategy, visual communications planning and direction, creative ideation workshops, and memorable experiences. I am your creative resource and consulting partner functioning as a seamless extension of your business.
I love what I do…
I know how to think strategically and develop a clear message with measurable results. Through a personalized brand immersion workshop and client collaboration, we define brand attributes, ideal customer personas, and customer journeys. The alignment of business services and clients’ needs is the core of business success!
I believe in hard work, relationships, and a hands-on approach! Each client is treated with a deeply personalized approach, and during our collaboration, we develop unique, creative and targeted visual solutions, all in alignment with the essence of the business' core values and purpose.
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True grit…
It's that first impression — the feel, the voice, the product messaging — that attracts your ideal customers. Through brand clarity and resonance, I transform the vision into form, the feel into positive attraction, and the messaging into customer relationships. We expand your brand awareness and customer delight.
As an educator in the last 10 years, I advanced my storytelling, conflict management, and empathy skills, which became strong assets to my expertise, which is aligning your organization’s goals and marketing efforts with your ideal customer’s needs and dreams, thus boosting client engagement and your bottom line.
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The pillars…
On occasions, I collaborate with amazing creatives and thinkers —writers, photographers, illustrators, programmers, printers, and fabricators— functioning as a seamless extension and creative resource for you and your brand.
With over 21 years of visual communication, brand strategy, creative direction, and instruction, I aim to collaborate with your leadership and communication teams by offering experience, efficiency, consistency, curiosity, and a co-created positive impact.
I start with the uninhibited mind of an artist, add expertise, and deliver with seasoned proficiency.
“I listen, I ask questions, I collaborate, and I strive to become a seamless extension of your business, by building a trusting relationship based on mutual respect and purpose.”
Creative Lead
Katia Caetano Lord, Creative Director
I am Katia, a brand strategist & designer, visual thinker & facilitator, educator & mentor. I am the creative leader behind DM Studio where I strive to transform the vision into form, the feel into positive attraction, and the messaging into customer relationships, expanding brand awareness and customer delight. I am a problem solver with a creative spirit. I listen to my heart and back up my solutions with solid research foundations that help my clients communicate with clarity and authenticity. I have 21+ years of experience designing and leading creative teams and projects.
As a life long learner and educator at heart, I am the founder of Seeding Wisdom, a non-profit (in process) organization where my intention is to serve by gathering to mentor, share knowledge & inspire. I believe this will seed new mindsets and collaboration, creating endless growth opportunities, and bring out the best in young adults that will later be our leaders.
“My goal is to communicate and serve; to collaborate and co-create; and to deliver focused solutions & high value.”
For speaking engagements, workshops, or special collaborations send an email and say hello!