Leadership
Track record in building and leading teams, cultivating strong relationships, empowering individuals through ownership and collaboration, and driving innovation.
Creative Strategy
Proven success in translating customer needs and business objectives into meaningful, memorable experiences.
Visual Storytelling
Adept at designing thoughtful and engaging stories that delight clients and connect with people.
Work
Leadership Case Studies & Project Spotlight
From start-up to global enterprise, I've had the incredible opportunity to work alongside talented teams across business sectors. I have led strategic, client-focused solutions that have not only elevated brands but also secured business and boldly challenged the status quo.
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Brands I’ve Worked With:
Featured Case Studies
Transforming the Team into a Global Creative Operation
Explore how a holistic approach and a people-focused strategy enabled us to transform the design team into a global creative force—empowering the team, helping more internal stakeholders, elevating design standards, reducing costs and boosting revenue.
Innovating at Scale: Empowering Employees with the "Creative Hub"
Discover the impact of the “Creative Hub,” our solution to scaling creative support across global regions for 50,000 employees—boosting operational efficiency by 65%, fostering strategic partnerships, and elevating work quality.
From Complexity to Clarity: Igniting Engagement with Creativity
How refined messaging and powerful visual communication simplified complex and critical aspects of our firm’s operations, driving engagement and business growth.
Testimonials
Chelsea is one of those people you always get excited to work with. She brings energy, passion, smarts, and a bit of fun to her work. She is the rare breed of creative who can bridge the gap between brand, strategy, design, and customer. She is an expert at navigating the complex inner workings (and politics) of global organizations in order to push work forward and deliver exceptional creative. She has brought a true sense of partnership and trust to our work together, provides excellent feedback and support, and is always pursuing new ways of looking at creative challenges.
Chelsea has the capacity to make an incredible amount of impact at any organization, and I cannot wait for my next opportunity to partner with her on developing thoughtful, strategic, high-impact creative work.
Josh Miles, Material+
Creative Director, Copy
I've worked closely with Chelsea for several years, spanning multiple teams and firms. She is an excellent designer and exceptional leader, and she adds value to every project she touches. Chelsea truly understands the importance of design-centered thinking and communication. She always finds a way to conceptualize dry or complex content and transform it into a compelling and impactful story.
Amy Dittoe, Colliers
VP of Strategic Marketing & Solutions Development
About me
With over fifteen years of experience, I am well-versed in the art of storytelling. I believe it is my team's responsibility to be the experts in understanding and interpreting our customers' needs and desires, and to transform them into functional, inspirational, behavior-changing work product.
At my core, I am a designer. My background in design has equipped me with traits built for strategic, inventive work. I am innately curious, always asking questions and challenging the room's prevailing thought. I value open and safe brainstorming and believe it delivers the best, most novel results. I seek to challenge the status quo by bringing the most innovative and creative ideas to the forefront for our customers. And I do this with a brimming well of vigor and enthusiasm.
I enjoy taking risks, trying new things and have always had an appetite for learning. I love training and empowering others and am inherently drawn to continually scanning the creative landscape for new tools, techniques and industry best practices that enhance my team's ability to craft memorable, impactful stories that build brand awareness and support our customers.
If I sound like someone you'd like to collaborate with, don't hesitate to reach out!
When I'm not working, I'm an avid adventurer. Traversing the country in my RV or climbing a mountain on another continent—always seeking new experiences and fostering meaningful connections along the way.